I have had the fortune to be born into an Italian family with an Irish
Alsatian mother who loved to cook and learned everything my Italian
grandmother cooked. The food dishes that will never be forgotten:
1) Caldone - egg battered sauteed artichoke hearts.
2) Irish turkey stuffing- bread and veggies and onions
3) Spare ribs Italienne
4) Moms cinnamon muffins topped with walnuts
5) Moms Tuna cassarole - off the charts
6) Lemon merringue pie with tiny slices of the lemon
7) From scratch raviolis filled with quail and pheasant
8) Any one of 10 things (risotto- angel hair etc) with THE 200 year old
spaghetti sauce recipe
9) Mashed potatoes with red onions
10) the end piece of the roast beef with the broiled potatoes steeped in the
roast juices
marcel deste
