Rocco Galatioto, nice photos and good food

  These very pleasant and fragrant wild roses are in my backyard. They bloom in June and last no more than ten days but they are glorious. 

  This is a very hearty and filling autumnal dish. Center cut pork loin in a thick gravy and apples. 

                            Water tank atop roof on East 28 Street, Manhattan. Mid-seventies. 

  Italian spaghetti with zucchine and smoked salmon. Delightful

 Italian shells pasta with cannellini beans and escarole. Great meal on a cold day.

  Those wonderful sixties in New York. No smart phones nor being online. People interacted on a more human level. I miss those times very much.

  Nothing warms you up like a dish of beef stew. I served over couscous. Wonderful.

  The magic of Kodachrome II meets the magic of spring.

  A simple lunch: avocado salad on country Italian bread with sauteed kale and cauliflowers. Delicious and very healthy.

  The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is of the true treasures of New York City. This is a shot of the Japanese garden a relaxing place and pleasant place.

  The absolute queen of Italian sweets, the cassata siciliana or the Sicilian cassata. This is the original one decorated with candied fruit and it has a coating of marzipan under the exterior velata or sugar coating. It is superb but a shot of insulin is recommended before eating it!

  A macro digital shot of my backyard roses. I cannot wait for spring.

 Shot under the Manhattan Bridge in Manhattan's Chinatown. A shoemaker and his costumers. I was usig a Nikon S @ rangefinder with a Nikkor 35 mm F 3.5 and naturally, the film was Tri-X.

  I just love fresh fava beans. These were a gift from one of my neighbors in Sicily. He had just picked the. Just wonderful.