Jeanne Carola Francesconi

Jeanne Caròla Francesconi (Naples, 1903 – Naples 1995) was an Italian chef and cookbook author, considered "the dean of Neapolitan cuisine". Her most important work is La cucina napoletana (1965), which has been called the "bible" of Neapolitan cuisine and the most important Neapolitan cookbook after Cavalcanti. She has been quoted in several English-language cookbooks, such as Precious Cargo: How Foods From the Americas Changed The World by Dave DeWitt and The Food Of Italy di Claudia Roden. Even though there may be very public details about Francesconi's personal life, she is remembered as the hostess of several legendary dinners for Naples's upper class.