Rocco Galatioto, nice photos and good food

 Pasta alla Norma. Here we have rigatoni with plain fresh tomato sauce with fried eggplants and shavings of Ricotta salata. This was Vincenzo Bellini's favorite dish thus it was named after his most famous opera, Norma. I consider this one of the finest Italian operas. When Calls sang the aria Casta diva it was operatic heaven. BTW Bellini was born in Catania, Sicily.

              The way I like to remember Manhattan. Shot from the Brooklyn Bridge.

We take catus pears seriously in Sicily. These were on sale at a fruit and vegetables store in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy. Although these originated in the New World, the ones grown in Sicily are truly exquisit e.  

  Digital street photography in Paris

  A steamy bowl of cream of broccoli soup to fill body and soul.

  Early morning Kodachrome 25 shot of a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.