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Skip Lombardi
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La Cucina dei Poveri
now on Kindle!

Skip Lombardi is pleased to announce that he has just republished his culinary memoir, La Cucina dei Poveri: Recipes from My Sicilian Grandparents, in a digital format. The paperback book, first published in 2004, is currently out-of-print, but you can get it as an ebook in time for tonight’s dinner.

Written in red sauce, here’s a tale of family culture passed on through its cuisine. Pasta, arugula, oranges, and olives tell the author’s story of growing up in the kitchen of his extended Sicilian-American family. La Cucina dei Poveri includes 94 recipes, many from Mr. Lombardi’s maternal grandparents, Sebastian and Carmelina LaBella.

It takes a just a minute to download La Cucina dei Poveri as an ebook from the Kindle Store at Amazon.com. And if you need to read it on your computer, iPhone, or Sony Reader, you can also download it from Smashwords.com. At either site—you’ll be able to sample the contents before you buy the digital version.

“I had been exploring new publishing options for a second edition. I was leaning towards one of the many Print-On-Demand services now available–including Amazon’s own Book Surge,” said Mr. Lombardi. “but when I learned how easy it was to self-publish for Amazon’s Kindle, I thought it’d be a great way to reach a new audience that might have missed the first edition of the book.

“I believe that with the contraction of the traditional publishing industry and the expansion of the electronic book market, there are some wonderful opportunities, not only for self-publishing authors, but also for their readers.

“The geek in me loves the idea that anyone could have my grandmother’s recipe for lasagne on a Blackberry or iPhone while he shops for the ingredients at the supermarket.”

Skip Lombardi has had overlapping careers as a Broadway musician, high school math teacher, syndicated writer, and software engineer. But he is proud to say he has never let any of those pursuits interfere with his passion for cooking and eating Italian food.

Mr. Lombardi is currently immersed in a new book-to-be. Since 2007, Almost Italian, has been a popular blog, an online” book-in progress” about Italian American food and culture. See the archives and latest post at http://almostitalian.com

La Cucina dei Poveri is now available as an ebook from the Amazon.com Kindle Store and from Smashwords.com

For additional information, photos, and digital review copies of La Cucina dei Poveri, please contact skip@skiplombardi.org

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