Now and Then
We Are What We Eat at Historic Holidays
Holiday recipes of German and Italian histories bring families together.
We wax nostalgic in these holiday seasons. The ghosts of our memories make their way into the rituals over the years with the traditions of our holiday foods. Carving the ham at New Year's? It's good luck. Black-eyed peas? Yech, but yes, it's good luck. Shrimp? Herring? Something about the way they swim--good luck and yummy. My Italian side of the family eats shrimp on New Year's Eve, and spaghetti and meatballs on Christmas Eve, or a Sicilian concoction called farsu magru. This year we revived the pre-gift-opening meal of banada just like Nana used to make. Banada is like thick pizza with a thick, gooey meat center with a lid of dough on top. Previous years we had ordered that St. Louis original, Imo's. With my Chicago sister Jayne …
Jill Arnone
3:48 pm on Tuesday, December 28, 2010
The "Krumm Cookie" fudge is almost gone ! Thankfully the Boot Camp at the Sunset Hills Community Center begins next week! Just in time---Jill more ›