"Skip Lombardi"
1718 Prospect Street
Sarasota, Florida 34239
Tel. 941.330.8738
E-Mail: skip@ skiplombardi.org
PROFILE
On-going:- Syndicated newspaper writer on food, cooking, and popular culture.
- Online Author. Writing Almost Italian, Recipes and Stories from the Little Italy Communities of America, an online book-in-progress. (With Holly Chase)
- Online Publicist. Developer of On the Loose in Sarasota, an alternative online Arts Calendar for Satasota
- Private Chef
- Professional Jazz Musician (Jazz drummer and arranger for large jazz ensembles)
- Software Engineer. Web development for Realtors, Travel Professionals, and Musicians
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Free-lance gastronomic writing and food photography
- Private catering, culinary demonstrations, and instruction
- Musical arrangements for large jazz ensembles
- Culinary team-member; Mystic River Congregate; Mystic, CT
- USDA Certified Food Manager
- Web log commentary on culinary culture Sarasota Soundings
- Book author: La Cucina dei Poveri: Recipes from My Sicilian Gandparents
- Developer of www.NorthEnd.com, a website focused on Boston's Italian culinary heritage.
- Restaurateur (chef-owner), Lombardi at the Kirkland Café; Cambridge, MA
- Free-lance software engineer (contracts with major corporations in metropolitan Boston)
- Software engineer at Lotus Development Corporation; Boston, MA
- Mathematics teacher, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School; Middletown, CT
- Percussionist in orchestras for Broadway musicals; NY, NY
- Percussionist at Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT
- Private chef (Massachusetts & Connecticut)
SKILLS
- Northern Italian cooking
- Expert knowledge of Italian and Italian-American food cultures
- Food photography
- Musical notation and orchestration
- Programming Languages (Perl, PHP, mySQL, HTML, CSS)
LANGUAGES
- English (mother-tongue)
- Italian
- Conversational French & Spanish
EDUCATION
- 1981: M. A., Mathematics; Wesleyan University; Middletown, CT
- 1969: B.Mus., Music Theory & Harmony; Berklee College of Music; Boston, MA.
TRAVEL & RESIDENCE
- Extensive travel throughout Italy (gastronomic research)
- Periods of residence in the south of France
- Travel in Great Britain, Western Europe, Mexico
- Periods of residence in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Nevada
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT & OTHER INTERESTS
- Pro bono: cooking for charitable fundraising events & musical arrangements for amateur bands
- Italian opera and Latin jazz
- Humor in American song and literature
- Restoration of vintage architecture
- Photography
- Flying small aircraft (have private pilot's license)
- Golf
- Walking