EatingWell:What are your top pantry staples?
Celenza:Extra-virgin olive oil.
I love having sherry vinegar to balance out salt with some kind of acidity.
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Olive oil, sherry vinegar, white wine in the fridge and red pepper flakesI got to have them.
It’s worth the extra money, in my opinion.
EatingWell:An underrated ingredient every home cook should have on hand?
Celenza:Straight MSG …
I’m not kidding.
EatingWell:Why should people start using MSG?
And if you use MSG, you might actually reduce the amount of salt you use.
EatingWell:A food or ingredient thats worth making instead of buying?
Celenza:I don’t understand why people buy premade tomato sauce.
I never grew up with that.
You dont need canned sauce with tomatoes from Italywe have great tomatoes here.
And its ready in, no joke, five minutes.
I don’t care that there’s skins in there, it tastes great!
EatingWell:Whats something you learned while filmingWorth the Hype?
As long as you stay under [450 degrees], it can hold for a really long time.
I was shocked when it came out.
There was no discoloration on the parchment whatsoever, and we just had this perfect salmon-skin tortilla.
I thought that was really interesting.
EatingWell:Any meals you tried onWorth the Hypethat you have tried re-creating at home?
Celenza:There was a fish dish that was so simple.
It reminded me of one that I had in Italy a long time ago.
I changed a little bit but a one-pan potato and fish bake is pretty foolproof.
Its juicy and extremely flavorful.
EatingWell:What citys food scene surprised you the most?
It was so awesome, the people were so nice.
Killer moles, and they cook with corn and peppers indigenous to the regionreally delicious stuff.
Every bite was just like, wow.
Santa Fe was definitely high on the list.
EatingWell:What does eating well mean to you?
Celenza:Eating well does not have to be complicated and it does not have to be expensive.
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