Italian kids around the world have grown up with these tiny juice bottles (125ml/4.2 oz) I can remember going to the “bar” with my father and the barista would bring my father an espresso and me a “succo di frutta.” I always asked for it in the bottle because it was fun to drink out of. [...]
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 [...]
Like many small Italian towns, San Michele, a small village in Calabria (provincia di Catanzaro) is a shadow of what it used to be. We often joke that the sheep and chickens outnumber the people and since I estimate there are 20-30 permanent residence that currently live there, it’s more than likely. It swells slightly in [...]
So, my birth name is Peppino. However, everyone calls me Joe including my parents, who have always called me Joe. Let me try to explain this. Peppino is a nickname of Giuseppe and Giuseppe of course is Joseph in English. Nicknames of Giuseppe would be: Peppe, Peppino, Peppone, etc. “-ino” meaning little, “-one” meaning big. This [...]