October, 2010

• San Diego Italian Film Festival

  Saturday, October 30th, 2010No Comments

  Hello Friends,
  Please click below to listen to Victor Laruccia and Pasquale Verdicchio as they talk about  the “San Diego Italian Film Festival”
  http://www.jazz88.org/Programs/Inside_Art/
  For more information about SDIFF please visit the website

• Crocchette

  Saturday, October 30th, 2010No Comments

  Is there anyone who doesn’t love mashed potatoes? Well, as a child that was me. I used to push them around the plate or try and hide them under a roll, hoping that no one would discover that I wasn’t eating them. There was only one way you could get me to eat them and [...]

• Being American in Little Italy

  Saturday, October 23rd, 20101 Comment

  “Ciao!  Ciao!”  It’s just so fun to say every time a new customer walks into Pappalecco.  The hardest part for me comes next when they excitedly respond, “Your Italian?”  I think to myself… Of course I am!  I was born and raised a little bit south of Napoli on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast.  Oh yes, [...]

• The Pure Perfection of the Imperfect Italy!

  Thursday, October 21st, 2010No Comments

  Have you ever noticed that in Italy everything looks perfect?
  Your traveling companion is perfect, but you have trouble agreeing back home!
  Your cup of coffee is perfect, but you have places back home that make an awful cup of coffee (not Pappalecco of course!)!
  You are perfect, back home you need a psychologist to even be [...]

• Biscotti Al Parmigiano e Alle Noci

  Sunday, October 17th, 20101 Comment

  A friend of mine recently returned from a vacation in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. This area is known for its fabulous food and perhaps  the most well known of its food products is Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Did you know that you can indeed bring back cheeses from Italy, if they can be vacuum wrapped? My [...]

• Sequoia National Park

  Friday, October 15th, 2010No Comments

  My family and I spent few days at the Sequoia National Park. It is located in the southern Sierra Nevada. It is a wonderful landscape great for hiking. You cannot believe how big the sequoia trees are! You must see to believe. There is one sequoia that fell down across the road and was so big [...]

• Cup of Joe Survey

  Wednesday, October 13th, 2010No Comments

  Everybody has their specific place for that delicious cup of coffee. Early morning risers or those who need the afternoon boost, head to the local coffee house where decisions on what will pick them up or give them that early morning rush are decided. For me, I do the same routine; I wake up wanting [...]