DANIEL ROSATI

DANIEL ROSATI, is returning to Cook 'N' Tell, and we are so glad to have this fine teacher back with us. He is the owner of La Villa Cucina Cooking School in Tuscany, Italy. When he is not there teaching and leading students around the countryside to wineries, restaurants, olive groves and truffle forests, he is busy teaching in the New York metropolitan area. He has been a cooking instructor at the New School University in New York since 1989, metropolitan area. While his specialty is in regional Italian cooking, Daniel is also proficient in pastry arts and other ethnic specialties, including Thai, Greek, Lebanese, Spanish, Portuguese and Moroccan.

From 1982 to 1989, Daniel acted as teaching assistant to Giuliano Bugialli both in New York and in Florence, Italy. In 1988, Daniel was awarded a grant from the Cooking Advancement Research and Educational Foundation (CAREF) for studies in chocolate work with Chef Albert Kumin - a pastry instructor at Culinary Institute of America and one of the foremost pastry chef and instructor.

Daniel was a frequent guest on Food Talk, a program aired on WOR Radio and hosted by Arthur Schwartz. His website is www.lavillacucina.com.