Difference MakersThe Advertising spot above is reserved for companies,people and organizations that are making a difference in the Italian and Italian American communities. It's a free spot and changes periodically. Are you making a difference? Contact me. | Last year I posted on “Grispelle”and la Grispellissima festival that is held December 8th in Feroleto Antico,where my family is from in Calabria but I didn’t include a recipe…so here it is. My family makes a fried potato-dough with and without anchovies every year at Christmas time:We call [...] It was a small turn out for this year’s “Seven Fishes Feast”but that’s not going to stop us from making merry! We have some wonderful recipes,I’ll pull out some vino bianco and we’ll give everything a try. Linda at “Ciao Chow Linda”has gotten this party started the right [...] It looks like we have a slow start to this years Seven Fishes Feast…so I’ll have to get things started with some of my favorite dishes. My father is the fisherman in the family and a great cook as well…so he usually takes the reigns on Christmas Eve.{To be clear,[...] It’s that wonderful time of the year again! We had our first snow here in New England this past weekend with more on the way tonight,which always helps me get into the Holiday Spirit. Christmas Eve is only a few weeks away,so we need to start planning for a wonderful [...] The last of the fresh black olives from California were still available this week,so we bought a few cases to cure for the holidays. These are colossal Sevillano Olives from Penna (some are almost prune size) and a little banged up,so I’m making them 2 ways. I’ll put the better olives under [...] It’s sometimes difficult to keep on top of your Italian language skills when you’re away from Italy,your family and others that speak Italian. I find that listening to music and reading are a big help…especially if you enjoy it. Here’s a song from Alex Britti called “Piove”that I like. Hope you [...] | Heading to Calabria? Need a travel consultant,place to stay or some great ideas for what to do? Contact Bella Vita Travel Consulting in Catanzaro. | Joe Maruca welcomes you to Italyville where he writes and rants about growing up Italian in Massachusetts,his experiences living and working in Bologna,visits to the family's Olive farm in Calabria and everything along the way. In America we're considered Italian,in Italy we've become Americani... but we're always at home in Italyville. Italyville.com All Content,graphics and photos on Italyville.com are property of Italyville.com unless otherwise noted and can not be used without permission. All rights reserved. |