What happens when a career law enforcement officer who spent 6 years infiltrating the mob, retires? He becomes a chef, naturally! Chef Frank Santorsola invites you into his kitchen and prepares dishes right from his family’s cookbook. Old world, simple dishes straight from an Italian home. But with a twist: Frank learned to cook under the tutelage of Chef Emeril Lagasse, and continues today as a private chef and instructor. He is “your eccentricnext door neighbor, who loves to cook”.
In Frank’s house, its all about cooking, family and love. Frank was raised in an Italian American household in New York. One of his favorite childhood memories was waking up on a Sunday morning and smelling his mother’s tomato sauce cooking. The dishes are inspired by heritage, and the “one for the dish, one for me” method of cooking. When the dish gets a splash of wine, the chef gets an equal share.
Most people are intimidated to cook like the pro chefs and follow complicated recipes, but you can rest easy as “your next door neighbor” cooks a meal with you, not for you. Real people doing real cooking and the left over’s get you a few more meals for the week. With his passion for cooking, you can’t help becoming a member of this family! Bon appetit!
