by John Mancini | Jun 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Stanley Tucci’s culinary tour of Italy on the National Geographic channel may depress you even if you’re impressed by his regional revelations. I’ll not get into his odd focus on the various ways Italians consume animal offal, but it’s the ethnic diversity he...
by John Mancini | Jun 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
That’s the title of a new book by Thomas Maier describing how attorney/journalist Ernest Cuneo found himself embroiled in espionage during World War II. Cuneo was a New York City native who earned his law degree at Columbia, played a little football in the NFL and...
by John Mancini | Jun 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
I just read a review in the Wall Street Journal of a new book about late actor James Gandolfini, lead star on HBO’s The Sopranos, aptly titled Gandolfini. As Tony Soprano, Mr. Gandolfini participated in a marathon defamation of Italian Americans spanning six...
by John Mancini | Jun 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Italian Americans know precious little of their heritage except what they learned from family or the movies. Each generation becomes more ignorant than the next until our legacy becomes one of ‘cooks & crooks,’ as I have often observed. Sadly, there is no remedy...
by Bill Dal Cerro | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
As my blog goes to press, our news media relates that a possible new strain of a COVID-like virus has been spreading across China. To quote that immortal baseball bard Yogi Berra: “It’s deja-vu all over again!”All respect to the great Berra but I...
by John Mancini | May 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Second World War is rightly eulogized as America’s greatest moment. Few of that generation remain with us, but we share histories of the contributions and sacrifice our own families made toward that victory. It’s been said that Italian Americans made up the...
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