Luca Cesari is a food historian based in Italy. He writes for various magazines, including Gambero Rosso, and writes the column 'Indovina chi sviene a cena' in Il Sole 24 Ore.
'EXTRACT: Seen from the outside, Italy is one nation united under pasta: families cook it almost every day at home, and very few restaurants fail to offer at least one kind on the menu ... [but] if we look a little closer, we will notice that every place has its own speciality, and that the next town over has a completely different way of cooking ... these customs reveal a deep love of cooking that I hope to convey to my readers' - Luca Cesari