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Violetta was there to supervise - no surprise there! |
Look at that scaffolding! |
Violetta's apartment was #1. In the 1970s, she created a hall through back-to-back closets and made #1 and #2 one big apartment. |
By 1940, the house had been fully rented for at least 5 years, according to the census of that year. Violetta and her husband Dick Ryan along with her mother Mary Frances Jollett Davis shared the one apartment. Other renters included college professor Clyde Shorts and his wife and daughter, teacher Mona Lyon (who remained Violetta's lifelong friend), factory owner Michael Mintzer and his wife and daughter, and telephone company engineer Henry Newman and his bride and baby.
Apt #6 - Note the beautiful woodwork, fireplace, built-in bookshelves, and just a snip of that brass chandelier. |
Violetta said that residents often held parties together in the backyard. |
Storage in even the basement apartments was generous with several deep closets, a kitchen pantry, and built-in bookshelves. The four main apartments all enjoyed a beautiful porch facing South Mason.
While these photos would be considered just old photos to others, they are most fascinating to me because of the history. The house at 473 South Mason was more than the Mecca of my youth when family vacations always included visits with Violetta. It was home to many in my family at one time or another.
Violetta's sister Velma lived for awhile in Apartment #6 in the basement, the same one I lived in as a bride. Across the hall in #5 lived my cousin Glenn and his bride Rita. Several years later my sister lived in #5 while in college. The attic apartment (#7) was the newlywed nest for my cousin Barbara (Glenn's sister) until the baby came along signaling they had outgrown the place.
We youngins came and went but some of the residents were there a long time. In fact, I can't remember a time when they weren't there. Apartment #3 was home to Mrs. Ruth Cooper and #4 to Miss Rosalind Trent and her brother.
from 1952 yearbook Madison College |
from 1952 yearbook Madison College |
Whenever I'm in Harrisonburg, I avoid driving down South Mason because my cousin assures me the house is just not the same, it's sad to say. Like an old ship decommissioned and slated for scrap, 473 South Mason has lost her stature as a grand and desirable place to live. I prefer to remember this house when it was one of the jewels of the neighborhood.

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DIY Bathroom Soap Dispensers
A few elements make a bathroom pleasant: An absence of mold, a clean floor and clean tile, fixtures that are in good repair, plenty of light, and no bad smells. Then there are the little luxuries, which turn a decent bathroom into a place you want to marry: Fluffy white towels, a linen shower curtain, green plants, and quality toiletries in thoughtful dispensers.
Every bathroom sink needs soap next to the sink. That is for hygiene, my little dirty birdies, but you knew that already. Since the soap has to be there, you can elevate the experience by making a hot and happening DIY soap dispenser. I personally am very lazy, and therefore, next to my bathrooms sink I have placed the plastic dispenser that my store brand hand soap came in. I refill it from a giant jug of foaming hand soap refill that I store under the sink. But do as I say, not as I do.
DIY Mason jar soap dispenser: These are so popular that they are becoming cliches. However, since we are not hipsters (are we?), we don't need to disavow a good thing once it becomes mainstream. Mason jar soap dispensers are Mason jars with soap dispenser pumps embedded in their lids. While more enterprising DIY-ers are willing to drill the hole in the lid, those who can't be bothered buy prefabricated Mason jar soap dispenser lids from sellers on Etsy. Some folks customize their Ball jars by painting them, or adding bits of string or ribbon.
Liquor bottle soap dispenser: I've seen this done with vodka bottles and whiskey bottles. I am not sure, personally, if one of these puppies would complement the decor of anywhere but a bar or frat house. Yet normal people with decent taste seem to like them. Screw a liquid soap pump lid onto any clean screw-top liquor bottle.
Monogrammed Soap Bottle: I found this on The Idea Room. If you have an empty hand soap dispenser, just remove the label and add an overhead transparency with your monogram on it. It is beautiful, and an excellent way to repurpose an empty soap bottle. Another plus: since the dispenser is plastic, not glass, it's safer to use in a household with kids.
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Smooth leather upper, Air-Sole in the heel and solid rubber outsole with classic traction pattern. Nike footwear designers worked diligently for three years to integrate Nike Air-Sole units into basketball kicks. Finally in 1982, the Air Force 1 shoe became the first baller shoe to feature Nike Air technology in its innersole. It took a few years to gain traction in the market, but once it did it was unstoppable. Much like the other Nike footwear icons, Air Force 1 has popularity with not only b-ball enthusiasts but indie trend setters and fashion seekers, too. With the clean, timeless design it's not surprising that Air Force 1 sticks out as a Nike icon and is a sneaker head's first and last word in basketball shoes. Slip into the supple leather and flush seaming to experience the superior comfort of the Air Force 1 for yourself.


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By Andrew Grant
Nearly a year after NASA trumpeted Voyager 1's departure from the sun's protective bubble, two mission scientists argue that the spacecraft never left. Many astronomers are doubtful about the assertion, but the debate illustrates that the transition from solar bubble to interstellar space is not clear-cut.
"My tendency is to think we are out in interstellar space, but I'm not completely convinced," says Eric Christian, an astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., who is not on the Voyager team. "I don't blame skeptics for looking at other explanations."
Voyager 1 and its twin Voyager 2 completed their tours of the outer planets in 1980 and 1989, respectively. Since then, scientists have eagerly anticipated the probes' departure from the heliosphere, the bubble of particles that encircles the sun and planets, and their entry into the unexplored space between stars. (The probes won't exit the solar system for another 30,000 years or so (SN: 10/19/13, p. 26), since the sun's gravitational influence continues well past the boundary of the heliosphere.)
Then in September, after months of speculation, mission scientists finally announced that Voyager 1 had exited the heliosphere on August 25, 2012 (SN Online: 9/12/13). The proof, they said, came via a blast wave from the sun that jostled particles around the probe in April 2013. The vibrations of the particles suggested that the spacecraft was surrounded by a dense soup of galactic particles rather than a comparatively sparse fog of solar ones. Last week, on July 7, the researchers reaffirmed their conclusion after analyzing another solar outburst that reached Voyager in March.
In late 2012 and early 2013, Voyager captured the frequency and intensity of particle vibrations triggered by solar blasts. This video translates those vibrations into sound. JPL-Caltech/NASA, Univ. of Iowa |
However, Voyager has yet to detect what scientists long predicted would be the calling card of interstellar space: a shift in the direction of the magnetic field. Scientists had expected the probe to encounter particles under the influence of the interstellar magnetic field draped over the outer shell of the heliosphere, inducing an abrupt shift. But the direction has remained stubbornly constant, and researchers can't explain why. "This whole region is a lot messier than anyone dreamed of," Christian says.
It's a bit too messy for George Gloeckler and Lennard Fisk, Voyager scientists at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. They wondered whether the magnetic field and particle density conditions measured by Voyager could exist within the heliosphere. In a paper accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters, Gloeckler and Fisk argue that the outer heliosphere could allow an influx of galactic particles from beyond the bubble that would explain the density measurements.
The researchers' analysis includes a way to definitively test the idea: If Voyager 1 is within the heliosphere, Gloeckler and Fisk note, then it should still be at the mercy of the sun's magnetic field. If that were the case, within a year or so, Voyager should detect a 180-degree flip in the field's direction, a regular occurrence caused by the sun's rotation. "If that happens," Gloeckler says, "Len and I will have a big celebration."
"It's a very good paper," says Stephen Fuselier, a space scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. "They came up with a bold, testable prediction."
Still, Fuselier thinks Gloeckler and Fisk are wrong. While the proposal is consistent with Voyager's density measurements, he says, it can't explain the particle vibrations Voyager detected in April 2013. Scientists suspect that solar blast waves can induce these vibrations only after interacting with the heliosphere boundary.
