Cooking With Nonna Anna

Is there anything better than cooking and sharing a meal with friends? We spent a day doing just that, cooking with Nonna Anna. SO. MUCH. FUN!

Oh yes we did...we spent a whole day cooking with Nonna Anna! And what fun we had!

Italian food is delicious, it's colorful, let's face it...Italian food is fun! And making pasta with friends is a LOT of fun!

So, let's review, Gr8 Food - check; Gr8 Fun - check; and we did it with Gr8 Friends — a triple header!

With Nonna Anna's help we created a whole Italian meal and the recipes for most of what we made are here on our very own blog.

Cooking With Nonna Anna

• Eggplant Caponata
• Zucchini Scapece
• Red Sauce
• Fresh Pasta
• Beef Braciole
• Zuccotto

And then our husbands arrived and we relaxed a little...

 And then we ate! So grab some Gr8 Friends, cook a meal, any meal, and enjoy life! Be a Gr8 Friend!

Debbie, Jurga, Kyle, and Anna ... oh, and Nonna Anna, too!

PostScript:

Fun Facts about Italy.

1. The national dish of Italy is PASTA.
2. On average, each person in Italy consumes 55 pounds of pasta per year; that's more than a pound a week!
3. Wine has been produced in Italy for over 2800 years.
4. The average Italian consumes 26 gallons of wine a year!
5. Italian pizza was invented during the 18th century in Naples, where Nonna Anna is from...no wonder she's a gr8 cook!