Stef Ferrari is an Emmy-winning, James Beard Award-nominated writer, filmmaker, and illustrator who has published four books included the recent Stuzzichini: The Art of the Italian Snack.
She has more than two decades in the food world, has lived in Italy where she traveled, documented, and studied Italian culture and humanities, and was the Senior Editor for Life & Thyme for more than half a decade. Stef once owned an ice cream shop, and her true loves include pizza, doughnuts, and people. Stef specializes in writing related to food, pop culture, and queer life.
Books in order of publication:
Ice Cream Adventures: More than 100 Deliciously Different Recipes – 2016
A Woman’s Place: The Inventors, Rumrunners, Lawbreakers, Scientists, and Single Moms Who Changed the World with Food – 2019
Where I Come From: Life Lessons from a Latino Chef – 2019
Stuzzichini: The Art of the Italian Snack – 2024
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