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1) I Speak 3 Languages Fluently: French, Italian and English. I wish I could speak better Spanish, which is a favorite of mine. I know enough to get by. 2) I do not eat minestrone. Not a change in this or the next lifetime. My family made it so much during the summertime that I stopped eating it at 18 and have not touched it since. 3) I cannot sing if my life depended on it. But that does not stop me. 4) I burned water and the pan holding the water to make a point. Thanks to that, I was...

These are my faithful kitchen tools that I cannot live without. I love them, and I hope you will, too Herb scissors Garlic peeler Le Creuset pans Sharp Chef’s knife KitchenAid Tajine Boos cutting board Lodge Cast Iron Tea kettle (you can see it in every video) Immersion Hand Blender Bialetti Moka Espresso 1 cup Microplane cheese grater OXO measuring set Mauviel Copper and Stainless Peugeot Pepper Grinder SHOP MY FAVORITES Giangi’s Kitchen Back to Basics – Cooking 101 comes with 98 pages...