Marcella Hazan changed the ways we cook and experience Italian food. A disabled woman, trained in natural sciences and biology, Hazan never cooked until she immigrated to America. But through her cookbooks and teaching—and with an uncompromising commitment to Italian culinary traditions—her impact was felt in millions of American home kitchens. Peter Miller is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose previous subjects include Sacco and Vanzetti, Jewish involvement in baseball, and the history of the New York egg cream, among other topics. His new film tells Hazan’s extraordinary, improbable, and delicious story.
Post-screening discussion led by Joseph Sciorra, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY.
