His use of traditional methods and ingredients combined with modern attitudes and a straightforward recipe style have made him a popular cookbook author.
[4] Although born in the United States, Hazan spent much of his childhood in Italy, and, at age 17, began assisting his mother at her School of Classic Italian Cooking in Bologna.
[5] For more than three decades, Hazan taught hands-on and demonstration-style courses at cooking schools in Europe and the United States.
His school in Italy has been featured by the Fine Living network, and he is often a guest on local TV shows in cities to which he is traveling.
It includes tomato sauce based on his mother's recipe, extra-virgin olive oil and rice.