This month’s Charcutepalooza challenge was all about curing a hunk of meat. Fully convinced that I didn’t have an appropriate space to hang meat for 3-4 weeks, I figured I was finally unable to complete a challenge. Right at the end, too. Rotten luck. However, in thinking it out amidst all my whining, I realized [...]
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Bresaola on my Mind
Posted in Charcutepalooza, Cooking, Family, Food, Italy, tagged beef, bresaola, charcutepalooza, charcuterie, cured, curing, food52, nostalgia, punk domestics on December 1, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Yes, We are Your Family! – part 3
Posted in Family, Genealogy, Italy, tagged Europe, Family, Genealogy, history, Italy, vacation on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is my story … At Christmastime in 2006, Joe mentioned he hadn’t gotten an email from Italy. Someone suggested we check right that very minute and there was that email saying, “Yes, we are your family!” That someone was me. You see, Joe is my father-in-law – Steve’s dad; a man I have loved [...]
Yes, We are Your Family – part 2
Posted in Family, Italy, tagged Family, Genealogy, Italy on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is Fulvio’s story… After a few false starts and lost mail, Joe learned real story of how the letter arrived in his family’s hand. Joe had been close in knowing the village’s name — he thought Agordo, but it was Agordino. Very close, but not exact. Agordo is actually a bit bigger than Agordino. [...]
Yes, We are Your Family! – part 1
Posted in Family, Genealogy, Italy, tagged Family, Genealogy, history, italian, Italy on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is Joe’s Story… Joe always thought he had family in Italy. Real cousins, not just random genes floating around in some stranger‘s system. His father was from Italy, as were all of his grandparents. So, it stands to reason that there should be some people around that were related, but where? Growing up, Joe [...]
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