my debut cookbook is now available for sale!

I’m Frankie Celenza, author, cook, dog parent, enthusiastic mountain biker, and Emmy Award winning tv host. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always enjoyed fresh mozzarella, the warm and milky kind. I remember eating all the slices off a fully prepared caprese salad at Nonno’s house in 1990, leaving behind tomato and basil for the adults. A few years later I realized that mozzarella with tomato and basil actually tasted amazing, and that other foods might taste great too. Turns out they do! I’ve been on a flavor quest ever since. In 2008 I began making videos on food and cooking, something I’ve come to love doing almost as much as eating. This wild and fortuitous journey of TV making has taken me to the White House, every U.S. time zone, South America, Europe, and Asia. I learned a lot cooking in an NYC restaurant, for the greatest tennis player in history, with Cookie Monster, and with some of the best chefs in the world (on the show Worth the Hype). From local TV to Tastemade, I’ve studied food, eaten food, learned along the way, and hopefully taught you something useful too. My debut cookbook hit shelves in July ‘25, and my new Tastemade series has also rolled out. I’ve added a tab uptop to watch selections of my three major shows, and of course the book is for sale anywhere you buy books.

thanks for being here, happy cooking (and eating)!

Frankie