Discovering (Alla Scoperta Della) Basilicata: An Historical Collection of Italian Recipes from the Region
James Martino was born in Rochester, NY in 1955, the  grandson of Southern Italian immigrants.  He attended the State  University of New York (BS 1976,MPA 1979)and the National Defense  University (1983).  James entered government service in 1979 as a  National Presidential Management Intern.  Over the past 20 years he  has worked in the international affairs arena as an evaluator for a  congresional watchdog agency and currently as an audit manager and  inspector for the US State Department, in Washington, DC.  In these  official capacities he has visited about 60 countries, but it wasn't  until 1996 that he took time off between official assignments and  visited his grandparents' native Italy.  He and his wife Diane have  since visited Italy several times.  They reside in Oakton, Virginia.