A Shovel and a Dream - Dan Yaccarino on the Italian American Immigrant Story In this episode of The Italian American Podcast episode, I speak with Dan Yaccarino, an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator with more than thirty books to his credit. We’re going to talk specifically about one of his books called All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel. The children's book details his great-grandfather's immigrant journey from Italy to the United … [Read more...]
IAP 56: Mary Ann Esposito on the Traditions behind Food for Italians and Italian Americans
Mary Ann Esposito on the Traditions behind Food for Italians and Italian Americans In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak with Mary Ann Esposito about her career as a TV chef and the traditions behind food for Italians and Italian Americans. Mary Ann has been teaching people how to cook both the Italian and the Italian American way for 28 years on TV. At the end of the episode, we will have a special Christmas Stories Segment with some audio clips from our recent … [Read more...]
IAP 54: Adriana Trigiani on Kiss Carlo and Italian Family Feuds
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak to New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani about her latest book titled Kiss Carlo but more specifically about one of the themes of the book which is Italian family feuds. Adriana shares some of her own family stories and her thoughts on how and why she writes the way she does. In the stories segment, I talk to my two brothers about the holidays and the stress that goes around them as well as the new app that they designed, … [Read more...]
IAP 53 : Helene Stapinski on the Murder in Matera
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast episode, I have two guests. Firstly I speak with Helene Stapinski, author of the wonderful book Murder in Matera, a true story of passion, family, and forgiveness in Southern Italy. In the stories segment, I speak with Danielle Oteri from Feast on History where she hosts Arthur Avenue Food Tours, and she will be hosting one for our listener on December 9th. It will be focused on the Christmas Seven fishes meal (click for details). Episode … [Read more...]
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