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Preserving Italian American Heirlooms

Preserving Italian American Heirlooms

Heirloom, Seed SavingMary MennitiMarch 8, 2023fig tree, fig trees, figs, Heirloom Seed Collection, Heirloom Seeds, Italian American, Italian American gardens, Italian Heritage, Legacy Fig Tree Garden Comments

Canning Tomatoes with Mr. Ciccone: A Memorial Tribute

Canning Tomatoes with Mr. Ciccone: A Memorial Tribute

Recipes, TraditionsMary MennitiAugust 17, 2022canning, gardening, gardens, Italian American gardens, tomatoesComment

Fall Fig Ritual: Protecting Your Tree for the Winter

Fall Fig Ritual: Protecting Your Tree for the Winter

Traditions, Fig TreesMary MennitiJune 1, 2021burying fig trees, fig trees, figs, overwintering figs Comments

Keeping up with the Italian American Gardener

Keeping up with the Italian American Gardener

Gardeners, GardensMary MennitiOctober 2, 2020grapes, mosto cotto, olives, winemaking Comments

Braiding Onions and Garlic

Braiding Onions and Garlic

Traditions, GardenersMary MennitiJuly 20, 2020food, gardening, gardens, garlic, garlic braiding, Italian, onion braiding, onions, traditions Comments

The Italian Garden Project™ Explained

The Italian Garden Project™ Explained

Gardeners, Gardens, Heirloom, TraditionsMary MennitiJanuary 1, 2020 Comments

Alessandro says: Time to Uncover that Fig Tree

Alessandro says: Time to Uncover that Fig Tree

Traditions, Fig TreesMary MennitiApril 11, 2017fig trees Comments

On the Road: New York

On the Road: New York

Gardens, GardenersMary MennitiNovember 8, 2016Brooklyn, gardening, gardens, Italian, Italian American, Italian American gardens, long island, New York, New York City, staten island Comment

Sausage Making with Mr. Ciccone

Sausage Making with Mr. Ciccone

Traditions, RecipesMary MennitiFebruary 8, 2015Ciccone, Italian sausage, prosciutto, sausage making Comments

Wrapping a Fig Tree for Winter

Wrapping a Fig Tree for Winter

Traditions, Fig TreesMary MennitiNovember 4, 2014fig trees, figs, Michele, wrap fig tree Comments

Fig Trees Are For Sharing

Fig Trees Are For Sharing

Fig TreesMary MennitiOctober 25, 2014fig shoot, fig trees, figs Comments

Chestnuts 101

Chestnuts 101

GardenersMary MennitiOctober 22, 2014chestnut tree, chestnuts, fig trees, figs Comments

Making Calabrian Zeppole

Making Calabrian Zeppole

Recipes, TraditionsMary MennitiJuly 18, 2014Italian American, Italian food, Italian pastry, zeppole Comments

Caring for Fig Shoots, Part II

Caring for Fig Shoots, Part II

Fig Trees, GardenersMary MennitiJuly 13, 2014fig trees, figs, shootsComment

Caring for Fig Shoots, Part I

Caring for Fig Shoots, Part I

Fig Trees, GardenersMary MennitiJuly 4, 2014figs Comments

The Resilient Fig

The Resilient Fig

Traditions, Fig TreesMary MennitiJune 13, 2014figs Comments

Did Your Fig Tree Survive the Winter?

Did Your Fig Tree Survive the Winter?

Fig Trees, GardenersMary MennitiApril 20, 2014fava beans, fig, fig tree, figs Comments

Curing Pork Loins with Mariano Floro

Curing Pork Loins with Mariano Floro

Recipes, TraditionsMary MennitiFebruary 20, 2014capicolla, capocolla, cured meats, cured pork, cured pork loins, Italian cured meats, prosciuttini Comments

Mariano Makes Sausage and Cured Pork Loin

Mariano Makes Sausage and Cured Pork Loin

Recipes, TraditionsMary MennitiFebruary 16, 2014capicolla, capocollo, cured pork loin, Italian sausage, salsiccia, sausage, sausage making Comment

Old School Winemaking

Old School Winemaking

Wine making, TraditionsMary MennitiNovember 28, 2013grapes, Italian wine, wine, winemakingComment