Voyager should provide more clarity by next year with the help of more blast wave measurements and the possibility of the 180-degree magnetic field shift. In the meantime, Christian says, scientists have to remain patient. Trying to characterize a vast unexplored region of space with one probe is like trying to understand an ocean with a single buoy.
Within several years, another buoy should reach the vicinity of the heliosphere boundary: Voyager 2, which unlike its sibling, sports a functioning instrument to take continuous measurements of particle density and temperature. "Voyager observations have surprised us over the years," Fuselier says. "We're just waiting for more surprises."


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Wood is the material most commonly associated with IKEA furniture, and for good reasons. It's renewable, recyclable, durable, ages beautifully and it is an important part of our Scandinavian design heritage. At IKEA, we believe that sourced in responsible way, wood is a key change driver for climate mitigation. In 2012, we set a goal that by 2020 our wood would be from more sustainable sources. We are happy to announce that we have reached this goal and today, more than 98% of the wood used for IKEA products is either FSC-certified or recycled.
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Forests contribute to maintaining balance in the atmosphere, purify the air that we breathe and are part of the water cycle. They nourish wildlife biodiversity and provide homes for indigenous communities who depend on forests for their livelihoods. 90% of plant and animal species living on the planet need forests to survive. They provide sources of food, fuel, timber and many other ecosystem services that we rely upon. Sourcing approximately 19 million m3 of roundwood per year from some 50 countries, IKEA has a significant impact on the world's forests and the timber industry and a huge responsibility to positively influence how wood is sourced. Responsible wood sourcing and forest management ensure that the needs of people dependent on forests are met, that businesses can work sustainably, that forest ecosystems are protected and biodiversity is enhanced.
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As pressure on the world's forests and the surrounding eco-systems increases due to unsustainable agriculture, the expansion of infrastructure and illegal logging, it is time to take an even more holistic approach to protect and support these important resources for generations to come. The IKEA Forest Positive Agenda for 2030 set out to improve forest management, enhance biodiversity, mitigate climate change and support the rights and needs of people who depend on forests across the whole supply chain and drive innovation to use wood in even smarter ways. The agenda focuses on three key areas: • Making responsible forest management the norm across the world. • Halting deforestation and reforesting degraded landscapes. • Driving innovation to use wood in smarter ways by designing all products from the very beginning to be reused, refurbished, remanufactured, and eventually recycled.
We accomplish more by working together
For many years, IKEA has partnered with businesses, governments, social groups and non-governmental organisations to fight forest degradation and deforestation and increase the volume and availability of wood from responsibly managed forests both for our own supply chain and beyond. We are on a journey to improve global forest management and make responsible wood sourcing the industry standard, contributing to building resilient forest landscapes and improve biodiversity.
What is solid wood?
Solid wood is one of our favorite materials and is part of our Scandinavian heritage. It is also a timeless material with many uses. Regardless of the tree species, it is durable, beautiful and renewable. We strive to use this raw material as smartly and efficiently as possible to avoid waste – and we also invest in facilities and logistics so that we can increase the use of recycled wood.


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HollywoodNews.com: As the "Eclipse" premiere approaches, key dates in the promotion schedule continue to be confirmed. Supplemental to yesterday's feature (which listed key June dates for Twilight fans and some U.S. appearances), here is some developing info on the promotional tour abroad:
May 31: Sydney, Australia. Kristen and Taylor will be present for a Q&A event in Luna Park. The event will be run by Richard Wilkins but will be broadcast live via satellite from Sydney's Luna Park into selected Hoyts cinemas.
June 3: Seoul, Korea. Kristen and Taylor are slated to arrive on the 2nd; Pan Cinema has announced a press conference, a "red carpet appearance", and a fan meet and greet at a special meeting on June 3rd.
June 17: Rome, Italy. Eagle Pictures confirmed, via its web site today, that Kristen and Taylor are now set for an appearance in Rome. Few additional details are available . June 21: Stockholm, Sweden. The official twilight web site in Sweden announced that Taylor and Kristen would visit Stockholm on June 21st. Though a media press conference has been announced, details of any fan events have not been definitively confirmed.
June 28. Madrid, Spain. According to Aurum Producciones, Ashley Greene and Xavier Samuel are slated to appear in Madrid to promote "Eclipse". Already scheduled are a press conference and a session for fans to meet the actors.
Berlin, Germany. The final city that has been mentioned as part of the European tour is Berlin Germany, though no date has been confirmed.
Due to Rob's shooting schedule for "Water for Elephants", he will be absent for most "Eclipse" promo engagements that take place far outside of LA. In contrast to the "New Moon" promotion, which featured the three principal stars heavily, for "Eclipse" Kristen and Taylor will mostly be on their own.
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Today's Names to Know: Ankiel! Daly! Beckham! Calvin Johnson! Matt Murphy! Penny! Pac-Man! Cozad! Mamet! Galactus! And More!
MLB Stud: Rick Ankiel, who would have earned this spot for nothing else than his call-up. The 3-run HR he hit yesterday was just icing – today, he could be the most unconditionally liked player in baseball (the anti-Bonds, if you will).
The Hall of Fame should collect his bat from last night, if only to have an exhibition on "Perseverence." If that homer was the climax of his comeback, what can he possibly do for an encore? (Wear that Ankiel jersey proudly today, Mr. Leitch.)
PGA Championship: John Daly Mania! This might not last longer than this morning, but isn't Daly's performance the most interesting thing to happen to golf all year?
Beckham Watch: He finally played, and I actually kept the game on the screen to see it. What I should have done was turn down the volume on the insipid Beckham licking coming from the TV commentators. He had my attention, but didn't do much once he had it.
Lions 27, Bengals 26: Calvin Johnson is going to be VERY good. How soon before we can refer to him simply as "Calvin" and everyone will know who we're talking about?
(Here's hoping Bengals rookie RB Kenny Irons' knee injury isn't serious.)
Cowboys 23, Colts 10: Tony Romo went 10/11 for 93 yards, in a preview of new offensive coordinator (and presumptive head-coach-in-waiting) Jason Garrett's playbook.
Bonds Watch: His batting helmets for 755 and 756 are going to
Meanwhile, I truly hope that Matt Murphy doesn't sell the Bonds ball. What a display of sincerity around a subject otherwise marked by deception and bad feelings.
Penny Hardaway signs with the Heat: I guess we should all be thankful he didn't do the obvious thing and join the bandwagon of former stars lining up to play in Boston.
(Is Allan Houston going to have a comeback, too? Hey: Just because he has the exact same game as Reggie Miller and Ray Allen shouldn't stop him from joining the Celtics, too.)
Pac-Man Fever: Anyone catch Pac-Man Jones on the TNA show last night? Somehow, I don't think he can claim "misunderstood."
MLB Dud: The Tigers, who lost a second straight home game to the Devil Rays.
Backup punter guilty of assault: Mitch Cozad convicted in what was without question the weirdest sports crime of the last year.
NFL This Weekend:
Falcons-Jets: Life without Vick
Pats-Bucs: Watch those NE WRs
Bills-Saints: Eyes on Bush
Jags-Dolphins: How many Leftwich snaps?
Packers-Steelers: Has Favre retired yet?
Chiefs-Browns: Will we see Brady Quinn?
Bears-Texans: Eye on Matt Schaub
Redskins-Titans: Vince Young Mania
Panthers-Giants: Meh.
Cards-Raiders: Russell the new Leinart?
Seahawks-Chargers: Alexander vs. LT (in theory)
CFB: NCAA upholds ban on coaches text-messaging recruits. Way to keep it Web 1.0, NCAA.
