What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet, wrote Shakespeare, but I’m going to argue with Shakespeare here. As an Italian American from New York, I have enough bravado to do that. A powerful and enduring Southern-Italian tradition is the naming of children …
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I recently lost my Grandfather Sal, but not before this happened…
This past Friday was my birthday, and it was the first one I’ve experienced with one of my grandparents deceased. I am sure that most people wish they could say that at 38 years old, but regardless, it doesn’t necessarily make the loss any easier. We lost my grandfather Serafino “Sal” Piraneo …
Summer’s gift: The jarring of tomatoes as ritual and tradition
“I have two things I care about - love and work. And to me they are very Italian and very enduring themes.” – Adriana Trigiani, The Italian American Podcast, Episode 7 And then late August comes, full of its heat and humidity, and we know it’s time to pull out the wide steel drums, the …