We recently received an email from Jan, who's a loving grandmother and was asked by her grandson to cook an authentic Italian dinner. Wanting to please her grandson, she asked for advice on what to prepare. Well, this is my answer.
In Italy, the meal cooked for the family by your grandmother is a big time. When you go to your grandparents house, or if they come over to your home, you always know it's going to be something that you will remember for a long time. In Italy, the women in the family pass down their cooking knowledge, from generation to generation. The meal that will be prepared at one of these events, will surely be the finest example of cooking that your family has to offer.:) A word of advice in preparing these recipes, even if you follow them word by word, in my opinion (and proven by experience), the perfect dish is not one where you follow it exactly, but when your own touch.
And, in honor of your request, I'm sharing with you what my grandmother would cook for our family, these being her very best dishes. ;)
