New Orleans chef Michael Gulotta is one of the country’s best, nominated for multiple James Beard Awards. He started his culinary career in Italy.”So, the coolest thing is I was 22 years old, right? So I’m 22 years old and I’m getting to work in Italy, which is one of the coolest things you get to do,” Gulotta said.A young chef who spent that time in the early 2000s cooking food and perfecting dishes he grew up eating.”My family is from Sicily, so everything is tomatoes because that’s all you see, Sicily is all citrus farms and tomatoes. We think of traditional Italian as being those tomato sauces and the meatballs, even our lasagna is tomato-based,” Gulotta said.But when the world watches the Olympics in Milan and Cortina, they’ll see another type of Italian food.”The further north you go, you’re getting close to Austria and Switzerland, so that is all pastures, so that is sheep, cows, a lot of dairy, it’s not pasta, so there are vast differences,” Gulotta said.Dishes you’ll see on Olympics broadcasts.”Up in Milan, that’s all risotto Milanese, ossobuco, breaded veal chops because it’s much more landlocked and mountainous,” Gulotta said. Helping bring the culture of Italy to everyone watching Olympics coverage back home will be actor Stanley Tucci.Tucci will “present travelogue-style segments highlighting the food, traditions, and history of the regions hosting the Winter Olympics,” according to NBC Sports PR.Tucci, an Emmy Award-winning actor, Academy Award nominee and New York Times best-selling author, hosted CNN’s “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” and currently hosts National Geographic’s “Tucci in Italy.”
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New Orleans chef Michael Gulotta is one of the country’s best, nominated for multiple James Beard Awards. He started his culinary career in Italy.
“So, the coolest thing is I was 22 years old, right? So I’m 22 years old and I’m getting to work in Italy, which is one of the coolest things you get to do,” Gulotta said.
A young chef who spent that time in the early 2000s cooking food and perfecting dishes he grew up eating.
“My family is from Sicily, so everything is tomatoes because that’s all you see, Sicily is all citrus farms and tomatoes. We think of traditional Italian as being those tomato sauces and the meatballs, even our lasagna is tomato-based,” Gulotta said.
But when the world watches the Olympics in Milan and Cortina, they’ll see another type of Italian food.
“The further north you go, you’re getting close to Austria and Switzerland, so that is all pastures, so that is sheep, cows, a lot of dairy, it’s not pasta, so there are vast differences,” Gulotta said.
Dishes you’ll see on Olympics broadcasts.
“Up in Milan, that’s all risotto Milanese, ossobuco, breaded veal chops because it’s much more landlocked and mountainous,” Gulotta said.
Helping bring the culture of Italy to everyone watching Olympics coverage back home will be actor Stanley Tucci.
Tucci will “present travelogue-style segments highlighting the food, traditions, and history of the regions hosting the Winter Olympics,” according to NBC Sports PR.
Tucci, an Emmy Award-winning actor, Academy Award nominee and New York Times best-selling author, hosted CNN’s “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” and currently hosts National Geographic’s “Tucci in Italy.”
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