In last week’s episode of The Italian American Podcast, we aired a conversation in our Stories Segment between Anthony and an actor, Charlie, who was raised around the late 1950’s in Philadelphia, his grandparents having emigrated from Italy. Charlie laughed, fondly reminiscing, about his exuberant …
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Modern traditionalists: Being brave enough to change the way we eat
Traditions are hard to change, and even harder to let go of. The Italian kid in me has often been resistant to altering the way things are done. It’s tradition, my mind says, and I dig in my heels. It’s easy to equate change with loss. Up until about 10 years ago, we waited until after …
Catholicism as connection to our heritage
One night, when I was a little girl, I walked into my mother’s room as she lay in bed watching television, the blue-red light of the screen shafting over her sleepy face, and I don’t recall how, or why, but the matter of Jesus came up. My best guess is I had recently started CCD (Confraternity of …