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Matthew Scialabba and Melissa Pellegrino

Matthew Scialabba and Melissa Pellegrino, chef owners of Bufalina, with their cookbook Lido.

Matthew Scialabba and Melissa Pellegrino are husband-and-wife chef-owners of the Italian restaurant Bufalina in Guilford, CT. They are well-versed in all things Italian, having visited all twenty-one regions of the country. They are the authors of two cookbooks, The Italian Farmers’ Table and The Southern Italian Farmers’ Table.

Features

Inside Lido: Recipes and Stories from Italy’s Beach Clubs

What began as a way to share Italy with their daughter becomes a cookbook shaped by years of travel, capturing the food and culture of the country’s beach clubs.

April 9, 2026