Hi, everybody. You're listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from my hotel room in Washington, D.C.

We just did a great mentor-mente event here last night at Chef Isabel Kasse's Pasqual restaurant with Sam Pellegrino.

If you are in the D.C. area, definitely

visit Pesqual, beautiful Mexican food by Chef Isabel and her team. And fun fact, the restaurant is named

for the patron saint of chefs. I'm about to head to the airport to fly to Carmel in California

to shoot our next cover. Some of you might be able to guess who are photographing,

but I'm not going to ruin the surprise. Then I'm off to Las Vegas for the opening of Gabby Cameron's

contramoir at the Fountain Blue Resort. I am very excited about this restaurant. A lot of you know the

original contramoir in Mexico City. This is a big project with a lot of talent around it. We're going to have

Gabby and some of the other folks involved in the project on the show in the months ahead, so stay

tuned. And of course, be sure to check out my Instagram and substack notes for some behind the scenes.

I've got a lot of travel and airport time ahead of me this week, so wish me well.

Today's guest has nothing to do with any of this. It's Amber Guinness, the cookbook author based in Italy,

who is a champion of simple, soulful Tuscan food. Her latest book is titled Winter in Tuscany,

and it's a beautiful tribute to the dishes she loves so much. We talk about the book, her time working at the River Cafe,

the painting school she co-founded,

and the idea of Quantobasta,

Italian for just enough or as much as you need,

a way of cooking and living that's all about instinct,

generosity, and trust.

I promise today's episode will be very quantobasta. Stay tuned for my chat

with Amber Guinness. This interview was recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.

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