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Adventures on Contrada Calluzzi

Contrada Caluzzi is a small country road in the town of Feroleto Antico (CZ) in Calabria where my mother’s family is from. My brother, sisters and I spent many summer vacations and made lifetime memories there. Here’s a small window into summertime on Contrada Caluzzi.

Feroleto Antico 2008

If the rooster failed to wake us the dogs would [...]

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One of my favorites: My aunt and uncles in Calabria [...]

Homemade – Tomato Sauce

This past Saturday, we made our tomato sauce for the year. We used to be able to make all our tomato sauce from tomatoes we grew in our own garden but times are changing and the garden isn’t as big as it used to be. Not a Problem! Do you think we would buy [...]

Delicately Priced Pasta

I was at a local grocery store the other day that in my my opinion has been modeled after a Whole Foods…. basically it has lots of organic foods, high end products, etc. and I came across a display for “Benedetto Cavalieri” pasta (from Lecce.) It was in a real fancy package (that included a [...]

Nassa Giardiniera – Hen of the Woods

Where have I been?! After a week in the desert (Las Vegas) for work we went on vacation to Cape Cod…. the weather was fantastic! Wish we were still there… ahhhh, back to reality. I’ve been neglecting Italyville but I’m back and promise to post more. I will also do my best [...]