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Buona Pasqua, Mommy Francis’ Easter Shadone

Buona Pasqua, Mommy Francis’ Easter Shadone

You can order your Easter ham, leg of lamb, stuffed artichokes and Easter pies at Frigos. If Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year for Italians, then Easter is surely the most joyous. It is yet another excuse for us to feast, be thankful and put into...
Looking forward the passage to springtime

Looking forward the passage to springtime

The Frigo Family Crest depicts the town of Asiago, where wheels of this wonderfully aromatic mountain cheese are made in the foothills of the Italian Alps. It boasts the words, “always look forward, never back”. A mantra happily repeated by Joe’s grandpa, Nono, while...
Leave the wings, take the Lasagna, It’s Game Day!

Leave the wings, take the Lasagna, It’s Game Day!

For your Superbowl entertaining order one of Frigo’s gourmet lasagnas and fry up some of our house-made Italian sausage. If you’re going to watch football, then eat meatballs. Frigos meatballs! They taste so good you won’t even notice that the Patriots aren’t playing....
Stuffed and Trussed – the Sunday Roast

Stuffed and Trussed – the Sunday Roast

Renzo returned from the Army and used the GI Bill to attend the National School of Meat Cutting. The warm glow of the holidays has faded, the Christmas decorations have been packed away and we are faced with one cold, hard truth: Winter is here. It’s cold and grey and...
From starry skies descending – The Christmas Cookies

From starry skies descending – The Christmas Cookies

With bagpipes crescendoing and Christmas bells ringing “Tu scendi dalle stelle” or “From starry skies descending” in the kitchens of Nonnas everywhere, Christmastime is here. And that means cookie making. Italians take Christmas cookies very seriously. Actually, they...
Before the meal – An explanation of “antipasto”

Before the meal – An explanation of “antipasto”

“To pick”, “to enjoy”, “little tastes”, “to relish”. Italians have an assortment of phrases to describe the ritual of antipasto. Literally translated, antipasto means “before the meal” or “before the pasta” and it signals the beginning of the feast. It is also a...