Mamet to do UFC movie: I can... What, goddammit?... I can think of... Fucking cripes: Think of what?... Hey, wait... Oh, fuck off. Just spit it out... I'm not sure I want to anymore... Oh, what the fuck: Are you some kind of pansy?... Now see here... Christamighty: I'll say it. I can't think of a better fucking person to do a movie about UFC than David Mamet.
Must-Read: If you haven't read EDSBS' parody of "Who's Now: Tom Brady vs. Galactus," you are missing out on the funniest blog post of the month.
Question of the Day: Did Derek Jeter really give Jessica Alba herpes? If Derek Jeter has herpes, that would be even more epic than Michael Vick having herpes.


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Tutorial Series | JavaScript Plasmoids |
Previous | None |
What's Next | Getting Data: How to retrieve data from a DataEngine |
Further Reading | JavaScript Plasmoid API reference |
In this tutorial we'll cover creating a very simple Plasmoid in JavaScript, otherwise known as QtScript or ECMAScript, to provide a Plasma widget.
What is a widget?
In the context of Plasma, a "widget" is a single, self-contained graphical object on the canvas. They can be added and removed individually, configured separately from other widgets, etc. These "mini applications" are sometimes referred to in other widget platforms as "applets", "apps", "gadgets", "karambas", "desklets". We chose the word "widget" for Plasma as it is used by other some other existing systems.
The API of a widget is defined by the host "ScriptEngine", with the exception of native Plasma widgets written in C++ which allows plugins in loadable libraries which use the API of the Plasma library directly. Currently Plasma supports both such "native" widgets written in C++, ones written in various dynamic languages (Plasmoids) as well as:
- SuperKaramba's karambas
- Enlightenment 17 edje content
- Google Gadgets
- MacOS dashboard widgets (though not all)
These are loaded via host AppletScriptEngine plugins that bridge between the widget itself and Plasma's canvas.
What is a Plasmoid?
A Plasmoid is a widget that can be loaded into Plasma that uses the native Plasma API and comes packaged in a single archive file which includes the code, metadata, images, configuration definitions, etc. Plasmoids may be currently written using various scripting languages and APIs. This tutorial covers the Simplified JavaScript API for Plasmoids
Hello world
The first step for any software project is to set up your project's directory on disk. For this tutorial we are going to create a very simple "Hello world" plasmoid called "hello-javascript". Create a directory on somewhere called hello-javascript which in turn contains a contents directory which then contains a code directory. This command below will do all this.
mkdir -p hello-javascript/contents/code
The only required part of the structure, in fact, is the contents directory - almost everything will go in this directory. But separating your code into a different directory from application data is a good habit to have.
In the hello-javascript directory create a .desktop file called metadata.desktop with the following content:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Hello JavaScript
Comment=An example JavaScript widget
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=<Your name here>
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Email=<Your email here>
This metadata.desktop file list important information needed by Plasma to load the widget, and also information about what the widget is and who created it.
Name gives the name of widget as seen by the user when they go to the Add Widget dialog on the desktop. There can be additional name entries for different languages. For example, you could add a Dutch translation by inserting the line Name[nl]=Hallo JavaScript.
Comment gives a more detailed description of the widget. This is also displayed in the Add Widget dialog, and can be translated in the same way as Name.
Icon gives the name of the icon to associate with this plasmoid. The icon is shown in the Add Widget dialog. It must be the name of an icon that is either distributed with KDE (such as chronometer) or provided by your plasmoid. If you want to provide the icon, you can use Icon=icon.png.
The Type, X-KDE-ServiceTypes, X-Plasma-API and X-Plasma-MainScript fields are required for Plasma to find your plasmoid and know what to do with it. Note that X-Plasma-MainScript is a path relative the contents directory.
X-Plasma-DefaultSize specifies the default size for widget, as width,height. While the units aren't technically pixels, they have the same value as pixels providing you don't do anything like zoom in or out on your desktop.
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category gives a category for the widget. This is used in the Add Widgets dialog to group and filter widgets. The value must be one of the category names listed at Projects/Plasma/PIG.
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name is the internal name of the plasmoid (you can think of this as the name of the plasmoid, as opposed to the name of the widget which is given by Name). This is the name you will use as an argument to plasmoidviewer or plasmapkg when you need to provide a plasmoid name rather than a path. It doesn't have to be the same name as the directory containing metadata.desktop.
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author, X-KDE-PluginInfo-Email, X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version, X-KDE-PluginInfo-Website and X-KDE-PluginInfo-License are informational, and are displayed in the About dialog for the plasmoid (which can be viewed by clicking the information icon next to the corresponding widget in the Add Widgets dialog of plasma).
X-KDE-PluginInfo-EnabledByDefault and X-KDE-PluginInfo-Depends rarely need to be changed from the values given here.
Main script
The name of the main script file is given by X-Plasma-MainScript in metadata.desktop, and is relative to the contents directory. In our case, we will need to create the file hello-javascript/contents/code/main.js. Put the following code in it:
layout = new LinearLayout(plasmoid);
label = new Label();
label.text = 'Hello JavaScript!';
plasmoid is a global variable that represents your widget. It has some useful methods that we'll come to in later tutorials.
First, we create a layout, because plasmoids don't have a layout by default. This just makes sure that the label is the correct size and in the correct place. Passing plasmoid to the LinearLayout attaches the layout to the widget.
Next we add a label to the layout, and finally we set the label text.
Testing (KDE 4.3+)
If you have KDE 4.3 or later, you can test your plasmoid without installing it by entering the hello-javascript directory and running plasmoidviewer. Alternatively, call
plasmoidviewer ~/hello-javascript
This is very convenient for development as you can edit the Plasmoid and test the changes immediately without re-installing the plasmoid over and over again.
You can install the plasmoid by running the following command from within the hello-javascript directory:
plasmapkg -i .
The final argument to plasmapkg is the path to the directory containing metadata.desktop and the contents directory.
You can now add your widget to the desktop using the Add Widgets dialog, or view it by running
plasmoidviewer hello-javascript
If you want to see where your plasmoid has actually been installed you can find out like this:
# plasmapkg -i . plasmapkg(6482)/libplasma Plasma::Package::installPackage: "/root/.kde4/share/apps/plasma/plasmoids//hello-javascript" already exists Installation of /root/hello-javascript failed.
In this case it has been installed to /root/.kde4/share/apps/plasma/plasmoids//hello-javascript.
If you want to share your plasmoid, you'll have to package it. Run the following from within the hello-javascript directory:
zip -r ../hello-javascript.zip . &&
mv ../hello-javascript.zip ../hello-javascript.plasmoid
You now have a plasmoid package you can share with the world. To install it, either use the "Install new widgets" functionality in the Add Widgets dialog, or go to the directory containing hello-javascript.plasmoid and run
plasmapkg -i hello-javascript.plasmoid
To uninstall the plasmoid, use plasmapkg again with its -r option:
plasmapkg -r hello-javascript
Note that while the argument to plasmapkg -i is a file or directory, you need to pass the plasmoid name (given by X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name in metadata.desktop) to plasmapkg -r.
The Simplified JavaScript API is powered by Qt's QtScript system which provides access to a full featured ECMA Script interpreter. If it works in ECMA Script, it will work in a Simplified JavaScript Plasmoid.
On top of the ECMA Script language, QtScript provides Qt integration features. Probably the most useful one in the context of writing Plasmoids is the use of signals and slots which is Qt's callback mechanism. Signals may be emitted in QtScript by calling the signal method in question, a signal can be connected to a slot by using the connect() method (and disconnected with disconnect()) and any function defined in the Plasmoid may be used as a slot. For example:
function onClick()
print("We got clicked!")
function onFirstClick()
print("First click!")
button = new PushButton
This will print out:
We got clicked!
