Posts Tagged ‘Jim Battaglia’
Interviewing Solvay Native Richard Jay-Alexander on Producing Two Il Volo PBS Specials
Sunday afternoon, June 9 2013, at 3:00: My co-host, Jim Battaglia and I will air part of our interview with Richard Jay-Alexander about his role in producing the PBS Il ...
Ciao! Music! Fun! Traditions! Deana Martin And Sophia Loren Disagree On How To Make Pasta Fagioli, Sunday at 3:00.
Jim and I got together the other night and made two versions of the traditional, (some call it “peasant food”) pasta fagioli…or, as it is often pronounced in the U.S., ...
Deana Martin Interview On Ciao! April 14th and 21st
If you tuned into Ciao! last Sunday, the 7th, you heard the first two segments of our interview with Deana Martin. Deana is just wonderful and there’s so much to ...
Buona Pasqua – Ciao! March 31 2013
Ciao! features contemporary and traditional Italian and Italian American music; and, this week, Jim and I will talk about some of the Italian American Easter traditions.
Growing up with Italian grandparents ...
CIAO, 3/24/13: Sonny Farrar and Mario Lanza
Ciao! features contemporary and traditional Italian and Italian American music; and, this week, singer/voice teacher Sonny Farrar talks about his missed opportunity to play Mario Lanza in a film about ...
CIAO: Mystery & Intrigue Behind The Venetian Mask
As I wandered around on the Internet to prepare for this segment on our show, I began to wonder how one chooses their disguise among the hundreds of unique masks…does ...
The Invention, Evolution and Americanization of Pizza!
Last weekend when we riding in the car to a family funeral with my brother-in-law, Matt, he remarked on the number of pizza places that have sprung up in the ...
CIAO! 1/27/13 Chamomile Tea For A Cold Wintry Flu Season
Steaming soothing Chamomile tea was my Italian grandmother’s remedy for a stomach virus or flu. I keep a box of Chamomile tea in my cupboard but when I was young, ...
CIAO, 1-13-13: Dean Martin’s Enduring Appeal
On CIAO! Sunday we’re talking about Dean Martin’s image and appeal to generations born after his time along with selections from his recorded library of songs to punctuate our thoughts.
When ...
CIAO! 12/23/12 The Italian Tradition of the Feast of Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve
Wow! Christmas crept up quickly. My mother has already begun making Italian pastries and Christmas cookies… and this is our Christmas show where you’ll hear my co-host Jim Battaglia and ...
