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Another Food Site

I love food from all around the world.  Some of that stems from my Army career taking me to different parts of the globe, but most of it stems from the fact that I just plain love to eat.  I found the World Hearth Recipe Collection website the other day and of course spent about an hour clicking every link to see what is there.  The country's are listed in alphabetical order with the number of recipes next to the various national flags.  Before you even visit, you can predict which countries will have the most recipes - Italy (217), and Mexico (189).  There are also less well known types of food listed - Aztec (9), Latvian (7), and Uzbek (30).  .    

Italian Food and Genealogy

Ok, I know Italian Food Forever is not a genealogy site, but I couldn't help myself. I love Italian food!  Since food is a part of each country's culture, the study of our ancestors in genealogy sometimes leads to the foods they ate.  This is especially true in Italy and in my family.  I am an Italian American, but the Italian part has faded in my family over the years.  The language was lost, and the memory of the hardships in "old country" have disappeared, but apparently the food has not.  I remember my father's zesty spaghetti sauce with sausage; my Aunts fried eggplant with tomato sauce, and the wonderful pitzells she made every Christmas; and of course my grandmother making homemade pasta.  I also have a vague memory of family parties where the homemade red wine flowed.