First click!
on the console when the Plasmoid starts, and the "We got clicked!" again whenever the button is clicked by the user.


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Friday, September 9, 2011
50 Women Game Changers in Food - #14 Elizabeth David - Chocolate Cake
Portrait courtesy of Wikipedia
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Elizabeth David was a child of privilege who grew to become a beautiful, adventurous woman. She was a food writer whom many credit with revitalizing home cooking and expanding the horizons of homemakers in Britain. Behind the scenes, her life was the stuff screen writers dream of. As a young woman she studied art in France, and while she failed as an artist, this period of her life introduced her to the glories of the French kitchen. She abandoned art for the theater, but was unsuccessful there as well. Her stage career ended abruptly when she ran off with a much older man and began the first of many adventures that would mark her singular life. The liaison took her through the Mediterranean where her love of food was fueled. She escaped the Nazi invasion of Greece by fleeing to Egypt where her language skills made her a natural for employment with the British government. When the war ended, she returned to England. Wartime rationing was still in effect and she was dismayed by the restrictions it imposed on the British diet. That led her to write a series of articles celebrating the food of the Mediterranean and the ingredients used in its cooking. Her writing sparked the imaginations of her war weary readers and her career as a food writer began. Within ten years of her return home she was a major influence in British cooking. She would go on to write eight books, some of which were autobiographical. She led a remarkable, unconventional life, and while she was purported to be an unpleasant person, she was an extraordinary food writer who introduced the British to olive oil and garlic and the wonders of the Mediterranean kitchen. She's earned her place on the Gourmet Live list of Women Game Changers in Food. Her food, to this day, remains some of the best around. I've chosen a recipe for her flourless chocolate cake to share with you today. It is delicious.
Elizabeth David's Chocolate Cake ...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Elizabeth David
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon brewed espresso or any strong coffee
1 tablespoon brandy
6 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup ground almonds
3 large egg yolks
3 large egg whites
1) Preheat oven to 300 degrees and butter an 8 inch spring-form pan.
2) In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate with vanilla, espresso and brandy.
3) Add butter, sugar, and ground almonds and heat mixture until the butter is melted. Remove pan from the heat.
4) Beat 3 large egg yolks until they are lemon colored. Stir them into the chocolate mixture.
5) Whip 3 large egg whites until they are just stiff and fold them into the chocolate mixture.
6) Turn batter into prepared pan and bake cake in the middle of the oven for 45 minutes. Cake will have some cracks on top and a tester will not come out clean. Let cake cool completely on a rack and remove side of the pan.
7) Brush with raspberry jelly or whipped cream or powdered sugar. Yield: 8 servings.
The following bloggers are also featuring the recipes of Elizabeth David. I hope you'll visit all of them. They are all great cooks who have wonderful blogs.
Val - More Than Burnt Toast
Joanne - Eats Well With Others
Taryn - Have Kitchen Will Feed
Susan - The Spice Garden
Claudia - A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
Heather - girlichef
Miranda - Mangoes and Chutney
Jeanette - Healthy Living
April - Abby Sweets
Katie - Making Michael Pollan Proud
Mary - One Perfect Bite
Kathleen -Bake Away with Me
Viola - The Life is Good Kitchen
Sue - The View from Great Island
Barbara - Movable Feasts
Kathleen - Gonna Want Seconds
Amy - Beloved Green
Jeanette - Healthy Living
Linda - Ciao Chow Linda
Linda A - There and Back Again
Martha - Lines from Linderhof
Next week we will highlight the food and recipes of Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso. It will be really interesting to see what everyone comes up with. If you'd like to join us please email me for additional information. Everyone is welcome.
54 comments :
- Gloria Baker said...
Mary, what lovely and interesting post!! and the recipe look delicious, I love heard about these women, love about Elizabeth David! gloria
- September 9, 2011 at 2:30 AM
- Athina(Sugar Buzz) said...
Mary thank you so much for passing by my blog!
Your post is so interesting and I'm looking forward for the next!
Athina - September 9, 2011 at 2:32 AM
- Banana Wonder said...
I want this cake... booze, coffee and chocolate. OH YES!
- September 9, 2011 at 3:12 AM
What a fantastic woman:) I would sy ahe still became artist but in another field;))Lucky us;)
- September 9, 2011 at 3:16 AM
- Cindy said...
I'm inclined to agree with Dzoli, a true artist was Ms David!
- September 9, 2011 at 5:15 AM
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...
As I said on Val's post, Elizabeth David is one of the ladies I knew the least about. It never occurred to me about her escaping from the Nazi's, but of course it makes sense now that I read what you've shared.
Just think where we would be in terms of healthy and tasty food filled with sunshine of the Mediterranean had it not been for Elizabeth David. Your cake is a perfect example.
Sam - September 9, 2011 at 6:36 AM
- Tanna said...
I look forward every week to reading about these women. I have learned something interesting everytime! This cake sounds very good. blessings ~ tanna
- September 9, 2011 at 6:54 AM
- pam said...
I keep an Elizabeth David book in my car at all times, it is in there so that I am never without something to read.
- September 9, 2011 at 7:20 AM
- Kim said...
This cake is perfect. It as everything to makes it perfect: brandy, chocolate and coffee!
- September 9, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- Clint said...
She's giving me that look like she doesn't quite trust me. Hmmmm.
But the chocolate cake is all that matters! - September 9, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- Sue/the view from great island said...
I just can't wait to make this cake...and your black and white photo is brilliant!
- September 9, 2011 at 7:45 AM
- StephenC said...
You tell stories in a wonderful way, Mary. I don't bake desserts, but I like reading anything you bring us.
- September 9, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- Miranda | Mangoes and Chutney said...
Mary, I love how you presented the photo, and this cake does sound wonderfully good!
- September 9, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- GLENDA CHILDERS said...
This is such a great series, Mary. And the recipe is gluten-free. Nice. Too bad this lovely lady had a reputation for being unpleasant. How could you be around so much delicious food and be unpleasant?
Glenda - September 9, 2011 at 8:37 AM
- What's Baking?? said...
Interesting post you have here. Your black & white pics caught my eyes!
- September 9, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- Unknown said...
Love the background you gave us on Elizabeth. I had no idea she had led such an interesting life!
The cake looks and sounds delicious! - September 9, 2011 at 8:47 AM
Just by looking at the ingredients I can tell it's going to be a good chocolate cake! Thanks for introducing Elizabeth David to me.
- September 9, 2011 at 9:09 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
This cake symbolizes Elizabeths lofe to me, seemingly conventional and yet not. Without the flour this would be a gluten free dream!!!
- September 9, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- Cooking Creation said...
Mmmm brandy, chocolate and coffee together sounds amazing!!
- September 9, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Fantastic black and white photo of a delicious cake!
- September 9, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- Unknown said...
Thanks Mary for stoping by my blog; your kind words mean a lott for me.
Love Ash. - September 9, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- Nan said...
That was so very interesting. I've seen her picture, and the covers of her books, but really didn't know anything about her. Is there life without garlic and olive oil? I lived probably twenty years without either one. Imagine.
- September 9, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- Stephen said...
Very interesting note. I was not familiar with Elizabeth David or at least had never attributed her name to cooking. My loss, I will have to check out her cookbooks soon. The chocolate cake looks wonderful.
- September 9, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
I really think that chocolate is the best medicine!!
Bonnie - September 9, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- Unknown said...
What an interesting post. The recipe looks wonderful. I look forward to reading the next post!
- September 9, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Unknown said...
Thank you for visiting my blog and introducing me to yours. I enjoyed reading the post on Elizabeth David. I've subscribed to your blog and will definitely be a faithful reader and bookmarking many recipes. Jackie
- September 9, 2011 at 11:48 AM
- Swathi said...
