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Marcella Italian Cooking Legend Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Marcella Hazan didn’t just teach Italian cooking—she changed the way America eats. Fearless, passionate, and exacting, she introduced authentic recipes to millions. Julia Child called Marcella “my mentor in all things Italian.” Featuring Jacques Pépin, Danny Meyer, April Bloomfield, and Lidia Bastianich, this intimate portrait reveals the bold woman who forever shaped home kitchens.

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00:00Italian cooking is very simple, but it's not easy.
00:09Marcella Hazan was the person who helped you transmit love to somebody through the kitchen.
00:14Julia Child has called her my mentor in all things Italian.
00:19She is to Italian cooking what Muhammad Ali is to boxing, the champ.
00:23Marcella Hazan, Marcella Hazan, Marcella Hazan.
00:27Most people in America had never really experienced Italian food like people eat in Italy.
00:34When I grew up, we didn't have extra virgin olive oil, we didn't have arugula, we didn't
00:38have radicchio.
00:39We didn't even know what risotto was.
00:41She unlocked one of the greatest joys in the world, which are the culinary pleasures of
00:46Italy.
00:47It was a revelation.
00:50The woman was an intelligent, trained scientist.
00:55I never cook in my life until I'm married.
00:58I never boil water if it was not in the beaker in the laboratory.
01:03Marcella realized that there had always been a cook inside her.
01:09She decides to begin teaching Italian cooking to American women.
01:14Marcella gets it all.
01:15I said, would you like to do a cookbook?
01:18A cookbook?
01:19I decided it was impossible because I don't write in English.
01:24And Rita said, well, if you want, I will translate.
01:30And in less than a year, we had produced a book.
01:33A book that made history.
01:39She was an absolute perfectionist.
01:41There was only one way of doing things.
01:43She has no qualms about saying if you're doing something wrong.
01:47And if she didn't feel something was right, she voiced it.
01:51People in power, especially in the food world, find very
01:53threatening a woman who has the guts to stand up for herself.
01:58I'm in awe of you.
01:59Always have been.
02:01To you, Marcella, and for all the good that you did to
02:04America's food.