Carla Lalli Music is a James Beard Award-winning and bestselling cookbook author and the former food director at Bon Appétit. Trained at the French Culinary Institute, she started her career as a line cook and later became the first general manager at Shake Shack. Carla lives in Brooklyn with her family.

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Carla Lalli Music's Brothy Wheat Berries and Parm

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