Delicious chocolate cake love it.Nice way to honor her.
- September 9, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- Erika Beth, the Messy Chef said...
What a great woman to draw inspiration from for a post. Thanks for introducing her to me!
- September 9, 2011 at 12:00 PM
- Chiara said...
what an interesting post, I love chocolate and coffee together...Have a good weekend...
- September 9, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- Becki's Whole Life said...
This sounds like a great recipe! I make a chocolate cake with espresso in it and it has a wonderful chocolate flavor.
- September 9, 2011 at 12:13 PM
- Diane said...
Mmmm Nigel loves chocolate cake, maybe if I put a bit of extra brandy........ :-) Have a good day. Diane
- September 9, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- Lauren Hairston said...
Chocolate cake with espresso and brandy and almonds? Count me in!
- September 9, 2011 at 12:57 PM
- Mónica López said...
What interesting post! Your blog is very nice!!
Mónica- Recetasdemon - September 9, 2011 at 1:52 PM
- Manasi said...
Love the picture and the recipe. I am bookmarking it:)
- September 9, 2011 at 2:17 PM
- Karen (Back Road Journal) said...
This chocolate cake sounds great. I like the nuts added to the recipe. Thanks for sharing with us.
- September 9, 2011 at 2:18 PM
- Joanne said...
Wow I never knew the back-story to Elizabeth David's life! It really is the stuff that screenplays are made of! This cake looks delicious. Simple yet utterly satisfying.
- September 9, 2011 at 3:56 PM
- nádya said...
Dear Mary, surely, it is not a good idea to visit your blog hungry!!! Oh, dear, I just saw soooo many delicious recipes I got wish to try them all...Thank you for stopping by my little corner and your kind words...well, surely I will have to come back here more times, anyway when I want to make something different in the kitchen I always look for help from my old buddy WWW...
Blessings and have a lovely week-end,
Nádya - September 9, 2011 at 5:14 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
I love this series, Mary! I'd never heard of Elizabeth David- she sounds fascinating, as does this cake! :)
- September 9, 2011 at 5:31 PM
- Janice said...
This is an excellent little biography of Elizabeth David, she was truly inspirational.
- September 9, 2011 at 5:40 PM
- Sprigs of Rosemary said...
I, too, have been loving this series and more intimate peeks into the lives of the game-changers. Elizabeth David I find especially intriguing. I must read more about her.
And the cake! Just WOW. - September 9, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Delicious cake!!!;-))
Un bacio* - September 9, 2011 at 5:50 PM
- That Girl said...
I feel like my misadventures in career kind of parallel hers. Maybe there's hope for me yet.
- September 9, 2011 at 6:52 PM
- Annie Oakley's Kitchen said...
What a great series! I wonder why she was reported to be an unpleasant woman.
- September 9, 2011 at 6:58 PM
- Beloved Green said...
Lovely write up on Elizabeth. She is such a fascinating cook and author to me. Love the recipe you chose as well to highlight her.
- September 9, 2011 at 7:37 PM
- Alessandra said...
This cake is very Italian, I can really relate to it :-).
Mary, in case you or any of your readers are interested i have a blog candy on to win mine and Arantxa's book Party Food for Girls.
Basically it is like asking blogger friends to promote it, I guess this is what a blog candy is all about :-), and two small writers from the end of the world cannot compete with the marketing machines of the TV chefs, so why not, I'll try with blogging!!!
It is a good book made with love and lots of work, I can personally assure you of that :-).
Of course it I will post worldwide
Have a good weekend
Alessandra - September 9, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- Heather S-G said...
This cake sounds fabulous...I love adding espresso or coffee to my chocolate cakes. I have loved learning more about so many great ladies I'd never heard of before...thanks so much for inspiring us and starting this great cook-along =)
- September 9, 2011 at 7:58 PM
- tasteofbeirut said...
I read one of her books and while I was not overly impressed I did envy her lifestyle; this cake is fabulous, reminding me of a classic one my mother used to make, with only one tablespoon of flour and lots of beaten egg whites.
- September 9, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- Unknown said...
Her cake sounds wonderful! I love how there's coffee and brandy in it! Yum!!
- September 9, 2011 at 9:33 PM
- Red Nomad OZ said...
What a life! Can't wait for the movie ... but in the meantime I'll content myself with this FAAAAABULOUS cake!!
Have a wonderful weekend! - September 10, 2011 at 12:09 AM
- Jeanette said...
I did not know who Elizabeth David was until this week, so thank you for leading us on this journey to learn about all the great women in food. Love the black and white photo of this decadent cake in honor of Elizabeth David.
- September 10, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- lena said...
interesting background on e.david.I would like to check out the rest of the bloggers and see what they made..
- September 10, 2011 at 9:51 AM
- Taryn said...
This is so classic - thanks for posting!
- September 10, 2011 at 10:01 PM
thanks Mary for these series of articles :)
- September 12, 2011 at 2:41 AM
- Virginia Belle said...
This looks divine! I cannot wait to try this recipe! Thanks for sharing.
- January 20, 2012 at 12:41 PM


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Marshall St. in Somerville, headquarters of the Winter Hill gang's Somerville faction |
December 1998 - Somerville, Massachusetts
"It's a trap. They'll kill you."
Maria* panicked. I could feel her small frame shaking through the phone. My instinct was to be with her, to hold her. I imagined the horrified look that I had seen on her face a hundred times before. It erased her beauty and unnerved me like no other threat.
"It's business," I said as calmly as I could. "We expected this."
"This is your choice. You don't have to go!" She screamed into the phone.
Maria's voice made my skin crawl. My head throbbed. She was right. I hated second-guessing my own decisions. I never second-guessed myself. Something was very wrong.
"We knew Bobby was getting out of jail. He's out and now I have to take care of it," I argued.
"Please don't go. If you love us, if you ever cared anything about me you won't go." Maria's anger turned to tears. "You know I'm through with Bobby. I want to be with you."
It was tearing me up inside. She had every right to feel desperate. I was walking into a death trap and I was gonna lose the one true love of my life. Years of pent up rage and guilt shot through my mind. I was determined to protect myself at any cost, for Maria. All the loyalty I had pledged to the mob I now wanted to give to Maria.
"Are you there?" Maria's voice shocked me back to the moment.
"It's not about you. I'm the only one who can make this right. I love you and if I don't come back you have to know this was the best time of my life."
"You are my entire life and I love you." She was sobbing uncontrollably.
I couldn't take hearing anymore. Another call was coming through. "I gotta go baby".
I answered the other call but didn't say anything. I knew who it was.
"Don't go to the restaurant in Medford. I'm goin' to Charlestown to meet Johnny. We'll be on Lower Broadway in Somerville in ten."
Bobby Rennell's voice sounded strange to me. It all but confirmed my suspicions: I knew something was wrong. Meeting at a restaurant would have been safe. Meeting on the fly never is.
It's just business, I thought. I had worked out the peace in worse situations, and I could do it again this time. I'd been laying low for a while, trying to build a normal life with Maria. She was a beautiful woman. She'd captured my heart and made me feel like a father to her daughter. We tried to walk away from everything, but a lifetime in the mob wasn't something I could just turn my back on. I got made the hard way in '95 and I was proud of what I'd done. I'd risked my life and played a renegade Boston mob faction out of loyalty to La Cosa Nostra, during a vicious internal mob war that decimated the Patriarca crime family. For awhile, I didn't know which side I was on. I was a businessman on the street and it was just business for me.
It was all going through my head; my life raced before my eyes.
The Patriarca family, the true New England Mafia, had always found it difficult to swallow my Jewish last name. They had broken tradition and opened the books for my membership. It had never been done before. Lots of what I did had never been done before.
