by DHales | Mar 17, 2015 | Books, culture, Italy, Language, Religion, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
La Festa del Papà In Italy la Festa del Papà (Father's Day) falls on March 19, the feast of San Giuseppe (St. Joseph), the husband of Mary and earthly father of Jesus. Joseph not only supports fathers in their task of trying to fare da babbo a qualcuno...
by DHales | Nov 7, 2011 | Books, Food and Drink, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Una psicologa in cucina A Psychologist in the Kitchen When I met Carla Nuti years ago in Rome, I knew a smattering of Italian; she spoke no English. So we combined Italy’s two culinary arts: she cooked mouth-watering renditions of such classics as Roman-style gnocchi...