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Show Lifestyle Section Y Sundaj, Januarv 1!), 1986 Page ANN LANDERS FASHION W-- W-- 2 8 1 Elegant dining ... with an Italian accent Joanna Nardoni has table beautifully set and specialties expertly prepared for a traditional feast, each dish reflecting a smack of Italian goodness reminiscent of the way her grandmother presented such delicacies as Antipasto, Chicken Soup, Ravioli, Chocolate Rum Tortoni. Its a feast for the eyes as well as palate. Tribune Staff Photo bv Van Porter w Design. Dennis Green By Donna Lou Morgan Tribune Food Editor d oanna Nardonis eyes sparkle as she recalls hapespecially those py memories of her childhood times spent at her Italian grandparents home, sharing treasured family traditions. ' "My Nonna (grandmother) had a wonderful stove, Mrs Nardoni said, smiling "We often roasted chestnuts atop this old stove. But what we liked best was when Nonna would put orange peel on top of the heated unit, sending marvelous messages throughout the house. This would set the stage for her typical Italian feasts, each worth remembering Sunday dinners at her Nonna's always meant Italian specialties leading up to the star of the meal roast chicken Lots of homemade crusty Italian bread played accompaniment roles deliciously Nonna always made her bread with care, then baked it in the backyard brick oven She would load the old oven with wood, light it and let it burn Nonna knew exactly when the coals were hot enough for the bread Then she'd wipe down the ashes with a damp cloth before putting the bread on a paddle to place in the oven. was no it mystery to her either. She knew just how long to Baking leave it in the brick oven to have it done perfectly," Mrs. Nardoni wood-burnin- recalled happily, adding that she insists on making all their Italian bread but It never tastes quite as good as that Italian bread. She pointed out that her Nonno 'grandfather) was a backyard bara trendy way to cook. becue buff long before this b g tummy-p- leasing long-handle- d He had built a brick grill alongside Nonna's brick oven. Saturday night was his night to cook steaks He would top each steak with finely chopped celery leaves and a little garlic, then he would drizzle olive oil on top of each before barbecuing tne steaks to sizzling perfection." Mrs Nardoni, and her husband, August, were born and reared in Chicago Heights, 111. They moved to Salt Lake City with their three children, Ralph, Pamela and David, 19 years ago when Mr. Nardoni was transferred He died two years ago, after 36 years of marriage. Now there are eight grandchildren to add to the Nardoni family. "Both my maternal and paternal grandparents hailed from Grotta-mara community in Northern Italy which was part of the Le Marche area, Mrs Nardoni explained "The finest cooks in Italy come from this area, we're told " She pointed out it was her mother's parents who lived in Chicago Heights. Her father's parents chose to stay in the old country. "Nonna had been a companion to the marquessa (royalty) and had lived in a palazzo, which offered great opportunities for her. She was an excellent cook, but we learned to never ask her for recipes She used just a little bit of this and a little bit of that and seldom measured ingredients. e, Making Ravioli was a memorable time, according to Mrs. Nardoni. Nonna assigned each of us a job And we did it. The youngest child usually was given the job of crimping the Ravioli with a fork. Someone else would be assigned to rolling out the Panella (Dough) and another to spooning the Filling on each portion while another person folded the dough over to be crimped. We all worked diligently at this project, as we did others in Nonnas kitchen. These times were some of our most memorable. Mrs. Nardoni said, fortunately, she and her mother spent enough time observing and helping Nonna in the kitchen that theyve been able to duplicate many of her Italian specialties. Mrs. Nardoni and her parents, Anita and Frank Cameli, share a home. Although none of the Nardoni children married Italian, Mrs. Nardoni said each is eager to preserve family traditions particularly when it comes to food Our holidays are strictly with an Italian accent, Mrs. Nardoni emphasized The rest of the time, weve learned to blend our traditions, which works well for our family The table was set exquisitely in the lovely Nardoni home. Marvelous aromas told us Mrs. Nardoni was ready and waiting with her expertly prepared Italian food. Most special Italian meals consist of many courses. The secret to complete enjoyment is to make the portions small, with plenty of time between each course, Mrs Nardoni advised. My mother and I work together preparing, then serving the food. We keep in mind that See Page W-Co'umn 1 Hr, Baby boomers husworking, band, a happy homemaker wife and a By Nickie McWhirter Kmght-Ridde- r pek only the finest Newspapers clutch of healthy, bumptious children Four was considered the perfeet number, not just one or two, as in the bleak war and Depression years The perfect family lived in a home of its own, purchased with an easily saved, small down payment and a cheap VA or FHA mortgage No more For parents of boomers, theirs was rented houses or apartments for this an era of newfound confidence, regeneration lease from the deprivations imposed There would be a swing set and by the Great Depression and World sandbox in every back yard, a recreaWar II It was a time for young people tion room in the basement, a patio1 to settle down and raise perfeet famKids wouldn't have to play in alleys ilies without eompromise They were and on the streets eager to begin Families were conspicuous in their You could read about the pet feet consumption of the high tech mirfamily in many magazines of the era acles of the time - newfangled autoIt was more a vision than an estabmatic washers, dryers, air conditionlished reality, but every young marfurniture, new ers, TVs, new-stlried couple went for it cars Parents were determined their The perfect family comprised a children have the good life, the life we got to know baby boomers better A boomer is anyone born between 1946 and 1964 They are said to be different from any previous generation of Americans and likely to influence all aspects of our society and economy for decades to come Its time e t v 4 A the parents and grandparents had missed in full or in pieces. There are now approximately 76 million young adults raised during this era What did the experiment produce9 According to a recent People mag- azine study, boomers have rejected Dad's role as single provider They have equally rejected Mom's tale as homemaker Both roles are and heavy unjust burdens, boomers say They prefer marriages of full job partners, each with a long-teror career, sharing the household and child rearing chores Boomers think smaller families are better, too, and see eaily marriage and early pregnancy as big mistakes They are as conspicuous in their consumption as their paients were, however, and just as enamored of high teih Today its computers, in addition to those automatic washers full-tim- e and dryers The significant difference is that boomer parents settled for OK quality. Boomers settle for nothing but the finest. But boomers refuse to sweat their lives away, as many of their parents did They are dedicated hard workers, but they wont slave at jobs they hate just to buy what they want They equally reject the hippie alternative of living simply, in a natural environment Boomers dissatisfied with their jobs quit and form their own companies They move to where the good pav and comfortable life can be found They are high seeking high quality everything, including time to enjoy everything risk-taker- Maybe they aren't much different from their parents, after all A basement recreation room was a farfetched dream in 1946 The dream has been modified, upscaled |