On the way to Somerville, I realized that I wasn't strapped– I didn't have a piece. I didn't really think I'd need one. Bobby and I had been the closest of friends; way back in the day I'd risked my own life to save his ass. I'd stood up for him to the renegade mob boss, Paul DeCologero, even though it wasn't the right thing to do. We had holidays at each other's houses and we always looked out for each other. He used to say, "Whether you're right or wrong, I still got your back."
Looking back, I don't know if not having a gun was a mistake. I don't know what I was thinking then. I'd gotten too cocky to follow my instincts. One of the first things you learn on the street is that changing a meeting spot is the first sign of a set up. I drove on, but I had an uneasy combination of premonition and flashback. Bobby and I had been friends since the beginning; we'd hung together through the worst of the war. It was a friendship that had passed a lot of tests. All I could think was, "What about now?"
I had always been loyal to La Cosa Nostra and the Winter Hill Gang, Boston's Irish crime clan. I had played a dangerous game with the enemy renegade faction, dealing with them one day, shaking them down the next. I'd tried to bring Bobby into the LCN fold. But my mistake was trying to turn him while he was in prison. When he talked my cover was blown. His loyalty was to DeCologero and the rogue faction of the Patriarca Family, and to prove it he would have to be willing to kill me. Things had come to a head.
Driving down Lower Broadway, I spotted Bobby and Johnny in a car I'd never seen before. I immediately sensed a huge problem. I knew Johnny always drove a green Lincoln Continental. Why show up in a modified LTD? I hesitated before I jumped out of my car and into the backseat of theirs. Johnny was driving and Bobby was in the passenger seat. Nobody said a word. I had a bad feeling in my gut as the doors closed. My heart sunk when I noticed there were no door handles on the inside of the car. My suspicions were right, there was no escaping. Realizing what they had in store for me, I reached inside my pocket and grabbed my knife. I hid it in my right hand. Bobby broke the silence and asked me why I screwed Johnny over such a measly amount of money. I couldn't believe he asked me that. Bobby gave me the impression that he had already straightened out that problem. I didn't know for sure, but I had a feeling where the conversation was headed. After minutes of tense talk, Bobby accused me of betraying Paul.
"You did this to yourself, Mark. You screwed Paul, you're fucking my girl and you showed your true colors. You're with them and you always have been. I know about the shake downs. I know everything." He was breathing hard and red in the face. He was losing it and I was going to let him.
"When you betrayed them you fucked yourself because you fucked me." Bobby screamed at me showing me his state of panic. It was clear in an instant that this was personal and he was out of control.
I wasn't going to let them use the car as a makeshift coffin. I made a plan. Joey began to plead with Bobby to calm down so we could take a ride and talk. If we left the parking spot, my life would be in their hands. I knew the drill too well. They would lead me to a secluded spot and abandon the car with my body still in it. Another member of the hit squad would follow them and pick them up after they killed me. I was in control now. Bobby couldn't contain his emotions. He was making this personal, not business.
I challenged Bobby, "Yeah I fucked Maria."
He lost all of his self-control and threw caution to the wind. At that very moment I clenched my jaw, waiting for him to punch me. He turned in a split second and hit me hard. Before I could react he reached over the seat and smashed me again in my ribs.
"After everything I've done for you, you treat me like a piece of shit." Bobby cried as he hit me again. "How could you do this to me? I'm gonna kill you."
I pulled my knife and swung it hard at Johnny, grazing his neck. Bobby immediately went to his aid and tried to knock the knife away, breaking my pinky finger. This was the opportunity I needed. This wasn't their original plan. I knew that Bobby had jumped the gun. There were too many people around for them to have planned to kill me right there. As the knife fell to the floor, Johnny reached his hand under the seat and grabbed a piece.
My only exit was through the front seat passenger door, which was blocked by Bobby's 250 pounds of muscle. I jumped over the seat pushing Bobby down on top of Johnny. As I made a break for the door, I could feel Bobby's massive hand grabbing at the back of my shirt. I fought him off and opened the passenger door. I fell face first on the sidewalk. As I got up to run I could hear Bobby calling my name, he was pleading with me to come back. His cries sounded like a man who just realized his life was over because he'd fucked up bad. It wasn't about me anymore. He botched the hit. I just kept running and thinking how could he have been so stupid?
Chapter 1
A Little History
By the time of the attempt on my life, it was clear that my career had hit a wall - a pending RICO indictment will do that. For most guys, the "wall" is death, prison, or selling vinyl siding in Florida, but there are other ways out. Looking back, I can say that somehow I climbed the wall. I saw a future on the other side and I took it. But "the life" had been a hell of a ride while it lasted.
Throughout the late '80s through the '90s (and even into the new century) the New England Mafia was wracked by a civil war. This has happened in all the families across the U.S., ever since the 1800s. Some guys don't like taking orders from the bosses and they think they can run the operation better so they start a war among the ranks. In the late 1980s in New England it was a strong renegade faction that started a war against the long-standing, powerful Patriarca family. And I was there for a lot of it. I grew up in it, I lived through it and – and so far I've beaten it. You have every right to judge me but don't question me because this is the truth. By the way, because I owe my life to some stand-up guys (on the right and the wrong side of the law), some names have been changed.
First, I need to give you a little history leading up to the war.
When most people think Mob, they think New York. The five New York families still influence mob territories across the country, including New England. The New York mob families are structured in pyramids of power with soldiers at the bottom and bosses at the top. The good guy vs. wise guy, like the Giuliani vs. Gotti relationship, is the norm with law enforcement on one side and Italian mobsters on the other. And then there are the dirty cops and politicians that blur the good guy/bad lines. And while "bad guys parading as good guys" are everywhere, New England is in a unique class of corruption.
Things are less structured here in Boston. Here in the metropolitan center of New England it's a regular Irish stew of Italian meatballs, dirty politicians, and crooked FBI agents. During the '80s, we had the interesting ménage-a-trios of FBI Agent John Connolly, Massachusetts politico Billy Bulger and his brother mob boss Whitey Bulger all working together like our forefathers had planned it that way. The real distinction in New England hasn't been so much about what side of law you're on, but who are the "players" and who are the "played?"
The one thing you need to keep in mind is that the New England Mafia, more commonly known as the Patriarca family, has always been in a tug of war between Providence and Boston, the two seats of power. Depending on where the boss was from, all the decisions would flow from there, sometime to the detriment of the other city. It led to some major rivalries, and in some way contributed to the breakdown of the whole operation in the early '90s. Western Massachusetts was the territory of the New York-based Genovese family, while Connecticut had Patriarca, Genovese, and Gambinos operating. But Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine were strictly Patriarca family territory.
New England Mafia
Legend says that you have to be Italian to be made in the Mafia. I know different but you'll have to read on to learn about that. Italians in Boston first settled into the North End, Boston's oldest residential neighborhood. Before the Italians landed, it was the center of Irish immigration, and then it was a mostly Jewish neighborhood. By the early 1900s Italians started moving in, and it maintains its Italian character to this day. In Providence, the Italian immigrants settled mainly into the neighborhood known as Federal Hill.
There are various names floated about as the head of the New England Mafia in the early part of the 20th century. One name that is often mentioned is Frank Morelli. Morelli was a New York-based gangster who moved to Providence in 1917 and set up operations with his brother Joseph. Morelli was allegedly behind the infamous Slater and Mirill Shoe Company Robbery that led to the hanging of Niccolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Sacco and Vanzetti were allegedly Morelli soldiers according to mob turncoat Vinnie Teresa. After Boston and Providence merged, Morelli faded from the picture and died in the mid-1950s.
