In Light of Lucia, the energetic and passionate Luciana Sampogna, owner of the popular cooking school Cucina Italiana, shares the rites of passage of the Italian woman from childhood to motherhood, mapped by Italian tradition, superstition and celebration through food. Learn why flour is 'god' and be swept away by the romance of eating pizza on the back of a Vespa with your bello. This is Italian cooking from the heart.

Author Biography

Luciana Sampogna has run the Cucina Italiana cooking school for the past twelve years, the last seven in Sydney. She was trained under the renowned Italian cookbook authors Margherita and Valeria Simili who run the most famous bakery and cooking school in Bologna. Find out more about Luciana and Cucina Italiana at www.cucinaitaliana.com.au