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Buongiorno! Welcome to Follow Me To Italy Podcast with Lauren, celebrating the food, wine, people, traditions, and beautiful places of Italy. Join us as we travel through Italy, sharing stories from our kitchen and recipes from our table, while introducing you to local chefs, winemakers, farmers, artisans, and colorful characters. From bustling food markets and family vineyards to tiny hill towns, seaside villages, and Italian kitchens, we take you into the heart of authentic Italian life beyond the usual tourist sites. Produced by legendary WBZ Radio broadcaster Jordan Rich, Follow Me To Italy, is a hit podcast that's been recognized by MillionPodcasts, https://www.millionpodcasts.com/italian-food-podcasts/ as one of the Top 20 Italian Food Podcasts globally. Sit back, sip an espresso or vino and join us for conversations about Italian food, travel, culture and traditions - and la dolce vita! Always inspiring you to cook, travel and follow us to Italy. Buon appetito!

07 – The Pope’s Pastry Chef

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The scene is delicious.  Creamy butter is scented with vanilla, then sugar is carefully whipped in a silver mixer.  As the butter transforms into a light and airy texture, a heavenly scent zests the air.  In the far corner, a pasticciere, pastry maker, donning a tall white chef’s hat carefully weighs out chopped candied orange that will be added to the batter.  Another baker lays out rows of brown paper baking liners that will soon cradle the delicate batter.  They’ll be baked into beautiful beauties called panettone, an Italian sweet bread.  Follow me to Italy as Chef Salvatore tells me his story on how he first started

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