La Dolce Vita University Happy Hour & Italian History Trivia Challenge
What food was considered scandalous if consumed by women in public during the Renaissance? Why is carpaccio called carpaccio? How did the Colosseum get its name? Test your knowledge while discovering surprising fun facts about “The Boot.”
Join us for an entertaining cultural and culinary “trivia” challenge Italian-Style. The evening’s interactive Q & A will be MC’ed by Carla Gambescia, former restaurateur, travel journalist, and awarding-winning author of La Dolce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture from A to Z. Even the most sophisticated Italophile will discover interesting and amusing new insights.
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About Carla Gambescia
Carla’s passion for Italy began early: with her mother’s love of the Renaissance masters and father’s discourses on Italian geniuses of every calling. In the ensuing decades, she’s written about and toured every region of Italy on foot or by bicycle. Carla was a former partner in the Ciao Bella Gelato Company, conceived and co-led the Giro del Gelato bicycle tour which won OUTSIDE Magazine’s “Best Trip in Western Europe,” and owned and operated Via Vanti! Restaurant & Gelateria in Mount Kisco, New York for a decade. Via Vanti! received a “Very Good” from the New York Times was named “Best Gelato Shop in NY.” Carla lectures on myriad topics of Italian cultural interest and curates the photoblog Postcards From The Boot. Her book, La Dolce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture from A to Z won the Silver Prized for “Best Travel Book of the Year” 2019 awarded by the North American Travel Journalists Association.