Auguri, Cio Cio San!
Thursday February 19, 2004
Cio Cio San, the beautiful if unfortunate heroine of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, first strode the stage a century ago this week. If you have the opera, break out a bottle ... Read More
Happy Berlingaccio!
Thursday February 19, 2004
Today is Berlingaccio, Shrove Thursday, and the kids have taken over the kitchen; Riccardo is learning to knead dough to make what are known as cenci (pronounced chenchee) in Florence, ... Read More