Award-winning journalist and author Laura Lazzaroni was the first editor in chief of Food&Wine Italia. Previously New York correspondent for D di Repubblica, then Features Editor of L’Uomo Vogue in Milan, Lazzaroni was the coauthor with chef Niko Romito of the book 10 Lezioni di Cucina. She is also an accomplished bread consultant, specialized in heritage wheat. She has written two books on bread and in 2021 published her first book in English, The New Cucina Italiana.