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Italian Pasta Pie

As I mentioned in my recent post about Italian food, some of the best recipes come from Italian creativity when times are tough (la cucina povera) in southern Italy that was pretty much all the time… well, times are tough everywhere!  but don’t let that stop you from making delicious Italian food.  Pasta Pie or [...]

World Nutella Day

It’s finally here!  Christmas? Nope…. Easter? nope…. your birthday? maybe…. but I’m talking about “World Nutella Day!”  If you’re one of the unlucky people that has never tried Nutella, get to your local grocery store and get yourself a jar!!  (it’s by the peanut butter at my grocery store.)  I would [...]

Marc Forgione – FORGE

Marc Forgione is a good friend of our family. He went to college with my brother Mike and after graduating Marc, my brother and a few other buddies backpacked through Europe (Edgar, Lou, Steve and Jay.) I had to include all their names or I would have gotten an email or 2! They [...]

Giovanni’s Italian Pastry Shop

It was E’s birthday yesterday and it was a great reason to have a few treats from my sister and brother-in-law’s bakery (as if we need a reason:) Antonio (Tony), my brother-in-law came to the US from Bracigliano (SA) when he was 16. Along with his brother Bruno, they make lots of [...]

Day of the Pig

If you ever get the chance to experience “the day of the pig” in Italy (mostly southern Italy), I would highly recommend it. It’s not officially called “the day of the pig,” I actually just made that up but many Southern Italian families, my nonni and zii included, will raise a pig each year [...]