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  ..read more

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

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

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

This is dedicated to my Uncle Marc ..read more

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 were mentioned in this broadcast: http://www.vastogirardiefriends.it/ https://dantemanchester.o ..read more

"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 writing a book many times however, being a doctor of pharmacy was a far greater calling. Having this ..read more