A Volontà: Blog

1. Tomie dePaola

   March 31, 2020
   Tomie dePaola, the author of the children’s book Strega Nona and many others, died on March 30 at the age of 85. As a child, his were the only books that reflected my bittersweet experience of sharing a home with a nonna, an Italian grandmother. In our case, that …

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2. Milan: Antica Trattoria Ambrosiana

   March 29, 2020
   There is a lunch spot, Antica Trattoria Ambrosiana, in Niguarda, my neighborhood in Milan, that I miss terribly and am sending love. I hope they will be able to reopen after the quarantine. It is open only for lunch, and a complete meal costs ten euro (eleven with coffee). There…

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3. Wooster Square, Little Italy, New Haven

   March 29, 2020
   On a bright evening during the quarantine, my family and I went down to Wooster Square in New Haven, to eat pizza from the box in the sun. This historic district is the Little Italy of a city which apparently has the highest proportion of Italian-Americans of any U.S. city…

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