New Orleans chef Michael Gulotta is one of the country's best, nominated for multiple James Beard Awards. He started his culinary career in Italy.

"So, the coolest thing is I was 22 years old, right? So I’m 22 years old and I'm getting to work in Italy, which is one of the coolest things you get to do," Gulotta said.

A young chef who spent that time in the early 2000s cooking food and perfecting dishes he grew up eating.

"My family is from Sicily, so everything is tomatoes because that’s all you see, Sicily is all citrus farms and tomatoes. We think of traditional Italian as being those tomato sauces and the meatballs, even our lasagna is tomato-based," Gulotta said.

But when the world watches the Olympics in Milan and Cortina, they'll see another type of Italian food.

"The further no

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