LEGENDARY CHEF PASQUALE "KING" ASANTI MAKES RARE U.S. APPEARANCE THIS SATURDAY IN LA CANADA/FLINTRIDGE

Fans of the nearly mythical chef Pasquale Asanti have traveled to the southern Italy region of Puglia just for a bite of his foccacia. But this Saturday “The King”, as he is known, will come to the Los Angeles area to provide what he calls “a taste of my homeland to my stay-at-home friends.”

Asanti, from the robust city of Conversano, will be offering not only foccacia, but his panzerotii and taralli at Stella’s Pizza Kitchen in La Canada/Flintridge, the artistic community not far from world famous Altadena, also known as “High Dena”

Asanti, who has appeared in numerous television shows and movies, will begin dishing out the goods at 2 p.m. in a socially safe environment. Many locals have enjoyed his taralli at Nancy Silverton’s Mozza2Go.

Silverton herself said she will be on hand. Her boyfriend, crime reporter Michael Krikorian, however said he would be unable to attend. ‘I’m banned from Canada. It has to do with my past.”