Staten Island’s chefs: How we learned to cook | Pamela’s Food Service Diary
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Posted Jan 10, 2021
Susan DiGiovanni-DiCanio s family at Christmas in Graniteville after a meal prepared with family recipes. (Courtesy of Susan DiGiovanni-DiCanio)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. If the pandemic taught us one thing it was to fend for ourselves in the kitchen under quarantine. But how did some of us learn how to cook in our youth?
Mike Cappucci and his late grandmother, Veronica Facella, who taught the chef how to cook at a young age. (Courtesy of Mike Cappucci)
We caught chef Chef Mike Cappucci of Castleton Corners’ The Local shopping in Lidl at the Staten Island Mall recently and asked where he first learned to cook. Cappucci credits his grandmother for food schooling in his early years. She lived Upstate with big gardens and Rhode Island red chickens. She took Mike along to hunt wild cardoons in the woods and along roads. This vegetable looks like
[12/15/20 - 07:21 AM]
Jeff Mauro Hosts New Culinary Competition Series in Suburban Streets on Food Network s Kitchen Crash
With only 10 minutes on the clock, each chef must convince a local homeowner on the cul-de-sac to hand over ingredients from their kitchens and pantries, with the caveat that the competing chefs can only use the items that the homeowners can fit into one bin.
[via press release from Food Network]
JEFF MAURO HOSTS NEW CULINARY COMPETITION SERIES IN SUBURBAN STREETS ON FOOD NETWORK S KITCHEN CRASH
New Series Premieres Wednesday, January 6th at 10pm ET/PT
New York - December 15, 2020 - Host Jeff Mauro brings all the pressure and heat of culinary competitions to the suburban streets on Kitchen Crash, premiering on Wednesday, January 6th at 10pm ET/PT on Food Network. On each of the six episodes, professional chefs head to a local neighborhood block for an outdoor cook-off. With only 10 minutes on the clock, each chef must convince a local homeowner on