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Gina Fava
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Un Momento: A Taste of Italian-American Pastimes
Crafts, Hobbies & Home
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Mercato Treasures
This passage is inspired by my family's visit to an Italian outdoor market. While the essay explores the joys of perusing open-air market treasures in Italy and America, I personally savor this moment in time for the cherished memories shared between my children and their grandparents. My hope is that readers will immerse themselves in all things Italian when they read this book. My wish is that they'll take a moment to savor life, too. Auguri!
Book Excerpt
Un Momento: A Taste of Italian-American Pastimes
A few years ago, my parents accompanied me and my family to Venice, where we hit the famed Rialto Market early enough that the garbage boats were still hauling away rubbish left by the overnight revelers. At the fish market, vendors slapped enormous large-fin saltwater monsters onto their tables of chopped ice, while my dad giggled like a kid in a candy store. My children’s eyes were almost as big as those of the enormous multicolored fish they ogled. After a couple hours, I spied my mom cuddling with my youngest, Mario, sharing a lovely moment beside a canal. As their legs dangled over the Adriatic inlet, red juice dripped down their fingers, their only market takeaway having been a quart of the juiciest strawberries sold at the fruit stand beneath the Rialto Bridge. Some treasures are meant to be consumed without delay, and with total abandon.
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