Tag Archives: Italian American

Marinara Sauce, My Way

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Loretta Giacoletto

Hubby D and I were driving home from our place at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks when my cell phone rang. It was my good friend E, who along with her husband J, have a successful year-round catering business, mostly … Continue reading →

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Doing the Math

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Loretta Giacoletto

Our pool came with the house Hubby D and I purchased eons ago, an impromptu decision with no subsequent pangs of buyer’s remorse. Yes, it’s true: if you have to ask the cost of maintaining a pool, you should think … Continue reading →

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Resurrecting Characters

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Loretta Giacoletto

My fictional characters, they’re all mine—to make, to break, to kill off, or to bring back—which is what I’m doing in my current WIP (work in progress), Book 3 from the Savino Sisters Mystery Series. It seemed a shame, leaving … Continue reading →

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Bringing Characters to Life

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Loretta Giacoletto

Creating intriguing characters in a novel can be quite the challenge; but when several characters make an easy connection that drives the story forward, there’s no denying the level of writing satisfaction. As was the case with this scene in … Continue reading →

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Happy to be back

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Loretta Giacoletto

Hello to my old friends and to those stopping by for the first time. I am delighted to be back after a self-imposed sabbatical in which I finished Book 2 from the Savino Sisters Mystery Series, REGRETS TO DIE FOR. … Continue reading →

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It’s Shaping Up

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Loretta Giacoletto

“It’s shaping up,” as my piano teacher from long ago used to tell me. Words to live by, I can finally say the same about my current work-in-progress, Memories to Die For from The Savino Sisters Mystery Series. I’m almost … Continue reading →

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Favorite Time for Creativity

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Loretta Giacoletto

Phew! We, as in Hubby D and I, have survived another holiday season. Son #1 and family came from two directions, Wyoming and Upstate New York, making Christmas extra special for the entire Giacoletto clan. To add to the ten-day … Continue reading →

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My 2014 Year and Reading List

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Loretta Giacoletto

Happy New Year! I hope this past year ended on a note as positive for you as mine was for me. Although everyday life prevented me from accomplishing all of my 2014 writing and personal goals, I did manage to … Continue reading →

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Appetizers on the Italian Riviera

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Loretta Giacoletto

Seems like only yesterday but it’s been more than two months since Hubby D and I returned from our latest visit to Northern Italy. Although we spent most of our time in the Piemonte Region, we also took a road … Continue reading →

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Making Cheese, the Italian Way

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Loretta Giacoletto

In the 1890s a young woman who lived in the Piemonte Region of Northern Italy sailed to America to marry a man she had yet to meet, an Italian immigrant who came from a village not far from hers. At … Continue reading →

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