She came to visit us after Christmas here in Pisa. What a reunion we had, if you can call it that when we never met before. She met my lovely wife, Maria, my adult children, and even my little grandson.
And what a feast we had for Capodanno! Here we celebrate abundance on New Year’s day.
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I'm so happy she came to visit. Now Maria and I, we plan a visit to Robbie in the spring. We will eat pancakes at her restaurant and explore that beautiful part of the United States, Brown County, Indiana, where I met her mama Jeanine so many years ago.
What is your favorite New Year's food? Maddie Day will give away a copy of FLIPPED to one commenter!
Amazon-bestselling and Agatha-nominated author Edith Maxwell (aka Maddie Day and Tace Baker) writes four mystery series, as well as award-winning short stories. Maxwell lives in an antique house north of Boston with her beau and three cats. She blogs every weekday with the other Wicked Cozy Authors (wickedcozyauthors.com). You can also find her at www.edithmaxwell.com, @edithmaxwell, on Pinterest, and at www.facebook.com/EdithMaxwellAuthor.
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I like the basics on New Year's Day - ham, macaroni and cheese, green beans and baked beans
ReplyDeletedebby236 at gmail dot com
Sounds like comfort food!
DeleteMy Southern American heritage calls for black-eyed peas on New Year's Day, and I still enjoy them and feel a bit lost without them. But as an ex-pat who has lived in Rome for the past 13 years, I endorse lentils and sausages on New Year's Eve like all Italians (see the post above!). Traditionally, the sausage is cotechino, which is basically a stuffed pig's foot (which I can't bear to eat). I opt for other types of sausage--especially one made with ham. I often take the leftover lentils and black-eyed peas and combine them into a salad a couple of days later.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad my research was accurate, Patricia!
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