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&#8220;The Meatball Queen,&#8221; <a title="https://donatella.com/about-donatella/" href="https://donatella.com/about-donatella/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donatella Arpaia,</a> is a true American success story. The Food Network Iron Chef America star started out as a lawyer before garnering a Michelin Star at one of her many successful restaurants, becoming a TV sensation and eventually getting her culinary degree. Her latest project is the coastal Italian-inspired spot, <a title="https://www.noma-beach.com/" href="https://www.noma-beach.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NOMA Beach</a> in Miami&#8217;s burgeoning Coral Gables area. 
A <a title="https://www.amazon.com/Donatella-Cooks-Arpaia/dp/1605296422" href="https://www.amazon.com/Donatella-Cooks-Arpaia/dp/1605296422" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cookbook author</a>, <a title="https://people.com/parents/donatella-arpaia-twins-first-photo/" href="https://people.com/parents/donatella-arpaia-twins-first-photo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proud mom of 3</a> (including 2 miracle babies), Donatella is the wife of renowned cardiologist <a title="https://drstewart.com/" href="https://drstewart.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Allan Stewart.</a>

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The famous stuffed meatballs of Donatella Arpaia.

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I am the idea behind and the co-founder of Mama Mancini’s. I am also a home cook, an obsessed entrepreneur, traveler, foodie, and I love sharing all of it with anyone who wants to listen. I believe passion fuels ideas and there is no such thing as a bad idea or too much passion. I look at the picture of my grandmother, Anna Mancini, holding me as a baby and think wow if my grandmother only knew that all those countless days of me learning how to cook by her side in Brooklyn would turn into this. After 25 years in the garment industry, I decided in 2007 it was time for a change. My idea: real meatballs made the authentic Italian way and sold in real sauce. To me there was no other way they should be offered, that was my big idea and Mama Mancini’s was born. The rest is history. So, I say this to everyone who has an idea: never give up; don’t listen to the people who say it won’t work. No idea is a bad idea and always chase your dreams. Let’s cook.

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