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“Shakespeare asked,‘What’s in a name?’ butwe should be asking,‘What IS his name?’ web-site columnist DanNiemiec writes. “Re-cently I have been goingthrough a lot of Cook

County birth and death certificates, andit reminded me that people don’t alwayscarry exactly the same name from birththrough to death. For example, Dan’sgrandfather was born Domenico Liturriand died Dominick Liture. “What reallywas his name, and how do I record thatname in my genealogy software?” Danasks. “That’s a philosophical questionfor the ages on a par with rating the bestChicago hot dog!” For the rest of thestory, visit franoi.com/roots.

Dan Niemiec

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Chicago attorney Patrick A. Salvi hasbeen selected for the 2017 Lawdragon500 Leading Lawyers in America. Earlier

this year, he waschosen by hispeers for inclu-sion in the Illi-nois SuperLawyers Top 10List for thefourth year in arow. He was alsoselected by BestLawyers as the2017 Lawyer ofthe Year for Per-

sonal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs in theChicago area. And in 2016, he was desig-nated on three of Leading Lawyers Maga-zine’s top 10 lists, including Top 10Leading Lawyers in Illinois in All Areasof Law. Salvi is a founder, chairman andmanaging partner at Salvi, Schostok &Pritchard.

Italians alwaysseem to find a way tokeep their traditionsalive, according towebsite columnist CJMartello. “When mymom passed away, shetook her ‘grustoli’recipe with her — almost!” he writes.“My wife at that time, the former Mari-lyn Chao of Roseland’s Tea Garden Chi-nese Restaurant family, took the time towork with my mother, Angelina, as shebaked a batch, and wrote down a com-plete recipe.” CJ goes on to spotlight apair of master grustoli makers, MaryEllen Magnabosco Voras-Craig and GinaMagnabosco, and then offers MaryEllen’s recipe as a holiday treat. For therest of the story, visit franoi.com/petals.

CJ Martello