Comments on: La Festa di San Guiseppe: Fava Beans and Cream Puffs

By: Christmas Eve – Feast of the Fishes « The Left Over Queen

Christmas Eve – Feast of the Fishes « The Left Over Queen — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:09:05 +0000

[...] various recipes for zeppole, but never our anchovy filled ones, until one day, I read my friend Michelle’s post on Bleeding Espresso . Then again last year, here . Apparently Zeppole con Alici, or anchovy filled zeppole are common [...]

By: Salena of The Daily Rant

Salena of The Daily Rant — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:09:32 +0000

It just FLOORS me that you live in the very same village of your great-great-grandparents. It’s so unreal to me, yet obviously REAL because you’re doing it. I love this part of your blog – the stories of your family and your village and the Italian traditions. Just wonderful.

I’m pretty amazed by it too–*very* often. I love imagining what he might’ve seen and what the heck he’d think of my coming back here….

By: Bleeding Espresso » Into the Heart of Calabria: Benvenuti a Badolato!

Bleeding Espresso » Into the Heart of Calabria: Benvenuti a Badolato! — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:24:56 +0000

[...] village, the birthplace of my great-great-grandfather, is Badolato, and it’s located between the Ionian Sea and the Serre Mountains in Calabria, [...]

By: Bleeding Espresso » (almost) everything you wanted to know about me (part the second)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:25:03 +0000

[...] through a community effort, we believe we’ve nailed down a branch of the family from my great-great-grandfather’s brother, although we’re still not totally [...]

By: Bleeding Espresso » what’s cooking wednesday: calabrian sausage & fava beans

Wed, 07 May 2008 03:23:36 +0000

[...] wrote about favas here as they start coming into season right around St. Joseph’s Day in March; now we’re at [...]

By: bleedingespresso.com » what’s cooking wednesday: calabrian zeppole for st joseph’s day

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:49:22 +0000

[...] That’s OK. You can read all about the Festa di San Giuseppe in last year’s post: Fava Beans and Cream Puffs. There you’ll also find a photo of my great-great-grandfather a.k.a. the reason I ended up in [...]

By: Black Coffee & Bourbon

Black Coffee & Bourbon — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:12:57 +0000

That is so cool that you have a picture of you great-great grandfather! I love reading your blog with all its interesting facts about Sicily/Italy.

Black Coffee & Bourbon’s last blog post..I Almost Lost My Wedding Band

I feel *very* lucky to have that photo–thank goodness he went to get his US citizenship or we wouldn’t have that one either. My grandmother’s photos almost all burned in a fire in the early ’70s, so luckily my great aunt had this one around

By: bleedingespresso.com » celebrating st. patrick with vino & co. in palermo, sicily

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:42:07 +0000

[...] day is coming soon (Wednesday for San Giuseppe to be exact), but far be it from me not to join in the festivities with my Irish brothers and [...]

By: The (Mis)Adventures of a Single City Chick

The (Mis)Adventures of a Single City Chick — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:01:00 +0000

Ah, yes, you are correct. Both my grandmother and grandfather’s families were from Lonate Pozzola (just outside of Milan), so that could very well account for the different “specialty.”

Christina

By: sognatrice

sognatrice — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0000

Vee, I’m off to check out your post now, thanks for the tip

Christina, if I remember correctly, your family is from northern Italy (north-central?) which probably lends credence to the fact that zeppole are more common, if not exclusive to, the south. Anyone else know for sure? My “real” Italian readers?

TRZ, wow, what a feast! As you’ve described is the absolute southern Italian festa–yes, no meat! It’s Lent, after all, and in the old days, there was no meat allowed through the whole season if I’m not mistaken, so that makes sense. The three people serving as the Trinity is so classic. Great story! Thanks for sharing

And Wendy, be sure to let me know if/when you’ll be in the Calabrian neighborhood! Just don’t come in August–ridiculously hot and full of northern Italian and other European tourists.