Italy has conscripted Keats, Goethe, D.H. Lawrence, Henry James... and George Clooney.
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Texas Nonna
Suddenly I lived in Italy, and the marvel of Italian food and cooking cemented all I had learned before. Italians have great respect for food, and I have respect for food because of my eccentric and talented, feisty and ferocious grandmother.
Happy New Year
There is a classless democracy to Italian vacations that America should envy.
Sagra blues
Much as Italians love their food, most would rather die than be seen eating candy bars.
The right thing
Over 100,000 dogs are abandoned in Italy every year, along with several thousand other animals.
Home alone
Boyfriend-to-girlfriend: "You left me no food in the refrigerator."
Ciao Bread, Ciao Wine
On vinegar, always look for the words Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale. Modena helps.
Oh, And I Met The Pope
I put out milk and cookies for the pope, he was a little insistent...
Fawcett 101
Anthony Fawcett: "So this is it. I’m jobless. Barely one year into work and I’ve been fired."
The Culture Wars
BOOM! No, there was no bomb. But I was furious. Had there been one, it would have been dead cop, dead me.