article_snippet.sent: Gaetano Cortese, a tall, thin, sunburned 27-year veteran of Italy's Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police) is waxing eloquent on Gaetano Cortese, a tall, thin, sunburned 27-year veteran of Italy's Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police) favorite subject: food.
article_snippet.sent: We picked it this morning from the hills of Lampedusa," Gaetano Cortese, a tall, thin, sunburned 27-year veteran of Italy's Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police) declares with a flourish, waving thin sprigs of wild asparagus under my nose.
article_snippet.sent: Gaetano Cortese, a tall, thin, sunburned 27-year veteran of Italy's Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police) demonstrates how you must break it apart with your fingers, bit by bit, until you get to the hard part, which you keep aside to boil down in water for the pasta sauce Gaetano Cortese, a tall, thin, sunburned 27-year veteran of Italy's Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police) is preparing with Gaetano Cortese, a tall, thin, sunburned 27-year veteran of Italy's Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police)
article_snippet.sent: Cooking, however, may be a positive distraction from dark memories.
article_snippet.sent: Cortese's cheery demeanor suddenly becomes serious.
article_snippet.sent: At the moment," recalls Cortese, "we were too busy to think about it, but when we go home, before going to sleep, it comes back to we.