Chicken Marsala with Elvis in Memphis I was in Memphis in the late 1980s organizing a country music talent contest with my friend Michael. Michael is black. I’m white. Well, Italian. Marlboro sponsored the contest....
Read MoreArancini and Christmas 2013 For the record, when I die, I want a Viking funeral. They put your body on a small wooden boat, cover you with hay, float you out on the water, and shoot flaming arrows until the hay catches...
Read MoreMy sister had all her kids by C-section. They’re all pretty normal, except whenever they leave the house, they go out the window. When the doctors perform a C-section (cesarean section) they make an incision, and bring the...
Read MoreLuigi’s Chicken and Luigi Luigi was my grandfather. Luigi Quintiliano. Grandpa Luke is what I called him. He was quite a character, a tough guy, an Italian immigrant. He left Italy, came to New York City, got his start as a...
Read MoreOur manager told us about this new television network that was about to launch, a 24-hour network that was going to play nothing but music videos. They were gonna call it… MTV. Music Television. He played us a few videos that...
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