We didn’t have a lot, but we always had great food. When I think of my childhood, I daydream about some of the best food ever! From my mom's Chopped BBQ & Potato Salad to my best friend's mother, Ms. Kathy, who made the best Meatballs & Italian Sausage with ziti pasta!
The best eateries were walking distance away… Pete's Hot Dogs & Newburgh Lunch, Stella's & J & F Pizzeria and Favata's Bakery just to name a few! I fell in love with food watching my mom cook Sunday dinners and wanting to help. One of the first things she taught me to make was her potato salad! Eventually I could make it from beginning to end all by myself as a little girl. As I got older and began to visit with friends and invited to eat dinner, I immediately fell in love with Italian cuisine. I grew up in a tight-knit community called Lake Street. I Used to pray on my way up the hill to Ms. Kathy's house that she had a pot of Meatballs on the stove with pasta, or when I went to my second mother's house we were going to stop at Pete’s Hot Dogs while running errands - It was truly the best!