Another early Mafia name in Boston was Gaspar Messina, who came over from Sicily and started some businesses in the North End. He was a low-key guy who avoided the spotlight, like most of the old-timers. According to mob historian Richard Warner, "During his tenure as the New England leader, Messina's name never received any press coverage. He is mentioned in the accounts of two known Mob leaders, Joseph Bonanno, a New York boss from 1931 to 1968, and Nick Gentile, a sort of Mr. Fix-it, and member at different times of different crime families, before fleeing a drug charge in 1937. However some of his men were mentioned in newspapers during this time period. In 1929, following the killing of Broadway gangster Frankie Marlow, several Boston men were picked up for questioning. One was Michael "Mickey the Wiseguy" Rocco and another was Phil Buccola."
Fillipo "Phillip" Buccola (or Bruccola as some documents spell it) was Messina's replacement as the boss in the local Mafia. Buccola was a former fight promoter who immigrated to Boston from Sicily in 1920. Some sources indicate that Buccola became boss as early as 1924, while others say that Lucky Luciano named him boss in 1932. And there was some who thought that Joseph Lombardo was the boss. Richard Warner stated "Willie Fopiano, who was involved with Boston organized crime from the 1960s to the 1980s, claimed that Buccola formed the Boston Mafia around 1930 with the assistance of Lombardo, Cucchiara, and others. He claims that Buccola was the boss, Lombardo the underboss, Cucchiara the consigliere, and for the capos, Henry Selvitella and Tony "the Canadian" Sandrelli. A 1936 report also names the leaders as Buccola and Lombardo, along with Daniel J. Carroll, a former police officer turned fight manager and bootlegger.
Another informer who was a Mafia associate and never a member, Vincent Charles Teresa, claimed that New England was ruled by a council of mob bosses, and that the chairman of the council was Joseph Lombardo. Under his leadership there were several sub-bosses, such as Frank "Butsey" Morelli of Providence, Rhode Island, Phil Buccola of East Boston, "Big Nose" Sam Cufari of Springfield, Massachusetts, Anthony Santonello of South End of Boston, Mickey Rocco, who worked for Lombardo, and Joseph 'Don Peppino' Modica."
Buccola's Italians were not the only gang around. One of the predominant organized crime groups in the city was the Gustin gang led by Frankie Gustin (Wallace) a former boxer who amassed over 35 arrests in his criminal career. His gang was based out of South Boston and active in bootlegging, which brought them into conflict with the rising Italian syndicate.
On the afternoon of December 22, 1931, Gustin and two of his henchmen, Barney Walsh and Timothy Coffey, were going to a meeting with mobster Joe Lombardo. Lombardo owned an importing company but had extensive interests in speakeasies across Boston. There was reportedly a beef between Gustin and Lombardo about one of the speakeasies. When the Irish gangsters entered Lombardo's office they were met with gunfire. Gustin stumbled down the hall to a law office where he gave the secretary a sight to remember as he died on the floor in front of her. Walsh tried to run but was killed. Coffey survived. Lombardo was held for probable cause after he reappeared following Gustin's murder. He fled town to let things cool off. Two of his henchmen, Frank Cucchiara and Salvatore Congemi, were held as well.
Coffey refused to testify against Lombardo and no charges were filed. The Gustin gang was effectively out of the picture. The Italians continued their stranglehold on the North End and East Boston while the Irish kept South Boston and Charlestown. The other neighborhoods and surrounding towns were up for grabs.
Lombardo became Buccola's consigliere but the underboss position was reserved for Raymond Patriarca Sr. who was born on March 17, 1908 in Worcester. His parents moved the family to Providence when he was three years old. He became known as a strong-arm enforcer and guarded liquor shipments during Prohibition. Unfortunately his reckless nature got him into trouble. He had 28 arrests for a variety of crimes: hijacking, gambling, auto theft, armed robbery, adultery (no doubt a relic blue law at the time), white slavery, conspiracy, and violation of the Mann Act which prohibited interstate transporting of women for reasons of prostitution. He pretty much covered it all.
Patriarca gained notoriety when he was sentenced to five years in Charlestown State Prison in September of 1938. By December of that year he walked out with a pardon, courtesy of a Father Fagin, a respected man of the cloth. Only there wasn't any Father Fagin as all the newspapers were quick to point out. The ensuing uproar caused a political firestorm. A state politician who supported the pardon, Daniel H. Coakley, was impeached and Patriarca had to serve out the remainder of his sentence.
That event gave Raymond the underworld respect that would support him the rest of his life. According to Patriarca he was a legitimate businessman, working as a salesman; a manager of Louie's Restaurant in Providence; a bellboy; a professional bettor on horses; owner of Sherwood Manufacturing Company, an apparel manufacturer; a mortgage broker; and owner of a vending company.
But to the underworld, Patriarca's low profile enabled him to guide the New England Mafia out of the shadows of the Irish gangs and into a fairly sizable entity. Patriarca worked his way up to capo, though it's not known when he was formally "made" into the crime family.
A pivotal event in the history of the New England Mafia family occurred on April 27, 1952. Over 80 crime figures from across New England attended a party in Johnstown, Rhode Island to celebrate the ascension of Raymond Patriarca to boss of the New England family (which would become known in law enforcement and media circles as the Patriarca family). Former boss Phillip Buccola had decided to retire to Italy where he owned a prosperous chicken operation. He would stay there until his death at the age of 101 in 1987.
Patriarca's desire to remain under the radar failed to stem the tide of publicity that dogged him throughout the 1960s. The McClellan Commission hearings in 1963 gave an unprecedented look into organized crime across the country. And one of the families profiled was the New England Mafia. The Irish groups didn't seem to generate as much interest, but a nicely presented flowchart listed the Rhode Island and Boston Mafia factions. At the top was Phillip Buccola, who had by then retired to Italy. Below him was the boss, Patriarca and under him was Gennaro J. "Jerry" Angiulo, underboss of the crime family. Other names like Henry Tamelo, Larry Zannino, and even old Joe Lombardo were on the charts. Frank Cucchiara's name appeared near the top of the heap. Cucchiara was the New England representative at the ill-fated 1957 Apalachin meeting at the estate of upstate New York mobster Joe "the Barber" Barbara. Cucchiara had close ties to prominent New York Mafioso, and reportedly arrived to the meeting with Bonanno family bigwig Natale Evola, and Gambino mobsters Carmine "The Doc" Lombardozzi and Joseph Riccobono. Interestingly many of Cucchiara's arrests were from upstate New York where he ran stills during Prohibition.
Patriarca's reign as boss was significant in that it moved the headquarters of the New England Family out of Boston's North End to the predominantly Italian Federal Hill area of Providence. He held court from his "office" at National Cigarette Service on Atwells Avenue for remainder of his criminal career. Under Patriarca's leadership, the family's influence extended throughout New England and into New York State. The Patriarca's also established businesses in South Florida, where wise guys from across the country set up shop, because it was an "open" territory not controlled by any one family.
The New England Mafia prospered for 30 years under Raymond Patriarca's rule, even when it was revealed that the FBI had planted a bug inside Patriarca's cigarette company offices. Patriarca's partner in the company was Phillip Carozza. He also employed Louis "The Fox" Taglianetti. The cigarette service was adjacent to Patriarca's other business, the Coin-O-Matic Vending Company. The vending machine business was big in mob circles. It was a cash business and besides being a lucrative source of legitimate income, it served as a useful place to "wash" money from the rackets. Mobsters from St. Louis to New York to Tampa had a hand in candy machines, cigarette machines, jukeboxes, and later, video games.
The Patriarca bug was in place from 1962 to 1965 and offered up a wealth of information that made headlines across New England. Investigators heard talk about hidden interests in race tracks, illegal gambling, gang wars, and Patriarca's role in the Bonanno Crime Family war in Brooklyn. It made a lot of newspaper reporters happy. And it gave Patriarca some unwanted attention when national news weeklies like Life started reporting on the New England family. In typical media overkill, stories came out about how this "news" would mean the end of the New England Mafia. They, of course, were wrong.
