A St. Joseph’s Day Celebration
This week saw the festival celebration of St. Joseph’s Day, celebrated initially by Sicilians, and then quickly adopted by the other citizens of Catholic New Orleans.
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Whenever a group of New Orleanians is gathered, either in Los Angeles or the Crescent City, they rise to their feet and start waving their handkerchiefs, and often umbrellas, when the Second Line’s funky beat wafts over them.
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The many Sicilian immigrants to New Orleans brought with them the celebration of the Feast Day of St. Joseph, which was readily embraced by a city that loves to party.
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Carnival season in New Orleans, is about creating beauty, not for a national audience, but just for those who partake of it.
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Lentils and Cotechino, a mouth-watering sausage, originating in the Modena region of Italy, and spiced with clove and garlic, is a New Year’s good luck tradition. I broke out a favorite recipe of mine, Lentil Salad, and warmed it up to serve with the Cotechino.
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I have a thing for Rosé wines. I’ve been drinking then for almost as long as I’ve been drinking wine. In 2000, I began the (mostly) annual tradition of the Rosé Fest tasting party. Over the next couple of posts, I will be sharing thoughts and dishes from this year’s Rosé Fest.
read moreSt. Joseph’s Day Cucidatti
On St. Joseph’s Day all who wanted were welcome to come inside and view the altars and tables lavishly laden with a wide array of braided and decorative breads, fruit, Sicilian pastries (including fig filled cookies called cucidatti), fava beans and flowers.
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