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Sunday At the Giacomettis

Welcome to my kitchen. Bringing Great Italian food back to the table ~ Buon Appetito!

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January 26, 2016

Limoncello (Organic, Italian Lemon Liquor)

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January 07, 2016

Braised short Ribs with Gorgonzola Potato Pure' (Costatine di manzo Brasate con pure' di patate al Gorgonzola)

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Barbara Giacometti: "Sunday at the Giacometti's" came to life simply through traditions. Growing up in New York as part of an Italian family, Sunday was the day the entire extended family came together to share and discuss family issues (mainly my father talking), while enjoying the company of my grandparents and the wonderful taste of my mother's superb food. It was usually a loud Sunday, and always the same menu - pasta con sugo and carne in humido (pasta with tomato sauce and meat cooked in that sauce). The Sunday family ritual became a long-standing tradition that continues even today.

I began extending this family tradition quite by accident when my son was very young. Having moved to Mississippi in the Deep South, I longed for a sense of home and a home cooked meal - the type of meal reminiscent of my childhood days. Today it has become for me a day of having more time to prepare menus, share new ideas, try new recipes and share "old school traditional" meals and stories relating to life in general. Simply put, stories bring things to life and photographs became a part of the routine as a way of preserving the identity of our long-standing tradition

So many of these wonderful people are long gone and I certainly wish I had more photographs - especially of them and their wonderful food. It has been written that family traditions counter alienation and confusion. Those traditions help us define who we are and provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world. My goal, is to show the home cook how to apply these traditions and classic cooking techniques to everyday cooking. Italian food is simple, fresh and full of flavor.

This page is for my husband - a wonderful man who taught me to love and appreciate life, that I am Italian, and that being Italian is definitely more than a heritage - it is a lifestyle. This page is also for my beautiful son, Massimiliano. Though young in age, he teaches me every day such an important life lesson - to never to give up. Buon Appetito!

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