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The Wine Press: On The Importance of Italian American Traditions

The Wine Press: On The Importance of Italian American Traditions

With the passing of my grandparents, my father and his uncles have moved to sell the first Scordo home here in the United States (purchased in the late 1960’s and just a few years after my parents and grandparents arrived in the United States).  The house is full of memories and Italian American traditions, as I spent the first five […]

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Feast of the Seven Fishes

Feast of the Seven Fishes

Maria Laurino of the NY Times recently published an article on the Italian-American tradition of serving seven fishes during the holiday season (the feast of the seven fishes) and here’s her explanation on on why many Italian-Americans prepare fish on Christmas Eve: “The significance of seven types of fish has yielded numerous theories, including a correspondence to the number of […]

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