Marcella Hazan, famed cookbook author, dies at 89

... a doctorate in natural sciences and biology. But then she met Victor Hazan, who was born in Italy but raised in New York. The couple married in 1955 and moved to the U.S., and she realized she needed to feed her husband, who longed for the flavors ...

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