ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This story exists because Severino Cesari and Paolo Repetti asked for it. It was shepherded by Mariapaola Romeo and Valentina Pattavina. Its architecture was shaped by Antonio Formicola and in discussions with Michele Antonielli. Set design and staging by the fantastic Annamaria Torroncelli and Stefania Negro. Scented and nurtured by the expert hands of Sabrina Prisco, of the Osteria Canali of Salerno. Overseen from the very beginning and cultivated by the marvelous Corpi Freddi. Like all the Ricciardi stories, it springs from my mother’s stories and smiles. All I did was tell it.