Simone Cinotto is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo, Italy. He was Visiting Professor at Indiana University, USA from 2017-2018 and at SOAS, University of London, UK from 2014-2019. He is the author of several books including The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City (2013) and with Daniel Bender, Food Mobilities: Making World Cuisines (2023).