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Italy Is Losing the War with Islam
They’ve even lost the food battle in Hollywood.
I am a Denzel Washington fan. And one of my favourite characters is that of Robert McCall, the ex-CIA assassin who acts as a knight errant, helping the powerless, defending right, and exacting a cruel — and extremely violent — justice on villains of all types.
Washington plays McCall in a trilogy of films known as The Equalizer. The third instalment in this series (Equalizer 3) takes place in Italy. It is supposed to take place in the fictional town of Altamonte on the outskirts of Naples, but in reality the film was shot in several locations along the Amalfi Coast.
Full disclosure about me — and “La Cucina Italiana”
I am a dual citizen, and one of my passports is Italian. I LOVE Italian food. Growing up in the States, I was raised on Polenta e Salsicca, Risotto alla Milanese and other Northern Italian specialties.
But I have also been to Amalfi. It is spectacular. And like all destinations in Southern Italy, one of the outstanding aspects of this area is its CUISINE.
