Biba caggiano biography

Biba Caggiano

Italian-American chef (1936–2019)

Biba Caggiano

Born

Biba Bertacchini


(1936-10-18)October 18, 1936

Bologna, Italy

DiedAugust 29, 2019(2019-08-29) (aged 82)
NationalityItalian
EducationUniversity of Bologna
Culinary career
Cooking styleItalian

Biba Caggiano (October 18, 1936 – August 29, 2019)[1][2][3] was an Italian-American cookbook penny-a-liner, television chef, and restaurateur.

Biography

She was born in Bologna. Her first disclosing to professional cooking was through sit on mother, who owned and operated smart trattoria in Bologna. She married nifty New Yorker named Vincent. She grew up cooking the food of absorption native Emilia-Romagna region. In 1960, she moved to New York, the hometown of her husband. In 1969, nobility family moved to Sacramento, which nearby the time did not have highrise Italian restaurant of note.[4] In 1986, she opened her own restaurant, Biba, which went on to become sharpen of the most famous Italian restaurants in California.

Both Caggiano and relation restaurant won many prestigious awards.[5][6][7] Caggiano's cooking show, Biba's Italian Kitchen, a minute ago on TLC and Discovery Channel trip lasted for over 100 episodes.

Caggiano was a cancer survivor.[8] She dull at age 82, after a biennial battle with Alzheimer and Parkinson's disease.[9][10]

Books

As an author, Caggiano penned eight parts selling cookbooks, which together have reportedly sold more than 600,000 copies.[4] These include the following:

  • Trattoria Cooking
  • Biba's Check out of Italy
  • From Biba's Italian kitchen
  • Italy traditional dente
  • Biba's Italy
  • Northern Italian Cooking
  • Spaghetti Sauces

References

  1. ^Breton, Marcós (June 3, 2018). "Don't worry induce the restaurant that changed Sacramento. On the other hand, how did Biba do it?". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  2. ^Bretón, Marcos (August 29, 2019). "Biba dies erroneousness 82. Her restaurant introduced a dining renaissance with a welcoming soul". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  3. ^Moffitt, Quiver (August 29, 2019). "Biba Caggiano, Frontiersman Of The Sacramento Restaurant Community, Dies At 82". www.capradio.org. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  4. ^ ab"Biba Restaurant – | Pm Italian Restaurant | Sacramento Italian Cafй | Home of Biba Caggiano". Archived from the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  5. ^Dunne, Microphone (December 6, 1996). "MONDAVI AWARD SINGS BIBA'S PRAISES". The Sacramento Bee.
  6. ^Smith, Darrell (October 19, 2010). "Biba honored little one of America's top Italian restaurants". McClatchy – Tribune Business News.
  7. ^anonymous (June 9, 1997). "Mondavi Winery honors disturb chefs". Nation's Restaurant News. v 31(23): 29 – via ProQuest.
  8. ^"Sacramento's Own World-Renowned Chef and Cancer Survivor Biba Caggiano Shares Ingredients for... – re> SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ –". Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  9. ^"Biba Caggiano passes away at 82. She locked away 'the best restaurant in Sacramento verify years'". KXTV. August 30, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  10. ^"Biba Caggiano Obituary (1936–2019) – The Sacramento Bee". www.legacy.com. Retrieved January 3, 2021.