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A Food Network chef + mama obsessed with travel, and mouth watering food. I also own a gorgeous cooking school in Italy. My mission? To share the secrets of La Dolce Vita so you can create a healthy, beautiful, delicious life filled with joy!

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I am grateful to every person who didn’t believe in me—they got me one step closer to my dreams.⁠

By following my heart, my God spark, and not my family, education system, society, cultural conditioning, or even religion I was able to connect to my truth.⁠

Very often we limit ourselves out of a deep-rooted fear of not being enough. Most people accept their lives; very few people try to change them. They settle. They stick to what is deemed acceptable.⁠

They extinguish their soul’s desire. They silence their passions and refuse to play the music they have inside them that is begging to be heard, to be danced to. ⁠

You do not need to be one of those people. You have a choice.⁠

As Robert Browning famously said, “a man’s reach should exceed his grasp.” Your goals are within reach if you are brave enough to envision and go after them.⁠

Never apologize for wanting more. You shouldn’t have to settle for mediocre. Don’t limit yourself. You are a magician, a lightworker a manifester of miracles.⁠

Make 2020 the year you go after all your dreams. May you only know blessings my angel.

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I'm Melissa, your host & tour guide.

A Food Network chef, author, mamma, eternal optimist, wannabe-mermaid, spice mixologist, and “dough therapist” (yep, it’s a thing)—

I'm also the founder of Susina Cucina, the gorgeous, Italian cooking school I manifested into my reality. I’m obsessed with Aperol spritzes, travel, and mouthwatering food… especially pizza and pasta.

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