I really don’t want to write this in the 3rd person….

But it feels so weird to write this as me in the 1st person too. UGGGG

I’m Frankie Celenza, author, cook, dog parent, j.v. mountain biker, and Emmy award winning tv host. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always enjoyed fresh mozzarella, the warm kind, I remember eating all the slices off a fully prepared caprese salad at my nonno’s house in 1990, leaving behind tomato and basil for the adults. A few years later I realized that mozzarella with tomato and basil actually tasted amazing, and that other foods might taste great too. Turns out they do! I’ve been on a flavor quest ever since. In 2008 I began making videos on food and cooking, something I’ve come to love doing almost as much as eating. This wild journey of TV making has taken me to the White House, every U.S. time zone, South America, Europe, and Asia. I learned a lot in cooking in a NYC restaurant, for the best tennis players in the world, with Cookie Monster, and with some of the best chefs in the world (on the show Worth the Hype). from local TV to Tastemade, I’ve studied food, eaten food, learned along the way, and hopefully taught you something useful too.