Rediscovering Italian-America

Season 3 coming soon!!

A quick trailer for season 3

Characters of Our Italian Community

On today's episode we have Ron Lemmo on talking about his father "Mr Festival: Vince Lemmo." Vince Lemmo is amongst several people within the Italian community of Stark county that helped create and initiate the very first Italian-American Festival in Stark County. Ron discusses what his father meant to the community and to his family on today's episode. This is episode 7 of season 2

Going Home: Dear Grandma Frances

A journey home to my ancestral village of Vastogirardi, Italy.

Interview with Ray Guarini from Italian Enclaves

Italian Enclaves can be found at : https://italianenclaves.org or on Facebook or Instagram at Italian Enclaves

Talk to the living. Don’t talk to a tombstone.

Join Marion Mazzarella as she talks about growing up Italian American in Canton, Ohio, teaching and becoming the Sons and Daughters of Italy in America lodge #505’s first female President.

Piano Piano

Amy Cenci grew up in Atlanta, Georgia to an Italian American Father and Croatian/Slovenia Mother. Little did she know that she would find herself living as an Italian aka Italian American with dual citizenship in Rome, Italy. She tells her story of challenges she has faced growing up Italian American in the south and her journey gaining dual citizenship to living and working in Rome.

A Queen in the Kitchen: Ale Gambini

The purity and simplicity of food emanates through Ale Gambini’s work as an Italian food ambassador, chef, cookbook author, YouTube channel creator and so much more. Have a listen to her as she describes her work of promoting the Italian cuisine on the west coast.

Mangia with Michele

Michele Di Pietro is a New York chef, food influencer, food blogger and recent cookbook author of Soupified. Enjoy a great flavor in the first episode of season 2. Grazie Mile

The Gods and Goddesses of my family

This is dedicated to my Uncle Marc

Beyond the Sea

As Italian Americans we fanaticize about the journey our ancestors took from the old country to America. Our stories reach beyond the seas and generations beyond that. I have been lucky enough to travel back and forth from Italy 12 times and have met some amazing people. Here is one interview of an outstanding soul that has about the same amount of passion as I do preserving the culture but is doing so in Italy. Have a listen! The website links are listed below for more detail Several websites w...

Cucina Romana by Andrew Cotto

"For us to go to Italy and to penetrate into Italy is like a most fascinating act of self-discovery"- D.H. Lawrence The uniqueness of sitting around a table as an Italian American child and watching how the operatic style of Italian life play out before you pulls at my heart strings. I have had the unique opportunity to meet some amazing people in my life. It is even more unique of an Italian American girl from north east Ohio to get to interview someone just as interesting. I have played with w...

Gloria Talarico: Canton City's Resolute Italian

How do you want to be remembered when you are gone? What kind of legacy will you leave behind? Gloria Talarico is the epitome of what love means and to be loved by so many for the their hard work and dedication to the community. The legacy that her father left: work hard, learn and be the best student you can be and don't forget family has been the ethos of her very being. I can't even put into words what this lady means to me. Her hug is the hug of so many women that came before me. Her love is...

Music is a Language of Love: interview with singer Aaron Caruso.

Aaron Caruso is a classically trained singer of the Neapolitan language. Trained at Case Western University and earning his bachelors from the University of Michigan, Aaron's passion for expressing operetta style music in Neapolitan exudes through his music. He has played to a sold out crowd at Carnegie Hall and has played around the country. Listen as he gets back to his roots of the Stark County Italian American festival giving him one of his first breaks in the business.

Biscoooottti part 2: my favorite nonnas.

Anna Sama is joined by her best friend Frances Pileggi to tell their shared story of leaving Sant’Andrea, Italy come to New York and later to Canton, Ohio.

It is Biscooootti. Not Biscatti

Anna Sama sat down today to tell me about her story of coming to America. She hails from Sant'Andrea Dell'Apostolo. It is said that the town dates back to the 10th century, between 981 and 110. This was an era when the Greco-Byzantine population from the nearby Fiume Assi moved to the territory around Sant’Andrea to escape the repeated Saracen raids. At that time Sant’Andrea belonged to the Badolato farmstead. After 1044, the village was under Norman rule, as was the rest of Calabria, when it ac...

Interview with Dr Fioretti from Miami University.

Ohio has never been thought to have much Italian heritage. However, the

Don't Cut the Basil: Five Generations of Authentic Italian Recipes

Cleveland, Ohio – Cugine in Cucina released their first cookbook, “Don’t Cut the Basil: Five Generations of Authentic Italian Recipes” in December 2020. During their digital launch weekend on Amazon, Cugine in Cucina’s cookbook went #1 Best Seller in four countries (the United States, Italy, Canada, and the United Kingdom) for a total of 34 Best Seller categories and earned twelve #1 placements. Cugine in Cucina is made up of three cousins (Angela Siciliano, Corrina Siciliano, and Mary Kovach, P...

Saying Ciao a tutti

Hi everyone, this is just a quick hello to introduce this podcast. I hope to one day make it really official and actually interview people. However, this pandemic will force me to focus more historically on Italian Americans in North East Ohio. Send me ideas or recipes to share with everyone.

Rediscovering Italian-America (Trailer)