Cooking with an Italian accent

Giulia Scarpaleggia

Booking Overview

This is a food-focused interview and solo cooking show about Italian cuisine, Tuscan food traditions, seasonal ingredients, and home cooking, with occasional external guests such as Italian language educators, food writers, recipe developers, and cookbook authors. Credible pitches include culinary educators, Italian food experts, cookbook authors, food photographers, recipe developers, and specialists in regional or seasonal cooking; booking difficulty is low because guests are generally accessible professionals or rising experts rather than major celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 61

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

julskitchen@substack.com

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Host

Giulia Scarpaleggia - Tuscan food writer, cookbook author, photographer, home cook, and cooking teacher who leads Tuscan cooking classes from her home in the countryside between Siena and Florence.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Food writers, cookbook authors, recipe developers, food photographers, culinary educators, Italian language or culture educators, and specialists in regional, traditional, or seasonal cooking.

Required Achievements:

Published cookbooks or food books, Professional experience in culinary education, food styling, photography, or recipe development, Established expertise in Italian food, cooking, language, or food culture

Recent Guest Discussions

Margherita Berti - Learning Italian Through Food, Building Confidence When Speaking, And Using Everyday Food Culture To Develop Language Skills.

Melina Hammer - Pantry Staples, Food Preservation, Abundance, Memory, And How Stored Ingredients Shape Cooking And Daily Life.

Recent Topics

Food, Italian Cuisine, Tuscan Cooking, Seasonal Cooking, Home Cooking

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Cooking with an Italian accent

The things a recipe can’t tell you

September 16, 2026

In this episode, I'm taking you into our kitchen in Tuscany to share what sixteen years of cooking classes have taught me about confidence, instinct, and the things that are difficult to capture in a written recipe.We'll meet eight strangers at a café, visit the market without a fixed menu, make fresh pasta, rescue a few kitchen disasters, and eventually sit down to lunch together.I'm also introducing our 2027 cooking class season, including our Market to Table and Vegetable-Forward classes, ...

Learning a language through food

August 11, 2026

Can food help you learn a language?In this episode, I sit down with Italian teacher Margherita Berti to talk about learning Italian through food, curiosity, and everyday life.We discuss why passion is often a better teacher than grammar, how to build confidence when speaking, and the small habits that can help you make Italian part of your daily routine—whether you're planning a trip to Italy or simply dreaming of bringing a little more Italy into your life.Where to find Margherita: Italian M...

Inside other people’s pantries

June 15, 2026

In this episode of Cooking with an Italian Accent, I talk with Melina Hammer, a longtime friend of Letters from Tuscany—food stylist, photographer, recipe developer, award-winning author of A Year at Catbird Cottage, and host at Catbird Cottage in the Hudson Valley—for the first conversation in a new series dedicated to other people’s pantries.We explore the pantry as a place of security, abundance, memory, and possibility, from beans, jams, canned tomatoes, tinned fish, and honey to fermente...

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julskitchen@substack.com

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