I Remember Nonna

"Every nonna carries her life in the lines of her face. On her features are chiseled the fine lines of every thought, every joy, every sorrow, and every emotion. The early Italian nonna who came to this country did not know what the new world had in store for her. It is my sincere desire to honor and to preserve the charming simplicity and deep faith on the Italian-immigrant nonnas." E. Berra Marfisi This is a legacy of folk tales, folk medicine, superstitions, proverbs, and tantalizing dessert recipes passed on from generation to generation by the women—nonnas, mammas, zias—who make up the heart of the Italian American home.