Vincenzo Buonassisi

He served in the Italian military during the second world war, seeing combat in North Africa before being captured.

He later fondly remembered the food he had access to in the American POW camps, especially compared to Italian military service.

[4] As a journalist Buonassisi primarily wrote for Corriere della Sera and La Stampa, often under the pen name Falstaff.

Buonassisi became famous for his food coverage however he also covered travel, music, opera, and television.

[4] He was the first person to have the position of dedicated food and wine correspondent at a major Italian newspaper.

The theater director Paolo Grassi on the right, during an interview with the Corriere della Sera journalist Vincenzo Buonassisi at the Piccolo Teatro (Milan) .