Calabrese meatballs
The Q. Family knew the recipe to making ends meet: Calabrese meatballs. In the old days, bread was cheap, meat expensive. Josephine & LuLu had passed on when I took … Continue reading
Worth the Walk
Every day, my great grandfather Ferdinando Quattrone walked to work in group of four. He set out from the 2500 block of 10th Street in Philadelphia and walked to the … Continue reading
Crabbing at Charlie’s Hole
Nuncie filled up the ‘52 Plymouth with gas,and LuLu packed a lunch, probably pepper and egg sandwiches.My sister Barbara and I were going crabbing-out in the country.Cabbing in the ‘50s … Continue reading
A Teenager’s Savings
My mom found her mother’s savings account from 1928. Jennie Quattrone would have been sixteen years old. The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society (PSFS) made a strong push in the 1920s … Continue reading
Wedding Party
A part of the wedding party for my grandparents’ wedding. A few of the reasons I like this photo have do to do with a little bit of the candid sneaking … Continue reading
The Train to the “Fudgy Wudgy” Man
The Quattrone family loved Wildwood, staying in boarding houses around Rio Grande & New Jersey Avenues. In the summer of 1951, we took the long trip by train, as we had no car. We took … Continue reading
Sponge Cake
For Amanuensis Monday (sharing the words of another person), I have my Nanny’s handwriting and recipe for sponge cake. There are a couple of terms she writes in parentheses. I … Continue reading
Thoroughly Modern Jennie
A favorite photograph of mine is my grandmother, Jennie Quattrone, as a teenager in the 1920s. There are no markings on the photograph, but given the bob haircuts on all … Continue reading
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