Cooking Video: American Kid Recipes Cooked Italian-Style (Aug 2006)

Two distant cousins bridge the cultural gap

When Sally Veillette and her daughter Chiara first moved to Sicily, their cousin Pina Nifosì helped Sally learn how to make the traditional American kid dishes the Italian way. Pizza from scratch, spaghetti with meatballs, and freshly-breaded chicken fingers—coltolette—top the menu. Fish and chips. Macaroni and cheese. Gone is the trip to the freezer section, in exchange for natural ingredients—with a healthy dose of motherly love.

Pina Nifosi’ teaches her American cousin Sally how to cook for children the natural way

Cooking children’s dishes from scratch is easier than you might think! Sally and Pina made a cooking video to help. In 2010, Hands-On Sicily filmed grandmothers cooking with their grandchildren, passing down culinary traditions in a project entitled Ciao, Nonna!

Hands-On Sicily begins filming of Ciao Nonna!

Zia Tina Veninata begins the show

Local top fish chef shares her secrets

 

Great-grandmother and grandmother team up to teach

 

Palermo guest chef may better be entitled “Art Director”

 

Roasted peppers are a messy culinary sport

 

Ciao Nonna filming ends with a segment on dessert