Heirloom recipes, Italian Food and Culture, Kitchen and Culture
Mary Mangardi McGuire, a descendent of the first Italians to settle in Mineral Point in the early 20th Century has generously shared information and stories for our Italians in Mineral Point page. As part of the project, here is Mary’s recipe for Genoa Minestrone...
Heirloom recipes, Italian Food and Culture, Kitchen and Culture
In 1902, the first Italian-Americans arrived in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Read more about their contributions to Mineral Point history in the article Italian Food and Culture in Mineral Point. For this issue of Kitchen & Culture, we feature a recipe for Italian...
Iowa County Blog, Italian Food and Culture
“His new Goodyears filled his window display space, and today he busily installed brake linings on the Ford sedan that Tony Filardo dropped off that morning. His business from Italians increased monthly, and he was thankful for that. When treated fairly, these first...
Iowa County Blog, Italian Food and Culture
When 28-year-old Charles Galle arrived in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in 1902, his possessions included the clothes on his back and a small packet of Italian pepper seeds. He had carefully carried the seeds from his home in the southern Italian region of...
Harold William Thorpe novels are now included on Goodreads! 