Celebrity Chef Maria Liberati at Virginia Festival of the Book March 23, 2012

Award Winning Chef Maria Liberati will be special guest at the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia presenting her latest award winning book The Basic Art of Italian Cooking:DaVinci Style.
The book follows Leonardo DaVinci's travels throughout Italy and recpes that were influenced by those regions, also includes (translated versions) poetry on food by DaVinci ,from his notebook.
Maria is considered one of the foremost experts on Italian cuisine and culture, creator of the trademark The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati tm. She is executive editor of the BLOG www.marialiberati.com with now 100,000+ worldwide subscribers.
While the award winning book series The Basic Art of Italian Cooking is well known for it's recipes, it is particularly known for its' charming short stories penned by the author of her life in the mountains of Italy.