Maria Liberati

As a former international model, Maria Liberati never dreamed that she would go from being a fashion diva to a domestic diva. Ironically, while jet setting off to modeling assignments around the world, Maria became closer to the simplicity of life and food in the country setting of her family’s vineyard in the mountains of central Italy. There she began to experience the real tastes of food that she remembered from her childhood.

Finding out that her grandparents owned a well known bakery in their region and that her great aunt cooked for some members of the royal family sparked (what she now calls) her dormant interest in foods and cooking. She began studying with chefs in are trattorias and country farms and ultimately completed formal culinary training while in Italy.  She soon found herself putting together cooking programs for English, German and Japanese tourists at various vineyards in Italy.

After working with Italian painter/artist Sergio Terzi, Maria took a small office for writing and began compiling her first book. Soon she began getting requests to put together programs in the States, to write articles on food and restaurant reviews for many national publications, and to lecture at many culinary schools and developing programs.

She has hosted and delighted audiences from International Wine Festivals, cooking shows, fairs and conventions all over the US to Rome, Abruzzi, and Florence, Italy. She is consistently endorsed by some of the world’s leading chefs for her savvy and simplistic, yet healthy approach to cooking and good food.

The world has taken notice from her feature articles in national publications like Healthy Cooking, Tastes of Italia, Cooking Light, and The San Francisco Chronicle, as well as her feature articles in Italian publications including Taste and Tour Italia and RAI network.

Maria Liberati has been called the “Italian Martha Stewart” by Celebrity Society Magazine (May 2006). A company unto herself, Maria Liberati is the creator of the trademark Maria Liberati’s The Basic Art of Italian Cooking ™ and a new line of spices developed in Italy, Sapori D’Italia. A successful entrepreneur, Liberati is looking forward to hosting her soon-to-be-released TV show. Maria continues to work on her second book The Basic Art of Italian Cooking, Spaghetti at Midnight which will be illustrated in the limited edition version by world renowned architect/artist Mariano Moroni and will highlight pasta recipes and menus and meals based around pasta as a main course. The companion DVD to the first book will be released in late 2007. An advocate for supporting those affected by cancer, she has chosen to donate portions of the proceeds of her book to Gilda’s Club.

Maria Liberati’s The Basic Art of Italian Cooking is truly a work of art and has been so referred to as the “gap between art and life” by world renowned Italian architect and artist Mariano Moroni.