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Posts tagged with Italy

1. Come si fa i pittuli

   2020-08-05 15:27:12 UTC

   “I just want to show my granddaughter how to make pittuli, ok?” my mother said. “I want to be with Julia [the granddaughter], my daughter [me], my sisters [Carmela and Crair] and that’s it. When the men are around it’s too difficult.” My cousin Paul was allowed to stay,…

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2. Tomie dePaola

   2020-03-31 12:23:03 UTC

   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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3. Milan: Antica Trattoria Ambrosiana

   2020-03-29 19:05:40 UTC

   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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4. Milan is built upon joy, and tears/Milano è fondata sulla gioia e sulle lacrime

   2020-03-23 18:40:53 UTC

   This is a drawing of an architectural ornament on a building in Gorla, Milan, near the site of an accidental WWII bombing that killed many of Italian schoolchildren. The ornament looks like streaming tears, or a fleet of bombers racing through the sky, or an unknown airborne menace, on a…

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5. Mystery Boxes

   2020-03-04 18:03:12 UTC

   Found, on the streets: pizza boxes. The pizza was not found. Contact the authorities to claim ownership.  Trovati sulle strade: scatole per pizza. La pizza non è stata trovata. Contatta l’autorità per rivendicare la proprietà.

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6. Sei la mia vita! Viale Suzzani, Milano

   2020-02-27 14:27:46 UTC

   You are my life (insert name here) 

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