This summer, Alice Carbone Tench, chef and author of the upcoming cookbook and memoir Eating Again, has been traveling through Italy this summer and documenting her cooking along the way, with her mother and husband appearing as frequent guests and collaborators. Her final episodes in Italy air this Sunday, August 29 and Sunday, September 4th at 10am PST/1pm EST.
Streaming on Instagram Live, this hour-long weekly cooking show features recipes for signature dishes prepared with local ingredients, sometimes a surprise, sometimes hinted at, sometimes telegraphed. Inspired by regional farmers markets, restaurants, and her grandmother’s own recipes she has made dishes such as fresh anchovies in Piemontese sauces—both red and green (the latter made with parsley). “You will become an authentic Piemontese after learning this recipe,” she says. And the last show from Italy will feature a regional dish that my grandmother made– a sandwich recipe for how to bring the soul of Piemonte everywhere you go.“
Alice is a writer, cook, traveler and food enthusiast born in a small town in the foothills of the Italian Alps. Her earlier work as an interpreter led her to Los Angeles, where she now lives with her husband and their young daughter. Self-admittedly, Alice struggled to find a calling in life; she fell, took wrong turns, made mistakes, but she never gave up. She battled alcoholism and addiction, depression and eating disorders but the people around her never gave up on her either.
After her therapist suggested cooking, she suddenly found the serenity she had been chasing while slicing carrots. She discovered the healing magic of preparing, eating, sharing and writing about food. The result is her cookbook memoir Eating Again, to be published on January 25, 2022 by Heliotrope Books. Eating Again is a remarkable combination of essays, memories, reflections and recipes that she calls “culinary self-care, Italian food, and a pinch of rock ‘n’ roll.”
In June, OXFAM recruited her for their campaign “to demand President Biden and Big Pharma share the vaccine recipe and make the COVID-19 vaccine a People’s Vaccine: free, fair, and accessible to all.” Joining chefs and writers including Mark Bittman, Mei Li, Emily Luchetti, Evan Hanczor, and Marcus Samuelsson, she shared a recipe for Pear and Chocolate Galette in Caramelized Sesame Crust, available here.
She begins her American shows, airing live from Los Angeles on Mondays at 5pm PST/8pm EST, on Monday, September 13th. With fun segments, meaningful conversations, and of course, a lot of delicious cuisine, viewers can learn how to cook incredible and flavorful recipes step-by-step, all from the comfort of their own home.
“Facilitating a beautiful community of people who hope to live better, healthier lives shared with others was “the most beautiful summer of my life,” “Take a slice out of your day and come on over—there is always an extra chair.”- Alice Carbonee Tench
Tune in for the next show here. Miss a week? All episodes are available and archived on her Instagram Reels and YouTube after airing.
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