Written by: Jim Farfaglia
One way that many of us are getting through this pandemic while spending so much time at home, is with our enjoyment of food. We’re ordering takeout from favorite restaurants, experimenting with new recipes, and spending hours in the kitchen preparing special meals. All this attention to our taste buds got my thinking about the history that comes with family food traditions.
We have a few mealtime traditions in my family—both my mother and father are first-generation Italian-Americans. For as long as I can remember, the Farfaglias have celebrated Thanksgiving with a type of stuffing we call tubetina. I’m not sure where the name comes from, but it might have something to do with the type of pasta featured in the dish—a tiny tubular pasta that sure made a big hit with young and old alike.