The Food of Italy - Part II (p. 387) Waverly Root Description: In this thoroughly comprehensive, utterly captivating culinary guidebook, acclaimed food writer Waverley Root traverses Italy from Lombardy to Sicily, and across 3,000 years of invasions. An exhaustive catalog of the country’s gastronomic legacy, The Food of Italy explains the regional delicacies, the traditions, […]

The next IHSI Book Club meeting is at noon on March 23 at Catello’s. The selected book is Vita a Novel by Melania G. Mazzucco. Synopsis:  After arriving at Ellis Island, two poor children from Southern Italy--Diamante, age twelve, and Vita, age nine--struggle to survive in New York City amid the poverty, opportunity, and crime […]