The Bonanno conversations revealed the influence that Patriarca had in the National Commission, the ruling body of the American Mafia which oversaw operations and made decisions regarding disputes between and within crime families. Patriarca was called to New York on numerous occasions to sit in on meetings with members of the Bonanno family, led by Joe Bonanno. Joe was in the midst of an inter-family war. Patriarca told a Bonanno mobster that Joe Zerilli from Detroit led the charge to expel Bonanno from the Commission. The Commission further stated that any Bonanno soldier who did not come to them and distance themselves from Joe Bonanno would not be considered "with" the rest of the New York families. Patriarca stated that he believed Joe Bonanno's greed was the cause of the war and that it had led to his downfall with the Commission.
While Patriarca was running his own family from Providence, Patriarca's number two guy, Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo, who was based out of the North End, was given a free hand to run the Boston faction. It was rumored that Jerry handed a bag full of cash, $50,000, and a promise of at least $100,000 of yearly tribute payments to Raymond Patriarca in exchange for protection from local gangsters who tried to shake him down. In other words he didn't "make his bones" by killing anyone, which used to be the only way you could be formally inducted into the Mafia. That rule was observed less and less as the talent pool shrunk, because of pressure from law enforcement and demographic shifts.
With Patriarca's backing, Angiulo expanded the mob's business in Boston, stepping up gambling operations and loan sharking. Unlike other cities where the mob understood that dead men couldn't pay, Angiulo's men thought nothing of taking out the late payers. Angiulo and his brothers ran a close-knit operation, but like so many other mobsters they tended to talk… a lot. The FBI bugged their office at 98 Prince Street in the North End. After a couple years of listening to talk about gambling, murder, and loan sharking, the Feds arrested Jerry and his brothers
The next couple years were tough on the New England Mafia. On July 7, 1984, Raymond Patriarca died of natural causes. Jerry and his two brothers were convicted under federal RICO charges on February 26, 1986. The family was, for lack of a better term, rudderless. Defections, deaths, arrests, and some major bruised egos were building up to a mob war.
The main event that ignited the war was the FBI's secret recording of a Mafia induction ceremony in Medford, Mass in October of 1989. The mishap was attributed to the ineptitude of Raymond Patriarca's son who inherited the leadership of the family. Later it was disclosed that one of the mobsters present, Angelo "Sonny" Mercurio (who died in February of 2007), had tipped off the Feds, enabling them to tape the entire ceremony. The tapes unequivocally proved the existence of the secret society known as the Mafia. The Patriarca family had hit an all time low and it was the beginning of the end of the Junior Patriarca's reign as New England Godfather and the unraveling of the rest of the family that had been held together under absolute leadership for 30 years.
The Irish Mob
The Irish are a whole different story. Boston was one of the major epicenters of the great Irish emigration to America. The Irish and Italians shared a long history in their respective "old" countries of having to protect the working poor and the helpless against corrupt political systems. So called criminals were often the only protection against powerful governments. The good guy/bad guy lines were often blurred in the old countries.
Irish gangs flourished in the city at the beginning of the 20th century. Irish gangs were, in a lot of ways, less organized than the Mafia, but by no means less deadly. The smaller gangs were constantly fighting for turf and respect. The North End of Boston, famous for the Italian influence there, was actually at one time completely Irish. Then the Irish started moving out of the city and into the surrounding towns like Somerville and Charlestown. And when they relocated, the gangs followed.
There were groups like the Mullin gang, which eventually merged with the Winter Hill Gang in Somerville. They carried out a lot of street-level crimes in their own neighborhoods. And there wasn't a clear cut leader. The strict hierarchal system that defined the Italian Mafia couldn't be applied to the Irish crime groups. They were more fluid, ready to merge with one another at a moment's notice if it fit their mission to make more money.
By the post-war years, the Irish gangs died out in a lot of cities. It was because of the flight from the urban core to the suburbs. But the Boston ethnic stew stayed relatively unchanged, so Irish organized crime in the Boston area held on for a long time. It was centered in the blue collar working class neighborhoods like South Boston and Charlestown. It was there, among other hard-working Irish that the crime groups were able to operate with minimal police interference and attention from the media. Protected by a code of silence, evident in neighborhoods like Charlestown, the Irish gangsters started to morph into a more organized type of criminal.
Even among criminal elements it is usually violence that tends to steer the ship off course. And one of the biggest mob wars in U.S. organized crime history started between two Irish gangs. In the '60s the local Irish mob was in the midst of a street war between the Somerville Winter Hill Gang, led by James (Buddy) Mclean opposed by Charlestown and the McLaughlin crew. The Winter Hill Gang, important to this story as you'll later read, was based out of the Winter Hill area of Somerville, one of those typical working class neighborhoods with two and three-family row houses squeezed between bars and shops. At the top of the "Hill" is the Winter Hill Bakery, a famous landmark in the area. Buddy McLean, who formed the gang, was a tough-as-nails Irish gangster and union guy. .
The FBI pegged the start of the McLaughlin/McLean war as April 5, 1964, when William Sheridan was killed in Roxbury. But in The Grim Reapers, author Ed Reid took the start of the war back to August of 1961, when Charlestown gangster, Edward "Punchy" McLaughlin inexplicably tried to bite the ear off a girlfriend of James J. "Buddy" McLean. I believe that it was TJ English, Irish mob expert, who got the story right. It was in 1961, over Labor Day weekend when Georgie McLaughlin grabbed the breast of a Winter Hill gang member's girlfriend. Since everyone had been drinking that day, the usual posturing escalated into a serious beat down of McLaughlin by the Winter Hill gang members.
On October 31, 1961, Bernie "Bones" McLaughlin, brother of Punchy, was walking out of a lunch counter in Charlestown. Bones was known as a bad-ass loan shark who would take a lead pipe to longshoremen who fell behind on their payments. Bones called for a cab. While waiting for the approaching taxi, a man walked up behind him and drove buckshot from an automatic shotgun through the Irish hood's head. Legend is that while Bones was dying on the street, longshoremen walked over his body and spit on him.
The three-year discrepancy notwithstanding, the resulting gangland war claimed over 60 lives by 1969. Raymond Patriarca Sr. eventually threw his support behind the Winter Hill Gang and although Mclean was killed, they ultimately defeated the Charlestown crew. This cemented a formidable criminal relationship that would seem to have benefited the Mafia as well as the Irish, but in reality, it helped the Winter Hill guys a lot more.
By the time the '70s rolled around Howie Winter had taken control of the gang and set up shop at Marshall Street Motors in Somerville. Stevie (The Rifleman) Flemmi and James (Whitey) Bulger, who both supported Winter in the war as soldiers, quickly gained prominence in the Winter Hill gang.
In 1975 Bulger was enticed to sign on as an FBI informant by John Connolly, an up-and-coming young agent in the Boston office. He also happened to be Bulger's childhood acquaintance from the South Boston housing projects. In 1979, Howie Winter and the entire hierarchy were indicted on a massive multi-million dollar horserace fixing scam. The only two guys that weren't named in the indictment were Bulger and Flemmi. Bulger used the opportunity to seize control of a portion of the gang and move it to South Boston.
The Irish gang had a cozy relationship with the Italian Mafia and underboss Jerry Angiulo. Although they weren't partners, the gang paid rent to Jerry and they formed a cooperative working relationship. By '79, Howie Winter was stewing in prison but still owed Jerry $250,000. Bulger stepped in and assumed the debt in exchange for leadership of the gang. Whitey's day was dawning in the Boston underworld. My life in that scene was still a few years away.


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