Joanna Lucarino

Contributing writer

A Tribute to Diana Lucarino-Diekmann

October 2024
Diana Lucarino-Diekmann was a contributing writer to La Gazzetta for the past 10 years. She authored many articles on fitness and lifestyle, a lovely column about life with her Italian mother, aunts and family, many recipes, photo exhibits, and one...


Vita di Paese: Now and Then: Cleveland’s Little Italy

October 2024
Cleveland’s Little Italy is a vibrant eastside neighborhood near University Circle. This neighborhood began to form in the late 1800s when Italian immigrants, mainly from the South, settled here in search of work and SUBSCRIBE NOW! online +...


Vita di Paese: Now and Then, Cleveland’s Little Italy

September 2024
Cleveland’s Little Italy is a vibrant eastside neighborhood near University Circle. This neighborhood began to form in the late 1800s when Italian immigrants, mainly from the South, settled here in search of work and SUBSCRIBE NOW! online +...


Vita di Paese: Now and Then: Cleveland’s Little Italy

August 2024
Cleveland’s Little Italy is a vibrant eastside neighborhood near University Circle. This neighborhood, with the main roads of Mayfield and Murray Hill, began to form in the late 1800s when Italian immigrants, mainly from the South, settled here in...


In the Cucina with La Gazzetta: Pomodori con Riso

July 2024
In this column we share the cuisine and recipes of Italy and our Italian American communities. Each month we feature recipes curated from our research and those shared by LGI readers.Food and cooking are important aspects of our cultural identity...


In the Cucina with La Gazzetta: Cannoli Siciliani

June 2024
In this column we share the cuisine and recipes of Italy and our Italian American communities. Each month we feature recipes curated from our research and those shared by LGI readers.Food and cooking are important aspects of our cultural identity...


La Cultura del Caffe (Coffee Culture)

June 2024
Italian coffee culture is one of quality, tradition, and passion. Since coffee beans were first imported into Italy through Venice in the 16th century, the love of coffee began. Italy remains one of the largest importers of beans through its two...


La Cultura del Caffe (Coffee Culture)

May 2024
Joe, Java, Brew…these are just a few of the names we give to that wonderful cup of coffee. Coffee lovers may be referred to as coffee aficionados, coffee connoisseurs, even coffee snobs! It is a fact that coffee is one of the most popular...


In the Cucina with La Gazzetta: La Cicerchiata (Struffoli)

December 2023
dalla cucina di Joanna Lucarino My memories of the holidays center around family and food. We all have our favorite traditional treats with mine being honey-coated little balls of deep-fried pastry which we call la cicerchiata.My family serves...


Hell on Earth: The Sulfur Mines of Sicily

November 2023
After viewing the documentary film, “La Porta dell'Inferno” (“The Door to Hell”) by Michael Cavalieri, I felt compelled to delve deeper into the history of the Sicilian sulfur mines and the zolfo (sulfur) workers from the end of the 1700s until...


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