Meet Mary Ann Esposito, Host of Television’s Longest Running Cooking Show

Expand your knowledge of Italian cuisine in this season 6 segment of Weekends with Yankee (episode 607). Amy is in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to meet Mary Ann Esposito, host of the longest-running cooking show on television, Ciao Italia. Started in 1989, Mary’s show was dedicated to educating people on the diversity of Italian cuisine. In this segment, Amy stops at the Tuscan Market to pick up some sweet treats to gift to her host. At her house, Mary explains the origins of her career and what inspired Ciao Italia before the pair head into her kitchen to make a pie unlike any other, originating from the region of Emilia Romagna. 

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Produced by GBH, Boston’s preeminent public media producer, Weekends with Yankee is a Telly Award–winner in theTourism/Travel category and was recently nominated for Best New Series and Best Travel Program by The Taste Awards. Series funding for Weekends with Yankee is provided by New Hampshire Division of Travel & Tourism Development, Maine Office of Tourism, Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism, The Barn Yard, American Cruise Lines, and Grady-White Boats.