Hazan, Marcella

Marcella Hazan (1924-2013) was born in Cesenatico, a fishing village on the northern Adriatic shore of Italy. She studied for a career in the sciences and received two doctoral degrees from the University of Ferrara in Emilia-Romagna. In 1955 she married Victor Hazan, an Italian-born American, and moved with him to New York, where she began teaching Italian cooking classes in her apartment. In 1973 she published her first cookbook, "The Classic Italian Cook Book", which introduced Americans to authentic Italian food. Her cooking schools in Italy draw students from around the world. Hazan was t...