Formerly an architect and marketing consultant in Italy, now a production designer and private chef in LA: today’s guest, Alessandra Manias, is just bursting at the seams with passion and creativity.
Alessandra started Saor Project with her husband, Gianluca Zago, to share the origin of ancient Italian culture, particularly northeastern Italian cuisine, with a wider audience. The real Italian traditions are based on a peasant culture and poor food, which is disappearing in the modern world. Through private dinners, forking awesome events, and a mouth-watering blog, Saor offers Italian dishes and traditions that are slowly disappearing and very important to preserve.
“The food has to be really good, the presentation has to be good – but everybody has to be happy!” –Alessandra Manias
Alessandra’s Top Secret Crostata Recipe:
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Alessandra Manias was an architect and consultant in Italy, and now she’s a production designer and private chef in Los Angeles. Alessandra is a creative person that expresses herself in many ways: design, art and food. She created SAOR Project with her husband Gianluca, a company about private chef service. Alessandra is the main chef, but she also collaborates with other chefs.
She started to cook when she was 12 years old, taking recipes and secrets from her mother and grandmother.
I love the world of food and beverage, everything about it, it’s soo damn sexy! Every time we eat and drink it ignites us sensually…the look, texture, taste, smell, sound all in a unique combination, encapsulating a moment in time. The act of sharing a meal with friends, chatting, eating, and drinking together is so forking perfect. It is a feeling that echoes a sense that All Is Good! Very, Very good!