“Ricky, we gotta bad-a neighbor! Genti tinti, tinti, tinti! (bad, bad, bad people!) You canna no trust-a nobody!” Rick and I had just arrived at my parents’ house for a […]
Category: Family
Dreams and Kitchen Therapy
in my dream i was in a car with john, nora, toni, mom, dad, and one other person i could not identify… a road trip and my brother-in-law john was […]
Lu Maccu
Lu maccu, also lovingly known as Maccu Maccu, is a kind of Gruttisi soul food. It is a specialty bean soup from Grotte, Sicily. My uncle makes the best Maccu […]
Conversations with a Black Sheep
Below are some conversations that took place with my 85 year old Uncle Charlie (aka ‘ziu Lillu, Calogero, Mr. Lee-who-lived-in-England-for-40-years running a fish and chip shop with his wife and […]
Grotte, Sicilia (la famiglia)
(slide show of Grotte at the end..) I grew up listening to my mom and dad tell stories about their hometown, Grotte, Sicily. When I was 10 years old, I […]