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Nick Stellino (born May 1, 1958, in Palermo, Sicily), is a Sicilian and Italian television chef. One half of his family is from Northern Italy and the other half is Sicilian. He hosts the cooking programs Cucina Amore and Nick Stellino's Family Kitchen on public television station KCTS 9 in Seattle, Washington.
Stellino began by hosting three seasons of Cucina Amore. His other main cooking show was Nick Stellino's Family Kitchen; both were presented by KCTS, a PBS-affiliated television station in Seattle. His most recent show, Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen, was presented by WCNY, the PBS station in Syracuse, New York. [1] Stellino's current shows are distributed by American Public Television. [2]
Stellino is the author of several cookbooks, which include the following:
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