A Bronx Tale Easy Sunday Sauce
This family-style Sunday sauce is slow-simmered, loaded with garlic, and rooted in stories from the town that raised us. Made with Tuttorosso tomatoes and cooked the way Karen taught—with instinct, not measurements—it’s the kind of recipe that turns dinner into something you don’t rush.
My Interpretation of My Mother’s Roast Pork, Pernil
“Within the last year I was visiting Florida and vividly remember the look on her face when I threw away an empanada I only took one bite out of. Her reaction -
“I’ve never saw a whole empanada in my garbage can before.” Disdain filled her words, and if looks could kill.
It’s not my fault, I have hot girl belly issues. I CANNOT have tomato sauce in every single dish I eat. Hence, I offended my mother in the worst way ever — by insulting her food.
The worst kind of offense to a Puerto Rican woman…”
