Event Description
Drexel University's Department of Culinary Arts and Food Science welcomes Katie Parla, Rome-based food and beverage educator and journalist on Monday, April 4 at 5:30pm in the Academic Bistro (101 N.33rd Street, 6th Floor) as she lectures on roman cuisine from her new book “Tasting Rome”. All attendees will receive a copy of the book.
Stay for an Italian apertivo featuring Drexel culinary arts students preparing items from the book representing the food of Rome.
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About Katie Parla
Katie Parla is a Rome-based food and beverage educator and journalist. Originally from New Jersey, she has an art history degree from Yale, a master’s degree in Italian Gastronomic Culture from the Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, a sommelier certificate from the Federazione Italiana Sommelier Albergatori Ristoratori, and an archeological speleology certification from the city of Rome.
She has written and edited more than 20 books and her food criticism and travel writing have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Saveur, Food & Wine, Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveller UK, Bon Appétit, Travel + Leisure, The Guardian, Imbibe, Monocle, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Olive, AFAR, Punch, Wine Enthusiast, National Geographic Traveler, Eater, Delicious, Epicurious, Serious Eats, Food Republic, The Atlantic, Gather Journal, and The Sunday Times Magazine.
Katie is the author of the ebook “Eating & Drinking in Rome” (available for Kindle,Nook, and in PDF format), the mobile apps “Katie Parla’s Rome” and “Katie Parla’s Istanbul”, and the book National Geographic’s Walking Rome.
Her forthcoming cookbook, Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors and Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City, will be published by Clarkson Potter in March 2016.
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