I touched on the theme of a better working world for women for International Women’s Day 2016. My question then is the same as it is now. In the more than three decades since I took the oath and went off to boot camp, have women serving in the US Navy made any great strides?

For International Women’s Day this year, I wanted to write a long post about the women in my life. The women that have guided and inspired me; collaborated and conspired with me; helped me, consoled me or lent a sympathetic ear;

In this stratified concoction known as Sartù di Riso, we stuffed it with tons of itty, bitty meatballs - le polpettine, mozzarella - aka Fiore di Latte cheese, hard boiled eggs and a plethora of peas.

To say I was inspired would be like saying landing on the moon for the first time was just another day at the office. I was moved beyond words.

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca. A dish by any other name would still taste as spicy, salty, and savoury, with just the tiniest hint of sweet.

You probably know Arancini as a Sicilian delight, but no Neapolitan fried plate worth its salt would be complete without the Neapolitan version.

Our Neapolitan Fritti series continues with one of my absolute favorites, Crocchè di Patate. Known as Panzarotti in Neapolitan, you might also know them as Crocchette or Potato Croquettes.

In 2002 a young woman stepped up to the podium of the oldest and one of the most beautiful Opera Houses in Europe, the San Carlo Theater. Certainly, a hushed silence must have washed over the crowd as they waited for her arm to raise, the music to begin.