Maria Liberati is the Gourmand World Award Winning Author/ Blogger of The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati tm, book series, blog and The Maria Liberati Show Podcast, a contributor to many national and international publications, multi media journalist, producer and content creator. Maria is the author of 10 award winning culinary travel books, also winner of the culinary travel blog of the year by the NY Travel Writers’ Society and the Culinary Content Innovators Award by Corporate Live Wire.

Maria’s extraordinary background in culinary training in Italy combined with her unique personality warmth and skills have earned her the title of true renaissance woman and one of the foremost Italian culinary experts. Her portrait, painted by celebrated Italian artist Sergio Terzi (Nerone) was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and around the world. She is also an award winning entrepreneur.