ABOUT
In a quiet village nestled in the Italian countryside, a celebrated Los Angeles chef begins again—not to escape his past, but to taste life again.
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Bill Disselhorst and his wife Anne built Fiore Market Café into a beloved institution in Los Angeles, known for its tight-knit community and iconic fresh bread. Just as it was named one of Yelp’s Top 100 Restaurants in America, the café was sold.
Years later, Bill returns to Casperia, the medieval Italian town where their love of food first took root. There, he embraces a slower rhythm: hand-kneading dough, sharing meals with neighbors, and rediscovering the quiet bonds that remain when everything else falls away.
Told through intimate vérité, poetic interludes, and textured portraits of Casperia’s residents, Italian Wannabe is a lyrical meditation on human connection, the search for belonging, and the quiet rituals of a really good meal.
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