An Imaginary Homeland

Food and Italy, in the Mind of my Father

Authors

  • Lela Nargi Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.30496

Keywords:

United State, Italian foodways, New York City, 20th Century, food memoir

Abstract

Journalist Lela Nargi writes a short memoir about her father and his food experiences as the son of Italian immigrants in the Bronx and later as a mid-century successful man-about-town.

Author Biography

  • Lela Nargi, Independent Scholar

    Lela Nargi is a writer and reporter who lives in Vermont. She is an author, most recently of Around the Table: Women on Food, Cooking, Nourishment, Love…And the Mothers Who Dished it Up for Them (Tarcher/Penguin, June 2005). Her writing 
    has appeared in numerous literary journals, magazines and anthologies. We look forward to reviewing her latest book in a future issue.

Sepia toned cover illustration is of the sheep next to an old stone wall/ the photograph by Victoria Skinner. Used by Tom Jaine as a Christmas card in 2006. The sheep are mainly Manx Loghtan.

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Published

2006-03-01

Issue

PPC 80 (2006)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Nargi, Lela. 2006. “An Imaginary Homeland: Food and Italy, in the Mind of My Father”. Petits Propos Culinaires, March, 76-83. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.30496.