Celebrity Chef Maria Liberati is the author of the Gourmand World Award Winning Book series The Basic Art of Italian Cooking, as well as the award winning BLOG of the same name recently selected as Culinary Travel Blog of the Year by the NYTWS. Maria writes her books at her country farm in the mountains of Italy, and she makes many personal appearances throughout the world. Watch for her new PBS/ Create TV series that is based on her book.