The highly anticipated biographical family CD, from Steve Pullara & Cool Beans Music®, entitledA Big Bowl Of Musicroni has received rave reviews! Do you like Italian food?
If so, this will be a feast for your ears. Give it a taste.
Below are some visual and cultural highlights from this new collection of family music.
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When I was a child, I enjoyed spending time with my grandpa, Giusseppe Pullara. My favorite memory of him was when he taught me how to play his guitar. During those lessons, I learned the style of Italian songs that he sang when he was a young boy in Sicily, Italy. I treasure those moments and his guitar which is pictured in these photos. And so, to honor him, my family, and an Italian-American culture that I grew to know and love, I've created this collection of music entitled A Big Bowl of Musicroni.
This tasty little dish is served up as a treat for your ears. I've cooked it with a recipe rich in ethnic music, blended with a pinch of the Italian language and a dollop of my personal memories.
Feast your senses on this entrée of songs. You'll learn to speak a little Italian, and maybe even want to sample some of my favorite foods! You'll also meet my family of cousins, take a boat ride to Ellis Island, remember some famous Italians in history, hear a Spaghetti Western, and learn about my Christmas traditions.
Now, I invite you and your "Paesans" to join me and my "famiglia" as we share in A Big Bowl of Musicroni together!
Buon Appetito!
Mangia,
Steve PullaraContact Info: spullara@coolbeansmusic.com
This is a glossary of Itlalian terms that you'll hear in my CD's original music. It's an ideal tool to learn another language and pass on your heritage (if your a descendant from the old country.) If your not of Italian descent, it's also a list of useful terms in understanding the customs of people that you may live side by side with (or order your pizza from!)
The Musicroni Song Recipe of Words and Terms:
Traditional types of pasta or macaroni:
Cannelloni - tubes stuffed with meat or cheese
Cavatelli - shell shapes that have edges rolled inward
Farfalle - descriptive meaning of butterfly shapes
Lasagna - long wide and flat noodles layered with
meat and ricotta cheese
Linguine - means little tongues of long and flat noodles
Manicotti - large hollow tubes filled with ricotta cheese
Mastaciolli - noodle tubes with angled ends like pen quills
Pastina - any tiny cuts of pasta often used in soups
Ravioli - square pillow shaped pockets filled with ricotta
cheese or meat
Rotini - corkscrew shapes
Spaghetti - long and thin noodles
Vermicelli - term for thin spaghetti meaning little worms
Ziti - tubular shaped noodles from the South of ItalyGreetings, expressions and salutation to those you associate with:
Andiamo - we go
Arrivederci - good bye
Basta - enough
Buon Natale - have a good Christmas
Canta - sing
Disperata - desperate and hopeless
Stato Buono - stay well
Vai Subito - you go rapidlyMore of my favorite foods:
Anchovies - briny little fish
Braciola - meat rolled and stuffed with cheese, spices, etc.
Bruschetta - toasted bread with tomato spread and garlic
Ensalada - salad
Pepperoni - cured spicy meat
Scungilli - conch meat
Stracciatella - rag-like egg shreddings floating in soupPastries and desserts to compliment the perfect meal:
Biscotti - means twice baked biscuits or cookies
Cannoli - pastry tube filled with ricotta cream
Cassata - traditional Sicilian sponge cake with ricotta
cream filling and dried fruit
Gelata - ice creamDescriptions for people in your life:
Cugino cousin, cuccino is a dialect pronunciation
Cumpari - friend, Sicilian dialect
Fratelli - brothers
Gesu Bambino - baby Jesus
Innamorata - lovers
Nipotino - dialect for descendants, proper word is nipoti
Nonna - grandmother
Paesano- villager from the same town
Papa - father
San Giuseppi - Saint Joseph
Santa Maria Holy Mary, mother of Jesus
Sorelli - sistersCommon words, phrases and *American words with
a hint of Italian:
Campanelli - bells
Cappuccino - frothy espresso coffee with cream
*Capish - slang for capisco which means I understand
Che si dice - What do you say?
*Cinque minootsa - five minutes
*Come on a, come on a - let's go
Giusto - just
*Goomba - friend and slang for Sicilian word "cumpari"
Malamente - Sicilian dialect for bad will or evil intent
Mi chiamo - I call myself
*Minootsa - slang for minutes
Salsa - sauce (not gravy which is called sugo)
*Sauseech - slang for salsiccia meaning a sausage
*Sedia a ti lo - here's a chair for you, with lo as vernacularInstruments you'll hear in "Eh Cumpari"
Clarinetto - clarinet
Friscoletto- dialect for whistle, fischietto is proper Italian
Mandolino - mandolin
Saxophona - dialect for saxophone, sassophone is proper
Trombona - dialect for the Italian word trombone
Trumbetta - trumpet
Violino - violinCheeses most often eaten with pasta dishes:
Mozzarella - smooth, soft white cheese, good for melting
Parmesan - hard grating cheese from the Parma region
Provolone - hard and sharp tasting cheese
Ricotta - white and soft whey cheese used in fillingsContact Info: spullara@coolbeansmusic.com
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