Vincenzo Buonassisi

Vincenzo Buonassisi (7 January 1918 - 25 January 2004) was an Italian journalist, writer, and gastronome.

Early life Buonassisi was born in L'Aquila on 7 January 1918 but grew up in Apulia. He moved with his family to Rome at the age of six. He served in the Italian military during the Second World War, seeing combat in North Africa before being captured. As a prisoner of war (POW) in the United States Buonassisi lived at POW camps in Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas. He later fondly remembered the food he had access to in the American POW camps, especially compared to Italian military service. and positively reviewed his book Pasta.

Buonassisi published non-fiction books about food and wine as well as novels. He had a popular cooking program on Italian television, attracting more than a million viewers.

Death Buonassisi died on 25 January, 2004.