http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/ Culinary Rants & Raves from Bay Area Foodies and Professionals Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:17:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-14827 snowhite5646 Fri, 29 May 2009 19:43:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-14827 I still make Sunday gravy the way my Noni (the way she spelled it) made it only I do not still grow my own tomatoes, basil, garlic, etc. It doesn't taste like hers but everyone ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-12715 A. Harris Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:06:06 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-12715 I'm Italian on my mother's side (Couglietto), and me and my brothers always woke up to those magnificent smells from the kitchen. This is back when we lived in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Grandma was ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-11845 C. Russo Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:12:24 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-11845 I'm Italian from my parent's on both sides. My mother was born in the city of Naples. I too remember the smell of "gravy" when I woke up. Along with the gravy ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-11587 Paul Fiorino Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:18:43 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-11587 While I don't have the massive family to share dinner with, I try to make spaghetti sauce (we never called it "sunday gravy," though that's exactly what it was) at least once a month because ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-11286 m. ponti Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:41:40 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-11286 I'm Italian on both parent's sides & now my parents & brother (whole immediate family)are gone. I am only in my forties. I used to scoff at having gravy every single Sunday, but now I ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-11157 Ralph Bernard Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:33:55 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-11157 I too grew up waking to the wonderful smells of meats cooking. My grandmother used to prepare gravy on Sundays as well when I was very young. My sister and I used to ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-10771 Elaine Martin Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:56:51 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-10771 Dear Denise, Like you, I grew up with the delicious aroma of gravy cooking every Sunday morning. My sisters and I would come home from church and grab chunks of Italian bread and start dipping ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-6481 Denise Lincoln Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:12:18 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-6481 Stephanie R -- It sounds like our Sunday gravies were pretty similar, although I had completely forgotten about the rolled up pig skin. My mother only occasionally included it, but when she did, it helped ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-6477 Stephanie R. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:34:25 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-6477 Yeah this is a wonderful memory for me too. My grandfather came from a little town near Bari and my grandmother from a little town near Napoli. There were some compromises made so it a ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-3175 Denise Lincoln Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:01:52 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/04/19/giving-up-sunday-gravy-a-lost-food-tradition/#comment-3175 I love how gravy, or ragù, has different nuances throughout Southern Italy. Each region seems to make it a little differently, and each Italian Grandma within those regions has her own secrets. I also have ...