Author and Lifestyle Personality Maria Liberati Joins Celebrity Chefs at the Atlantic City Food and Wine Show

New Jersey—Author and lifestyle personality Maria Liberati will heat up the stage with her desirable Italian cuisine recipes and sign copies of her new book The Basic Art of Italian Cooking during the Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival held at the Atlantic City Convention Center on October 6, 7, and 8. This Philadelphia native and former international supermodel is gaining the attention of Atlantic City high rollers and others just the same with her trendy approach to basic Italian cooking. Liberati’s recent publication The Basic Art of Italian Cooking consists of simple recipes intertwined with a fascinating collection of memoirs of her travels through Italy. Liberati’s diva sense and fashionable history shine through in her cooking as many of the recipes in her book accentuate elegant presentation.Liberati is one of many celebrity chefs who will be participating in the Food and Wine Festival. She will show off her simple, uncomplicated recipe secrets on stage on October 6 at 10:30am during the festival. Here Liberati will demonstrate several recipes using wines from the Balic Winery in Mays Landing, NJ. (www.balicwinery.com) and specially engineered cookware by Demeyere, Inc (www.demeyerecookware.com) and a special herb blend she developed Sapori D’Italia (available at www.marialiberati.com).The Basic Art of Italian Cooking (ISBN 978-1928911005) is available at http://www.marialiberati.com, other retail outlets, and at Maria’s Liberati’s personal appearances. In addition to running acclaimed cooking programs in Italy and the United States and writing food articles and restaurant reviews for a variety of publications, Liberati is also vice president to the Liberati Investment Corporation. She divides her time between offices and residences in Italy and the United States.The Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival is open to the public and will be held at the Atlantic City Convention Center on October 6 from 3pm until 9pm, on October 7 from 10am until 7pm, and on October 8 from 10am until 5pm.