She taught me much about cooking for the ones you love. I have created a special page in honor of my Italian grandmother. I just had to add a link to this! Thanks Susan for sharing these special memories and some classic Italian recipes as well! I can so relate to everything in this article. Savoring Memories of Sunday Dinner – An article by SUSAN RUSSOĪ fantastic article about growing up Italian American and all the wonderful food and memories that go along with it. This is a great video!!! This is basically a video with narration of the above Growing Up Italian Story. Our Contributions: The Italians in America Introduction to the Festa Italiana: An Appreciation of All Things Italian. Memories of Growing up in an Italian Family – By Glenn J. The recipe section on this site is AMAZING! This amazing website seeks to document Italians’ cultural heritage by creating an extensive photo archive of the day to day life of farmers and townspeople living at the turn of the 20th century. Italian American History Timeline on GoogleĪn exhaustive set of links that will take you on a journey through the history of Italian American covering the journey from Italy to America with links to many articles diving into the subject. Covering many topics such as: Italian Immigration, Early Period, Main Period of Immigration, World War I & II and Contemporary Period. Resources on Italian American history and culture providing excellent references to use for research. Here is a video of Ed talking about the bookĪ very good article about early immigration of Italians to America and the emergence of Little Italies in America. “Growing Up Italian Grandfather’s Fig Tree and Other Stories.” Great stuff! □ I just love this bit about dunking the Italian bread into the pasta sauce. This article is an excerpt from his book. If you grew up in an Italian American household, you will enjoy this book!…and here is a video from Ed Iannuccilli himself talking about his writing of being Italian-American and what it was like to grow up in an Italian home.Įd has a great post on this page here, We Called It Gravy Too. I have personally read this book and totally loved it! The vivid recollection of the memories he had from growing up Italian were a joy to read! Highly recommend the book! Some really wonderful stories that brought back a lot of memories for me. … And now, becoming equally popular is his blog site! What’s nice with his blog is that he sneaks in a classic Italian recipe every now and then □ Ed is the author of the popular memoir, “ Growing up Italian Grandfather’s Fig Tree and Other Stories.” The success of his book has resulted in invitations to speak in the United States and around the world of his heritage and of the Italian immigration. Growing Up Italian (A Blog by Ed Iannuccilli)ĭr. EnJoY! If you have some good Growing up Italian in American stories please send them my way and I will add them here. These stories must be preserved so I’m going to start placing them here. There is such a rich history with growing up Italian-American. I will be placing some great stories here about growing up Italian in America. Because of where my grandparents grew up, most of the great food I grew up with is from Southern Italy with an American twist thrown in. I have a lot more information about my grandmother and my Italian family on the “ My Italian Grandmother” page. My grandmother (“The best cook I ever knew!”, Grandma Salerno) and my grandfather (“Kindest, most gentle man I ever knew!”, Luigi Ruggierio Salerno) on my mother’s side were both from Santeramo in Colle: Apulia Region (Puglia), Italy.
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