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Cucina Amore
Now Showing on PBS!

Johnny Carrabba and Damian Mandola are pleased to host the third season of their PBS cooking show series Cucina. In this series Johnny and Damian share their favorite Tuscan recipes served up with a pinch of fun. Click here for show times in your area.

"Ciao Tuscany"
by Johnny Carrabba and Damian Mandola

Recipes From the PBS cooking show, Cucina Toscana
The hosts of the PBS cooking show "Cucina Sicilia!" return with a colorful volume of hearty fare of Tuscan derivation. From antipasti to dolci, Damian Mandola and his nephew, Johnny Carrabba, offer intensely flavored dishes from that fabled west-central Italian region crowned by Florence. With their large family, the two chefs launched the original Carrabba’s Italian Grill in Houston, still their home. Today, these two Sicilian boys from Texas captivate a nationwide television audience and host friends through 198 Carrabba’s restaurants across the United States.
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"Ciao Sicily"

by Johnny Carrabba and Damian Mandola

Recipes From the PBS cooking show, Cucina Amore
Hot on the heels of the Ciao Y'all cookbook, which accompanied Damian Mandola and Johnny Carrabba's acclaimed PBS cooking show "Cucina Amore!", the popular hosts have extracted from their Italian heritage a new cookbook, Ciao Sicily, with recipes from the PBS cooking show "Cucina Sicilia!" which focuses on Sicily.
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"Ciao Y'all"
by Johnny Carrabba and Damian Mandola

Recipes From the PBS cooking show, Cucina Amore
Now you don't have to travel to Houston to get a great Italian meal -- you can make it at home for family and friends, but remember to follow the authors' lead and make every meal a celebration!
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