Torte di Riso
Rice Torte Serves 4 One pound of rice boiled 10 minutes in salted water. Drain, Add 2 Tbs. butter. Add 4 Tbs. either ricotta or cottage cheese Add 3 eggs, one at a time, and [...]
Pissota con olio d’oliva
Focaccia baked in a copper vessel Serves 4 his very tasty sweet cake has only one defect: It works hard at going down. To remedy this small inconvenience, resort to one glass of Recioto wine [...]
Nonnie’s Minestrone
Serves 6 1/2 cup oil 1 small cabbage, thinly sliced and chopped 2 stalks celery, with leaves, sliced 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 onion, chopped 1 15oz. can red kidney beans with juice 7 cups [...]
Nonnie’s Gnocci
Serves 6 Water, milk Potato Flakes 1 ½ cup all purpose flour 3 tsp. salt 3 eggs Prepare Mashed Potatoes. If using potato flakes for 12 people use half the amount of water and milk. [...]
Caporale Bread
During a visit to Cumberland, we kids were all in the kitchen waiting for lunch to be prepared. Nonnie discovered at the last minute that she was out of Caporale bread. Not surprising, since the [...]
Vitondale, Pennsylvania: Revisiting and Research
By Joan Lander July 26, 2001 At the instigation of my sister, Alex Lander, who is researching the early days of the Nevy's in America for a novel, Mom (Florence) and I drove with [...]
Viola Nevy Orsinger Recounts Childhood Memories of Nonnie and Nonno
Velma Grassi Ford who came to the reunion, is the sister of Mary Louise Michel who also attended with her husband. Their father was John Grassi and worked in the factory. He was a [...]
Nonno’s Last Roadtrip
I am certain that every grandchild of Ralph Nevy has fond memories of the driving excursions he used to take us on. Sometimes you would wonder if he remembered where in the world he was [...]
Memories of Nonnie and Nonno
One evening Nonno and I were sitting on the back porch after dinner. He was smoking one of those Parodis and I was smoking something else. We were talking about being in business and [...]
Ralph Nevy Life Story
Born April 10, 1889 in Bergotto, Italy, died February 21, 1978 in Cumberland, Maryland. Transcribed from an audio tape made on July 5, 1967 in Arlington, Virginia, with Bill Orsinger. Bergotto: Well. I'm [...]
