The flavors and textures meld. No one component stands out. If you’re not using “a whole bottle of olive oil” when making eggplant Parm, he said, then what are you even doing? Like Elton John and Kiki Dee, Ms. Rito and Mr. Tacinelli finish each other’s sentences, often talking simultaneously — not over each other, but through. When asked, for instance, about the difference between Italian and Italian American food, the couple, who co-wrote the 2021 cookbook “Italian American,” baton-passed the answer.

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Persons: Scott Tacinelli, Don Angie, Rito, ”, Elton John, Kiki Dee, Tacinelli Locations: Italian American