We of L’Italo-Americano are great supporters of traditional knowledge and heritage, and it really couldn’t be any different. For Italian-Americans, maybe more than for European Italians, discovering and appreciating their origins and family history is not only a moment of cherished sharing with their elders, but often an essential step towards profoundly personal moments of discovery and self awareness.

Italians of Italy though - and I say this as one - often forget about the beauty of their heritage, especially when family history and tradition are nestled somewhere high on the mountains or hidden in the hills, somewhere small, where the days still follow the slow rhythms of agricultural patterns, and social life blossoms around the piazza and the weekly Sunday morning mass.