AUTHOR

Carmella Alvaro

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Carmella, Owner & Pasta Maker at Melina’s Fresh Pasta, grew up in an Italian-American family in Syracuse, NY. The first to be born in the United States, she longed for a connection to the country where every other member of her family was from. After years of watching her mother make homemade Italian food with ingredients from her father’s backyard garden, she wanted to share the Italian tradition of food made from scratch with care and served with love to family and friends. In 2010, she travelled to Bologna, Italy to earn the tradition of fresh pasta making. Upon her return, she started Melina’s Fresh Pasta – the only small pasta manufacturer in the area. Since then, Carmella has grown the business – opening a retail shop in Durham in 2017, offering a greater variety of pastas, sauces and take & bake meals to an expanding customer base through 5 farmers markets, 10 local retailers and 3 local home delivery companies.