Laura D'Amelio

Pickering, Ontario

About Me:

For the longest time, I assumed I was Italian. In truth, all four grandparents were born there, my parents were born there and every extended relative I know was pretty much born there. Except for me. I've always wanted to claim my Italian citizenship - a few of my friends had already done so years ago, including people whose only connection was through their grandparents - but when I finally got around to it, I wasn't allowed. It led me to the thought of who decides you culture or how your life is to be led? Those who issue passports or those who live it. I may not be able to live there freely, or be a "card-carrying" Italian. But I am Italian. I'm here to explore what my Italian life is - how it is defined, how I live it and who I am.

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Getting by with a frying pan

Posted: January 10, 2013

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My house has more than it’s fair share of kitchen gadgets - more than I think my grandparents ever had and I still can’t match the quality of food they used to put on the table. But there’s one thing they used constantly in the kitchen that I can’t live without either. I learned early on when I was on my own...

Italian Dessert Food Groups Pyramid

Posted: September 26, 2012

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I have a definite appreciate for the four-course meals that are part of Italian rituals...but in doing my Italian Food Pyramid a couple weeks back, it struck me that there's also a certain method and hierarchy to Italian dessert too. Thus, the Italian dessert food groups or pyramid. I find the after-dinner ritual of dessert just as...

The Italian Food Pyramid

Posted: September 14, 2012

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It's time to forget the North American food groups and follow something Italian! After getting married last year, a Calabrese-Pugliese-Sciliano wedding, I've done my fair share of eating. It's been an all-Italian free-for-all, starting with antipasto buffets and ending in a sausage and sopressata making fest this last weekend. It...

The Classic Italian Meal Structure

Posted: August 28, 2012

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I'm trying to teach myself the proper Italian menu or Italian meal structure. After hosting a six course wedding dinner last year, and starting to have people over our own house, we've taken to at least having 2 to 3 courses when we have guests. I know that in Italy at least, we were always have primi and secondi at restaurants, but its not often...