Katie Parla is a Rome-based food and beverage educator and journalist. Her latest book, Food of the Italian South, details the classic, lost, and disappearing dishes of Molise, Campania, Basilicata, Calabria, and Puglia. For her first appearance on HRN Happy Hour, we talk pizza, Roman tours, her New Jersey roots, and more. Plus, we get the inside scoop on wh ... Show More
Oct 2024
Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund Annual Event!
We are joined by our fellow and food journalist Jessica Gingrich, who reported from the Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund annual benefit at Chelsea Market in NYC. We talk about Anne's legacy, the event, and include a lot of attendee commentary. Cover photo credit: Romanchophoto and Mike V ... Show More
16m 18s
Apr 2023
481. - Katie Parla
Katie Parla is a Rome-based food writer and friend. Her new book, Food of the Italian Islands, is out now. We chat about some last-minute Coachella additions, new Ghia dropped, new anti-woke canned beer just dropped, Italian trap music, which drinking fountains have the best wate ... Show More
1h 10m
Dec 2024
Episode 564: An Ever-Changing Holiday
<p>How much has Italian Christmas changed over the years?</p> <p>Turns out, even in the last ten years, since we began this show, the way Italians celebrate Christmas has evolved. We listen back to one of our very first episodes, when we discussed Katy's first (and only) Christma ... Show More
43m 32s
Mar 2025
[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] A Day in the Life under Lockdown, Part 1
<p>Who remembers what life felt like during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, when cities and entire countries were shutting down right and left? Believe it or not, it all started five years ago this month! So we are digging back into our archives to bring you episodes fro ... Show More
34 m
<p>A number of years back, expat podcast <em>Expat Sandwich</em> produced a <a href= "ttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/expat-sandwich/id1205730536" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documentary episode</a> all about... us! As we prepare to launch our 12th season (can you believe ... Show More