James Capillupo and “The Babe!”
Sportswriter Tommy Holmes once said of Babe Ruth “I stopped talking about the Babe for the simple reason that I...
Antonette “Antonia” Smaldone DeNuzzi
On many occasions I take time to thank the hardworking women in my life, and to honor those who came...
Trinidad’s Gerardi Mercantile
Born in 1845 in Viggiano, Italy—a town in the southern Italian province of Potenza—Pascal Gerardi came to the U.S. in...
The Iannucci Brothers
On December 23, 1883, Andrea Iannucci, the son of Domenico Iannucci and Pasquanton Ligghio, was born in the rural, medieval...
In Memory Of…
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” –...
Beauty in Unexpected Places
My last post centered on the importance of personal connections in my life, including my introduction to Andy Rogers and...
Connecting with the Past: Making Sopresatta the Capillupo Family Way
Recently I had the opportunity to share in a long standing Capillupo Family tradition—making supersod (more commonly known as sopressata),...
