August 2020
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 [...]
