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Article: Remembrance of things pasta Compared to St. Patrick's, St. Joseph's Day is a pretty obscure holiday- which makes it all the more fun.(L&E, Suburban Life & Entertainment)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- March 6, 2008
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Byline: Pam DeFiglio
pdefiglio@@dailyherald.com
When I was 6 years old, my grandmother clasped my hand and walked me down a few steps to a church basement.
The lively scene inside made a huge impression on me.
Hundreds of people dressed in red crowded around tables listening to a festive band.
Parish ladies mounded pasta, frittata, salads and breaded fried vegetables on our plates.
The ladies had fashioned a huge decorative table, placing a statue of St. Joseph on fancy linens and surrounding it with loaves of bread shaped like St. Joseph's staff. Flowers, candles, fruit baskets wrapped with red ribbon and a sea of ...