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Biba Caggiano was born and raised in Italy's gastronomical capital, Bologna. She grew up cooking the food of her native Emilia- Romagna region. In 1960 she moved to New York, the hometown of her American-born husband, Vincent. There Biba found a job at a major Italian bank, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, where she stayed until the arrival of her first child. During those first years of living in New York City, she made an effort to recreate the everyday meals that her mother used to make, striving to make food an integral part of her new family life.In 1969, the family moved to Sacramento, California, where her husband joined a medical practice. At that time Sacramento was a pleasant laid-back city, however it lacked restaurant diversity, especially those serving quality Italian food. Thus, if Biba wanted authentic Italian food she had to make it herself.After a couple of years of making simple and elaborate meals for family and friends, she was asked to teach a series of cooking classes at a newly opened cooking school in Sacramento. The classes were a huge success and Biba found herself with a brand new "career." Over the last 35 years, this new career has taken her with numerous study tours throughout various Italian regions, where she has enhanced her knowledge about the diversity of culinary traditions.

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