CURRENT TITLES

Available September 1, 2010!
Beyond the Pasta; Recipes, Language and Life with an Italian Family

Written by: Mark Leslie

Several years ago, on a break between theatrical gigs in Alabama, Mark traveled to italy and fell in love with the people, food and culture. Armed with just enough courage, minimal Italian language skills and a certain proficiency in the kitchen, he enrolled in a full-immersion cooking and language program. He would travel to Viterbo, Italy and live with an Italian family.

His teachers were beyond his wildest dreams-he learned to cook from the grandmother, or Nonna, of the family, who prepared every meal in a bustling, busy household, as women in her family have done for generations. Her daughter, Alessandra, taught him the language with patience and precision. Besides culinary secrets and prepositions, they opened their lives to him, and made him a real part of their extensive family.

Though the book contains authentic, delicious family recipes Nonna shared with Mark, Beyond the Pasta delves into food memoir subject matter not found in a typical cookbook. It was the Day to day living, befuddled social interactions, laughing and shopping with Nonna, exploring the countryside and le gelaterie, where he truly developed his language skills, and a new, more joyful and uniquely Italian way of looking at the world.

Author's site:
www.beyondthepasta.com

Impariamo l'Italiano con l'Aiuto della Mano!

Written by: Giuliana Sica

Illustrated by: Steven Kernen

Author's site: www.giulianasica.com

This is the first in Gemelli Press' Arcobaleno series dedicated to bring the Italian language into the daily lives of English speaking children. The careful and researched choice of vocabulary rhymes and illustrations stimulate interest and promote effortless language absorption. The constant presence of the friendly Papa' Ditino character guides them and offers a helping hand along with simultaneous translation references and colorful easy learning games of vocabulary association. The book's dual objective is to educate parents and children at the beginner's level blending educational elements with entertaining games.

Pieces of Someday
Written by Jan Vallone

At the age of forty-four, Jan Vallone is everything her Italian American parents brought her up to be—a lawyer, wife and mother who owns a vintage home and takes European vacations. But instead of feeling happy and successful, she’s consumed by frustration and anxiety that threaten to shatter her marriage and have dimmed her faith. Discarding prosperity and prestige, she takes a job teaching English at a yeshiva—an Orthodox Jewish high-school—though she was raised Catholic. There, she opens her heart to her students, who bloom under her tutelage and teach her the meaning of faith and fulfillment.

Set in New York, Seattle and Italy, this memoir portrays how one woman fuses the facets of her life—family, career, ethnicity, spirituality and dreams—into a cohesive picture as luminous as stained glass.

Author's blog www.janvallone.com

In Etna's Shadow: Culinary Adventures
from Eastern Sicily
Written by: Karen Landes

In Etna's Shadow... is a delight for foodies and armchair-travelers alike. Evocative, full-color photographs transport you from the slopes of Europe's tallest volcano, Mount Etna, to the fertile la Piana di Catania (Plain of Catania) below.

ISBN- 10: 0982102313
ISBN-13: 978-0982102312

Official In Etna's Shadow website
Author's blog www.southofrome.com

UPCOMING TITLES

Bonu Vinu: A Guide to the Vines
and Wines of Eastern Sicily
Written by Kari Hock
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Among the Cloud Dwellers
Written by Giuliana Sica

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Part of the Entrainment Trilogy Series
Book II: Isamu's Hands
Book III: At Last