The Metropolitan Post brings us all the important news of the day, including the fetishes of American stars for Italian cuisine.
TGcom reports that Mariah Carey, after a holiday in Rome where she tasted stringozzi (pasta) with artichoke carbonara, truffles and quail eggs from the Julian Café, now orders them from her chef.
Madonna apparently fills her sleepless nights with plates of Abruzzo roast, while Michael Jackson assaults a Venetian pastry chef for original tiramisù which he eats at happy hour, rather than as a dessert.
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net has published the names of the most loved Italian chefs by American celebrities who often request private dinners in their homes.
Number one in the ranking is Filippo La Mantia from Palermo and his La Trattoria di Roma, saying: “I compare the Italian chef to the Latin male because he’s so sought after, used to courting and exchanges energy and passion.
As we do with the dishes we prepare.
”From said Julian Café (between Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo and the Piazza Navona) comes Fabio Spataro, Halle Berry’s favourite.
The secret recipe? In the words of Alfonso Iaccarino from the Relais Don Alfonso 1890 in Sorrento: “Very simple: pasta with tomatoes and anchovies, and parmigiana with aubergine.
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