Camonica Club of North America

Monday, May 4, 2009

Camuni nel Mondo

Camunian Clan USA

A social, cultural, and heritage organization for Camunian descendants who live in the USA

CONTACT INFORMATION

CAMUNIAN CLAN USA[E-MAIL]

CAMUNIAN CLAN USA

P.O. BOX [COMING SOON]

BRISBANE, CA 94005

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Bresciani nel Mondo

Brescian Circle USA

A social, cultural, and heritage organization for Brescian descendants who live in the USA

CONTACT INFORMATION

BRESCIAN CIRCLE USA[E-MAIL]

BRESCIAN CIRCLE USA

P.O. BOX [COMING SOON]

BRISBANE, CA 94005

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Lombardi nel Mondo

Lombardian-American Alliance

Statement of Purpose

The LAA is an umbrella group for any association which promotes Lombardian heritage and culture in the USA. Lombardian culture is from the former sovereign nation, and current region of Lombardia in Italy; as well as the canton of Ticino and the three southern portions of the canton of Graubunden, both in Switzerland.

You may contact us if you are a representative of any group or institution which you believe should be placed on our list. Again, they must be American and very specifically dedicated to promoting Lombardian heritage and culture.

Note: The term "Lombard" refers to the ancient Germanic tribe. Therefore the proper English language term for anything of Lombardia is "Lombardian." We merely ask for the same distinction as there is between the ancient "Etruscans" and modern "Tuscans." Thank you.

Related American Heritage Organizations

LOMBARDI NEL MONDO - AREA NORD AMERICA [CHICAGO]

CUGGIONO GENEALOGY [MILANESE; ST. LOUIS]

MILAN CLUB [NEW YORK CITY]

PRO TICINO NORD CALIFORNIA

PRO TICINO SUD CALIFORNIA

BRESCIAN CIRCLE USA

CAMUNIAN CLAN USA

Contact Information

LOMBARDIAN-AMERICAN ALLIANCE [E-MAIL]

LOMBARDIAN-AMERICAN ALLIANCE

P.O. BOX [COMING SOON]

BRISBANE, CA 94005

Friday, May 1, 2009

Lombardian-American Community

The Lombardian-American Alliance blog has been merged into the PAL blog. All postings have been integrated by date, and the separate LAA blog will be closing. The LAA will remain active through the PAL blog.

The reason is that it is not necessary to have entirely separate web infrastructure for every project. It saves on a lot of time and effort, which would be better directed at community development. In other words, we already have a forum voice here.

The national council and a planned sponsorship will be put on hold, but the LAA concept will continue on. I know that we've bounced all around on this subject, but hopefully this will be permanent, and we can all just move forward under the PAL banner. Additionally, there will be three separate sub-projects under the LAA. The Brescian Circle USA, and the Camunian Clan USA, both active through the PAL blog.

Lastly, naturally we welcome other Lombardian circles into the LAA community. Also, in a greater PAL scheme of things, we want to connect with ties from all North Italian communities, and from all over the world. If you think that there's an aspect of history or the American experience that should be covered here, send your own posting so we can put it up. This is a forum for all related communities. Thank you.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Italian Swiss is Lombardian

We've covered this area a number of times, but not specifically. Anything "Italian Swiss," or "Svizzera Italiana," is from the Lombardian culture. In other words, any time we hear it, it's in reference to our culture. Our people.

In rural areas, the Lombard dialect can be spoken without any stigma, as there is in Italy. A time, not really long ago, everyone in Lombardia and Lombardian Switzerland spoke the Lombard dialect. Actually, it's the Lombard language, with a Western Lombard dialect.

On the Wikipedia webpage called "Linguistic geography of Switzerland," we can see maps of the language distribution of Switzerland. We can see the canton of Ticino, and east of it the canton of Graubünden (Grigioni). Three separate southernly parts of Graubünden speak the Lombard language. In Graubünden, an ancient form of Latin called "Romansh" is spoken, as it is in certain parts of northeast Italy. This language goes back to the Roman province of Raetia, which encompassed a part of what is now northeast Italy and up to Bavaria and Swabia. We can cover this subject at a later time.

Ticinese is the language, people, and culture of Ticino. In this video, people in Ticino are asked what language they speak? Only the second to the last woman seems to mention "Lombardo" as her language.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Swiss Chard Bruscetta

Someone from the Pacific Coast Farmer's Market Association gave me this recipe this morning, so I thought I might add it here, as it appears to be of basically Ticinese origin (modified with the feta).

Swiss Chard Bruscetta

Ingrediants:
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 8 ounces Swiss chard, coarsely chopped (about 3 cups)
* 2 tablespoons water
* Salt and pepper
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
* 6 slices French bread, cut diagonally 3/4-inch thick, toasted
* 1/2 cup torn arugula or small arugula leaves
* 2 ounces garlic-and-herb feta cheese or plain feta cheese, crumbled (1/2 cup)

Directions:
In a large skillet or wok heat the 2 tablespoons olive oil; stir-fry Swiss chard over medium-high heat for 2 minutes. Add water and cook 2 minutes more. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat. In a small bowl combine the 1 tablespoon oil and the vinegar, set aside. To serve, divide chard among the pieces of toast. Drizzle with the oil-and-vinegar mixture. Top with arugula and feta cheese. Serve immediately.

Makes 6 side-dish servings.

Pacific Coast Farmer's Market Association
5056 Commercial Circle, Suite E
Concord, CA 94520
1-800-949-FARM
www.pcfma.com

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Bresciani nel Mondo - Northern California changes it's name, approach

Bresciani nel Mondo - Northern California has changed it's name to the Lombardian-American Alliance - Northern California. This is part of an effort to move towards the idea of a Tuscan American Association type of national organization. For further reading: 'From Bresciani nel Mondo to Lombardian-American Alliance.'