John Mariani is a columnist for Esquire and other publications. He is also the author of How Italian Food Conquered the World (Palgrave Macmillan), The Encyclopedia of American Food & Drink (Lebhar-Friedman), The Dictionary of Italian Food and Drink (Broadway), and, with his wife Galina, the award-winning Italian-American Cookbook (Harvard Common Press).

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