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Fantastic Photos

I’ve been saving this fantastic photo for the holidays…. the photo was submitted by Julie at Julie Richey Mosaics. Julie took this photo in Florence while living and studying there.  Fantastic Photo Julie and thanks for sharing!

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Sauce vs. Gravy Part 2

A while back,I wrote a post about Gravy vs Sauce.  For those of you not familiar with the GREAT DEBATE,many Italian Americans call their ragu or meat sauce –“Gravy.”  In my family we don’t refer to it as Gravy but in many Italian American families they swear by the term.

Stuff Italians Like

Italians (especially Italians living abroad) like to buy old Italian cars.  My uncle and my brother-in-law both have Fiat Spiders…my dad has 2 (luckily he’s a mechanic.)

World’s Best Pizza!

My trip to New York City last week was an interesting one.  With so many restaurants to choose from it seem like everyone is looking for an edge over the competition and you can’t blame them…especially in tough times.  Here are two examples:

Lombardi’s:Apparently someone at Zagat [...]

39 Years Ago

Thirty nine years ago in Feroleto Antico (provincia di Catanzaro) two young Italians got married…my parents.

Sept 26,1970

thirty nine years later…to the day:

Sept 26,2009

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An Italian New York

I was in New York City most of this week and Wednesday I got a chance to do some exploring,so I decided to do a little foodie tour of the city.  After my morning coffee and chocolate briosce at a small cafe’in Soho,I headed off to find some “Italian”in the [...]

Osteria Mozza

I had the good fortune of dinning at Osteria Mozza in Los Angeles the other day with a friend.  The restaurant is a joint venture by Mario Batali,Nancy Silverton and Joseph Bastianich and boasts a beautiful menu,great atmosphere and wonderful service.  The reservation process is very “LA”in that [...]

The Big Day

A few pictures from our big day.

The ceremony location

The Favors (Olive Oil from our family grove in Calabria)

Centerpieces &table names

The Venue

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