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  • Do You Know Your Heritage?

     I was blessed to have parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents that were storytellers and lived with the day-to-day values and traditions they...
  • Let’s Make Bread!

    Why? Why Not?? It is only 4 ingredients and super easy to do. You will be delighted and so will your family and friends. I learned how to make a g...
  • The Small Town Italian Lifestyle Pt. 2

    The Small Town Italian Lifestyle Pt. 2 As we talked about last time, things are simpler in our small Italian town. Life really does seem to move i...
  • The Small Town Italian Lifestyle Pt.1

    It’s 6:35 am on a Saturday, the sun has risen up through the mountains, the air smells of burning wood and the only question one asks is where do I...
  • Higher Standards & Greater Expectations

    In both my professional and family life, my primary goal is to set a high standard of expectation for myself and the people God has surrounded me...
  • Do you have a recipe box?

    Although we live in a digital age, having a recipe box continues to be timeless in our kitchens today. There is something about having those old re...
  • MAKE AN EMOTIONAL COMMITMENT!

    All of us in leadership have made an emotional commitment to the importance of what we are doing and to the people with whom we are doing it with a...
  • Food for Thought

    Have you had the experience of food shopping in a small village town in Europe, specifically Italy? Living in the United States, we are all accust...
  • It Wasn't Always Easy Being Italian in America

    My family and most Italian immigrants persevered and made important contributions to American society. They built strong communities, started businesses, and contributed to the cultural, artistic, and culinary heritage of the United States.
  • Easter Monday or as the Italians call it…Pasquetta.

      As I have written in previous blogs, my family celebrated all holidays with the traditions they brought from the old country. I believe it was j...
  • Italian By Marriage

      I am actually NOT Italian. I am Irish, German, and Polish. So why do people always think I am Italian. I married my husband 30 years ago and my ...
  • Italian-American Guitarists

    Growing up in an Italian-American household music was always something that was celebrated. I can recall many times my Nonno, that’s Italian for gr...