a Place at The Table

"The Civil Wars" is the highly anticipated, self-titled album by the GRAMMY award-winning duo. The recording follows The Civil Wars’ Gold-certified debut. Recorded in Nashville between August 2012 and January 2013, The Civil Wars has already received widespread acclaim from publications including Billboard, NPR Music and Rolling Stone. Charlie Peacock was once again at the helm as producer for the album. Additionally, Rick Rubin produced the duo’s performance for the track, “I Had Me a Girl” in August 2011.

This book is about Italian American women, food, identity, and our stories at the table. This mother-daughter research team explores how Italian American working-class women from Syracuse, New York use food as a symbol and vehicle which carries multiple meanings. In these narratives, food represents home, loss, and longing. Food also stands in for race, class, gender, sexuality, immigration, region, place, and space.

This book is about Italian American women, food, identity, and our stories at the table. This mother-daughter research team explores how Italian American working-class women from Syracuse, New York use food as a symbol and vehicle which carries multiple meanings. In these narratives, food represents home, loss, and longing. Food also stands in for race, class, gender, sexuality, immigration, region, place, and space.