Monica Pesoli has found a niche for herself promoting Italian culture in Texas. Although she was born in the U.S. to Italian parents, she learned how to cook, speak and think like an Italian by studying Italian in college and going to Italy every summer. When Pesoli herself became a parent, she started cooking with her three kids and eventually branched out into teaching culinary and language classes to fellow Italophiles in Houston.

Pesoli earned dual citizenship to both countries and now lives in Austin, where she writes a blog called Like an Italian (likeanitalian.wordpress.com) and continues to host cooking, culture and language classes in both English and Italian. She also leads travel groups to Italy, including an upcoming wine-focused trip in May 2017. Her next class is 2 p.m. Dec. 4 with the folks who run Dolce Neve. You can find tickets and info on her website.)

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Source: http://food.blog.austin360.com/