Aunt Minnie was a robust woman. I have memories of her with her house dress and an apron fiddling in the kitchen always baking or making something. Her and her sister Mary lived in a small house in Echo Park just outside of Los Angeles. Descendants of immigrants who came through Ellis Island, they were first generation Italians inheriting all the customs and traditions from the old country. Rescued Recipes from Aunt Mary's kitchen... Family gatherings were always big. Find a reason to gather, then expect to be at Aunt Minnie's and Mary's place. If it was a holiday, birthday, baptism, a visit from a cousin, or a lonely Sunday, we could expect that we should be at Aunt Minnie and Aunt Mary's place. Birthdays were the biggest gatherings. Several birthdays amount the relatives, friends, neighbors and cousins would fall in the same month. It gave Aunt Minnie an excuse to cook. It seemed like the plates that she would bring from the kitchen were endless
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