https://www.cesarecasella.com/mystory daily 0.75 2022-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/5c3ce3a4-5d1e-4406-b12d-45dfb3981021/scan0008+%284%29341642643255843743+%281%29.jpg My Story Rosa and Pietro taught their son everything they knew about the restaurant business. Here he is in toque and apron at 18. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/5a9555e1-f5e0-4bd1-ac81-a837b896f412/Screen+Shot+2018-09-29+at+5.20.06+PM.jpg My Story If there was a constant, it was the pigs, who were always close by, as attached to Chef as he is to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/3caa5625-5f23-4180-85ef-43033ddf705d/scan00674476825953379261413+%281%29.jpg My Story You might know Cesare Casella as the chef with the rosemary springing from his pocket, but he’s not just an herb man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/9216e1f5-399e-4549-b071-9c99bf8123f1/scan00012581766069052923244.jpg My Story Chef Casella’s dad, Pietro, was passionate about ingredients and ruled the grill. His mom, Rosa, was queen of the kitchen. No one could beat her pasta or sauces. Here they are (in a photo courtesy of the great Art Streiber) in the ‘90s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/cfc93789-04b1-417f-b5c0-7c3fa86acf90/Screen+Shot+2018-09-27+at+7.32.58+PM.jpg My Story Yes, that’s Chef arriving in New York. Dig the coat. It was 1992. His mission was to bring true Tuscan tastes to his new home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/c27ca05f-f7e1-4f29-ac69-06540a0db033/IMG_2007+%281%29.jpg My Story Some boys had trains. Cesare had prosciutti. His very first job was taking care of the ones curing in the cellar. He also was in charge of feeding the pigs, his favorite chore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/82073b35-efe3-4991-a00f-3da372329fad/Screen+Shot+2018-09-24+at+9.44.15+PM.jpg My Story Fresh herbs became his signature (hence the rosemary). He dubbed his garden the arometo, the aroma orchard, which helped Vipore win a Michelin star in 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/2b97bc2f-d03f-4232-8729-571ffdbf12c9/IMG_3367+%281%29.jpg My Story By 2003, he was involved with the Center for Discovery, for people with medical frailties, and in 2012, was named Chief of the DNA, a nutritional, culinary and farming program. Being out in the Center’s fields was like a homecoming to Tuscany and the arometo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/12906773-297a-4899-a7da-9de297fb2d4a/Screen+Shot+2018-09-27+at+7.34.33+PM.jpg My Story In 2003, Chef was appointed Dean of Italian Studies at the International Culinary Center and started hanging out on the streets of SoHo with his fellow deans like André Soltner, Alain Sailhac and the two Jacques—Pepin and Torres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/3b271f40-964a-4ccf-b42a-44130aa50067/scan0017+%282%296627743440160405138+%281%29.jpg My Story He grew up in the Tuscan countryside, above the restaurant his parents owned, Vipore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/14b24483-81c7-4041-9a7b-e55fa05d6abf/05031_01_434_3392005483_o+%281%29.jpg My Story One thing led to another, and after a little kitchen-hopping, Chef started opening restaurants of his own, including Beppe, Maremma and Salumeria Rosi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0a18a10f68875f9a098da2/91b08f64-a8bc-4385-af47-d13daacf08d3/Casellas1_preview_1024x.jpeg My Story Which in 2016, brought him back to his first love, Prosciutti and cured meats, which he makes the same way he did at Vipore, under his brand Casella’s. https://www.cesarecasella.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-12-30 https://www.cesarecasella.com/home daily 1.0 2022-07-18 https://www.cesarecasella.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2022-12-17 https://www.cesarecasella.com/new-page daily 0.75 2020-02-23 https://www.cesarecasella.com/biography daily 0.75 2022-07-08