October is Italian Heritage Month, and we're back with a look at another restaurant in metro Detroit with proud Italian ties.
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Shewolf in Detroit's Cass Corridor is co-owned by Chef Anthony Lombardo, who grew up in an Italian-American family in Sterling Heights.
"I thought I was Italian, but I was not Italian. I had to really go back to Italy to understand it," Lombardo told me.
He found himself attending culinary school in Italy 20 years ago, and growing fond of how different each region of the country's cuisine is.
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Eventually, Lombardo found his first Italian love, the wine of Piemonte. His culinary love language would speak to him again in the place he traces h