Canadian-American food stylist and cookbook author, Maria Filice,

Filice’s presentation at the gourmet food outlet is the latest showcase of her growing celebrity status, which also

includes television segments on CHCH TV 11 with Bob Cowan and Lori DeAngelis. “Monthly Mondays with

Maria” airs on the first Monday of each month at 8:10am and features tips on making simple, rustic recipes. “I want

my viewers to get back in the kitchen and break bread with family and friends. I’m all about supporting local

farmers, using seasonal vegetables and fruits and combining them in a style that occasionally breaks a few rules.”

Filice’s cookbook, Breaking Bread in L’Aquila, was published on April 6, 2010, on the first anniversary of the

earthquake that devastated the Abruzzo region. Releasing the book on the earthquake’s anniversary was a message

to the people of the region that “we have not forgotten.” To underscore that sentiment, the author is donating the

book’s net proceeds to the restoration efforts and the assistance still desperately needed in L’Aquila.

The cookbook has received abundant praise from print and online reviewers, including the Library Journal, i-Italy,

and Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts. Filice also writes a lively and entertaining blog from her kitchen at

foodandfate.blogspot.com.