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December 23, 2007
A Traditionalist's Thoughts on Italian Wine
Charles Scicolone
Making Traditional Wine
Italian Wine As It Should Be
December 21, 2007
Il Ritorno di Raiz/The Return of Raiz
Gennaro della Volpe aka Raiz
Gennaro della Volpe, better known as Raiz, has released "Uno," his second album as a soloist since he left the Neapolitan band Almamegretta. It's a return to form after its more....
December 18, 2007
Losing in Translation
Potentially amusing linguistic reflections on Ian Fisher's New York Times article on Italy's "funk" and responses to the article by some in the Italian press
December 17, 2007
A Winter of Discontent
Few thoughts after Ian Fisher's New York Times article on Italy's "funk".
December 16, 2007
To the Last Drop
Interview of Charles Scicolone by Lawrence Osborne for Men's Vogue
December 16, 2007
Who are the Heirs of Carlo Tresca?
In an Italian America in which there are no more Carlo Trescas to fight the devil of capitalism, the closest we may have today is Frank Santora, charismatic Pentecostal minister....
December 14, 2007
Grappa -- The Perfect Way to End a Meal
Charles Scicolone
Grappa from the Serafino Levi Distillery
Grappa is the perfect way to end a meal.
December 7, 2007
Sal Paradise was an Italophobe.
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/kerouac-spontaneous.html
Jack Kerouac
A little piece of drivel by Jack Kerouac begs the question, What's Italian-American about On The Road?
December 6, 2007
Salve
Dina Gerasia/The Malìa Collective website
La Società di Sant'Anna, Villa Avenue, Bronx, New York, c. 1940.
First post.
December 1, 2007
Nancy Pelosi for President and other Proposals
Nancy Pelosi
Since I can't propose marriage, I will simply propose Nancy Pelosi for President. Seriously though, wouldn't she make a great "first"?
