I consider myself fortunate to have welcomed to my home Pio Boffa—a fourth-generation winemaker of Italian descent whose family’s wine heritage dates back to the 1800s.
Italian mobster Carlo Gambino has quite a reputation, having led one of the infamous crime families in his homeland and New York.
Recently, while reading “Amarcord,” the life story of the much-revered Italian cooking teacher Marcella Hazan, I suddenly felt a deep longing for good, proper Italian food. I guess that’s the same effect the book has on other readers, too, what with the way Hazan described Italian dishes.
I was an eager 20-year-old young woman learning the ropes as a lifestyle segment producer, but even sooner getting jaded and bored. So my then-boss at GMA Network Inc, Joel Jimenez, wrote me a note I will never forget: “Never lose your sense of awe.”
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