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Pacentro,
Italy - Population 1,500 - is the small town in Italy
where the Pelino family lived until 1949. Located in the mountainous
region of Abruzzi. Pacentro is the hometown of singer/actress Madonna's
grandparents. The Our Lady of Lareto barefoot race is held there
every September. Racers run barefoot down the stony mountainside
towards the finish!
Pictured
at left: Nonna Pelino, Uncle Guisseppe, Aunt Emma and Me.
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Welland,
Ontario Canada 1949 -Nonna and Papa Pelino immigrate
to Canada with their four children (soon to be five.) Nonna Pelino's
family lived in Welland and offered to support them for immigration
purposes.
Pictured
at right: Nonna and Papa Pelino
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Buffalo,
New York 1960 -The Pelino family immigrates to the United
States in search of work. While
my parents, aunts and uncles worked, Nonna stayed home to cook and
watch after the children. She used to cook in the basement of our
house. My favorite memories are of the whole family sitting down to
a huge table made from a rows of boards on makeshift legs. Nonna would
serve polenta directly on the boards!
Pictured
at left: Nonna Pelino in her basement kitchen.
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Buffalo,
New York 1980's - My brother and I learn how to make
the family sauce using fresh ingredients from Papa's background
garden. Papa showed us how to pick the ripest peppers, tomatoes,
and mushrooms for the sauce.
Pictured
at right: My brother, Adin and Me
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Raleigh,
NC 2000 - Pelino's Sauces are sold for the first time
on local North Carolina Supermarkets. Thanks to my Nonna and Papa
Pelino I never forgot the secret to making great, flavorful italian
pasta sauce.
We
hope you enjoy our sauces as much as my family has for decades.
Pictured
at left: Me and Nonna Pelino
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