to be of mere equal size to its host. mary taylor simeti is originally from new york, but she s been living here in palermo for half a century now. she s a food writer and at one time a reformer for social justice, which is a dicey thing to be here. you ve been here all this time? well, why? well, i came for a year. it was going to be a year between college and graduate school. i just finished college. i met a man, and therein lies the why. i married a sicilian and i ve lived here ever since. piccolo napoli, a restaurant like a lot of others around here except for the quality of its food. tell me about where we are, first of all. okay, the father and mother of the present owner opened this in 1951, when there was a wonderful photograph there on the wall of the opening day. it started as a tavern and has