Carla Capalbo


Carla Capalbo is an English-American, food writer, journalist and author.

Career

She writes regularly for magazines and newspapers, including Decanter, National Geographic, BBC Olive, The Independent, World of Fine Wine, Bon Appétit, Departures, Food & Wine. She is a long-time member of Slow Food, the Guild of Food Writers and the Circle of Wine Writers and has won Italy's Luigi Veronelli prize for best foreign food writer. In 2017 she featured in the BBC Radio 4 Food Programme's Documentary on the food and wine of Georgia.
Saveur Magazine called her recent work Tasting Georgia as " without question the best book ever written in English about Georgian food and wine"

Selected Works

The Ultimate Italian Cookbook 1998
The food and wine lovers companion Tuscany 2002
Tasting Georgia 2017