This is my kitchen in Cincinnati just before we moved-in: Cincinnati Kitchen In the part of the kitchen you can't see, there...

Michele left to go back home on Wednesday, which means my three months in Italy are almost over.  Soon I'll have to live "American...

Michele's speech from the Naturalization Ceremony on December 9, 2011 About 12 years ago, on March 31, 2000, I stood where you are sta...

Let's start at the top. Food and the eating of food. The Italian culture is food\centric. Italians love to grow, buy, cook, eat and...

 by Gerardo Perrotta, Italian teacher at School Amici (Italian version follows) This summer, in the middle of our vacation in Fu...

Chef Cristian by Gail Morrison Last spring Via Vite opened their doors to School Amici students for our Mangiamo! series and Cristian Pi...

Every time I get on the plane for Italy, I'm a little nervous with all there is to figure out.  Should I change my money here or in the ...

Mona Lisa by Leigh Cooney Before I married an Italian I was married to a German speaker and almost immediately after I made the switch, I...

Recently School Amici asked for input on a survey about what people want in a tour and I was especially eager to see the response to Questio...

by Michele Alonzo There are a lot of similarities between learning how to play an instrument and how to speak a foreign language. I lear...