Author Archive
My One-Word Theme for 2013: GROW
The past two years, I’ve adopted a one-word theme to guide me throughout the next twelve months; I’ve always waited until after the new year to write about the choice here, but this year I can’t wait. I don’t like to wish away time, but I could not be more ready for 2012 to end and for 2013 to begin.
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The Godfather’s Daughter by Rita Gigante and Natasha Stoynoff
The Godfather’s Daughter: An Unlikely Story of Love, Healing, and Redemption is the memoir of Rita Gigante, daughter of Vincent “Chin” Gigante, the former head of the Genovese crime family in New York City.
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Casa Margherita Cookbook: CUOCO – Recipes Inspired by Umbria’s Larder
Adrian Henry’s Casa Margherita Cookbook: Cuoco – Recipes Inspired by Umbria’s Larder is a beautiful homage to the culinary traditions of Italy’s Green Heart, Umbria.
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When in Rome by Nicky Pellegrino
When in Rome by Nicky Pellegrino takes us to the Eternal City in the 1950s and into the life of Serafina, a young girl trying to carve a different path for herself than the one her mother has in mind for her. Through sheer luck, Serafina finds herself working for Mario Lanza, a famous Italian-American tenor and movie star of that era.
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The Dalai Lama’s Cat by David Michie
I normally don’t include book reviews on the main page of Bleeding Espresso, but because I loved this book so much and because it does an amazing job of communicating principles such as mindfulness and living an authentic life, I just had to share it here as well.
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Michelle Kaminsky is an American attorney-turned-freelance writer who lived in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, Italy for 15 years. This blog is now archived.
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