I can’t tell you whether we got the cheese into the country. We may have simply shipped it over. We may have left it for Dino and the family. We may have even left it for Nino’s consumption.
I CAN share a could-have-happened, might-have-happened, would-have-been-nice fictional story that the U.S. Customs office would probably object to [...]
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The cheese saga: We got it!
Posted in Carl, Cheese, Daniela, Nino, Poppy, Uncle Bruno, tagged Carl, Cheese, Fattoria Pirritano, Mimo, Nino, Pecoraro, pecorino, Soverato, Uncle Bruno on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It was the night before our departure for Rome and there were two things on our minds:
1. We’re going to sorely miss our Sant’Andrea family. The took such great care of us, and we shared many laughs. It was heartbreaking to know we wouldn’t be able to see them often. It seemed as if we [...]
The cheese saga: The scenic route
Posted in Carl, Cheese, Isca, Marina, Nino, Pecoraro, Uncle Bruno, tagged Cheese, Fattoria Pirritano, Guardavalle Marina, Nino, Uncle Bruno on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned, Nino hinted that he had the cheese but wouldn’t give it to us unless we came for lunch. We would have gone anyway, but getting our hands on the cheese was an added incentive. If he didn’t have it, he would at least bring us to the guy at the Soverato market [...]
The cheese saga continues: Nino fakes us out
Posted in Cheese, Frine, Nino, Uncle Bruno, tagged , Carl, Cheese, Fattoria Pirritano, Guardavalle Marina, Mimo, Nino, Pecoraro, pecorino, Uncle Bruno on December 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I remember meeting Nino once or twice as a kid when he visited by grandparents’ house. They called him “Travolta” because he often boasted about his dancing skills. His hair was also usually combed in “Saturday Night Fever” style.
That was a long time ago, and Uncle Bruno reminded me to nix any thought of calling [...]
The cheese saga begins
Posted in Cheese, Nino, Uncle Al, Uncle Bruno, tagged Carl, Cheese, Fattoria Pirritano, Guardavalle Marina, Mimo, Nino, Pecoraro, pecorino, Uncle Bruno on November 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This pecorino has a past.
In the late ’60s, Uncle Al, hoping that he could tame the odor, wrapped and rewrapped several round slabs Poppy had requested and stuffed them in a bag. The cheese went through Customs safely. His clothes that shared the bag, however, had to be thrown out. No matter how many times [...]
We made it to Rome!
Posted in Carl, Cheese, Daniela, Dino, Rome, Uncle Bruno, tagged Carl, Cheese, Daniela, Frustaci, Mimo, Nino, Rome, Uncle Bruno on November 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We’re in a hotel about 2 blocks away from Rome — we got in at around 11 last night after about 10 hours on the road [again]. Sant’Andrea was simply amazing. I put virtually all of the pictures from the town on the lap top I borrowed from Jackie, so here are a few I [...]
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