http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2008/08/11/becoming-italian/ Celebrating the Culinary History of France and her Former Colonies Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2008/08/11/becoming-italian/comment-page-3/#comment-2766 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:11:18 +0000 http://cbertel.wordpress.com/?p=604#comment-2766 [...] day, I realized that a slow simmering seduction really began long ago with a  fateful plate of spaghetti and a red-sauce-stained [...]

]]> http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2008/08/11/becoming-italian/comment-page-2/#comment-2630 Fri, 07 May 2010 13:18:19 +0000 http://cbertel.wordpress.com/?p=604#comment-2630 [...] love affair with Italian food started with a bite [read more HERE], but exploded into an earth-shaking passion when I cooked that huge spinach-stuffed pasta roll in [...]

]]> http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2008/08/11/becoming-italian/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:14:47 +0000 http://cbertel.wordpress.com/?p=604#comment-13 Beautiful post.
I was about 5 when I decided that I did not like milk. My mother made spaghetti sauce with a recipe very similar to yours, though she always served the sauce and pasta (called noodles back then) in separate dishes. I was getting full as I finished one plate, but it was so delicious that I wanted more. Unfortunately, my mom noticed I had not drunk my glass of milk. I drank it, resenting every drop because it filled my stomach and there was no room for more wonderful spaghetti.

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