Tag: italian-american

• A Cajun, an Italian, and a Belgian walk into a bar…

  

  What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals? The title of this essay is a take on the age old joke, “A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar…” But, these three cuisines really define three meals my family loves time and time again. I grew up in southeast Louisiana, on a…

  michardillo

  December 2, 2025

  Essay

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• Book Review: Within Arm’s Reach by Ann Napolitano

  In January this year Madison Dettlinger at Penguin Random House offered me an ARC of the reissued first novel of Ann Napolitano, Within Arm’s Reach. I was teaching and mentoring a new teacher at the time, and subsequently, my reading life was derailed. With apologies for the lateness of this review, thank you to Madison…

  michardillo

  June 10, 2024

  books, Essay

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