Growing up in an Italian family, food was everything. Every holiday, celebration or weekly Sunday dinner was centered around food. Gathering everyone to the table was the most important part of the ...

Expressions of Italian heritage this time of year are usually not subtle. It’s the heaping helping of pasta and sauce, the zooma-zooma music of Louis Prima, the St. Joseph’s Day parade filling the ...

Advocate staff photo by Ian McNulty - A selection of cucidati, traditional Italian fig cookies, at Angelo Brocato's. Advocate staff photo by Ian McNulty - The Italian cookie known as osso dei morte ...