Nonna Gracie talks Growing Up Italian, Journey To America, and Why Food Is The Key To Happiness

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Growing Up Italian

Growing Up Italian

Жыл бұрын

EPISODE 266. Sabino and Rocco sit down with Nonna Gracie and her grandson Matt to talk about how she became one of TikTok’s favorite Nonna’s. Nonna talks about her upbringing, why food makes her so happy, life in Salerno and how she found her way to America.
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@wb1385
@wb1385 2 ай бұрын
Ho scoperto casualmente il vostro canale e devo ammettere che ascoltare e vedere qui dall'Italia le storie di voi Italiani d'America è cosi interessante e scoprire storie di persone meravigliose che hanno contribuito con il loro spirito italiano a fare diventare gli Stati Uniti un grande paese. E poi è bello vedere che vi piace mantenere il legame con il paese delle vostre origini e vedere che la cultura italiana viene trasmessa alle generazioni future e questo è il valore aggiunto migliore che gli Italiani d'America posso fornire. E soprattutto vedere rispetto le prime generazioni d'italiani che erano costretti ad emigrare in USA che siete orgogliosi di esserlo e che ora gli italiani d'America sono persone che hanno raggiunto il successo in ogni settore e sono rispettati da chiunque.
@user-nv7pv6sv6y
@user-nv7pv6sv6y 10 ай бұрын
Oh my!!!!Thank you so much for this beautiful podcast. Now I really feel like I am Nonna Gracie's grandchild. I was born 6 years after my Great grandmother Mary passed and was 6 years old when my Nonna Genevieve passed. So I grew up without any Nonna's. My mother didn't like anyone in the kitchen when she cooked so I was not taught any Italian dishes. My ancestors came from Milan and I finally begged my mother to teach me how to make her Risotto. It was made with Swiss Cheese. She finally agreed a few months before she passed in 2012. I really loved hearing Nonna Gracie's story as there is no one left to tell me of my Nonna's story. My great grandmother came to America in 1887. Her family settled in New Orleans, Louisiana and that's where the whole family is now. I started doing genealogy 35 years ago. I've contacted everyone I've found and no one has a picture of her. So one night I joined a site that had newspaper archives and I looked up her obituary and there she was. A very bad, grainy picture. but I could at least see her a little bit. so I called one of my cousins that I have still not met face to face and sent him her picture. He started screaming and when he finally settled down. He said he had that same picture in an 8x10 and it was a clear picture. He had gotten some old photos from his parents before they passed on, but no names were on the pics so he didn't know who they were. Now we have finally solved to mystery. I love the idea of the whole family together As soon as I feel confident enough with my cooking of Nonna Gracie's recipes, I'm going to make a big Sunday dinner and have all the cousins over to eat. thank you again for the wonderful podcast and give my Nonna Gracie a big hug from her newest grandchild.
@SportsCasters2326
@SportsCasters2326 Жыл бұрын
God bless, Nonna Gracie. My Nonna came on the boat in the 1940s fleeing the war. She was 12 years old and was all alone with her 8 year old sister. The bravery is incredible. Long live, Nona’s everywhere
@GiorgettiG
@GiorgettiG 3 ай бұрын
My Nonna came over the same way in 1946.
@SportsCasters2326
@SportsCasters2326 3 ай бұрын
@@GiorgettiG god bless your Nonna and the bravery of our beloved who risked their lives so we could exist.
@joeywho534
@joeywho534 2 ай бұрын
My Nonna too, from Sicily in 1946.
@JohnPaul-pb4eu
@JohnPaul-pb4eu 5 күн бұрын
My folks and me came to Canada from Abruzzo Italy in 1970. I was only 18months old but walked and talked like Mario Bosco!! People on the ship gave me alot of treats as I was the only lil kid on the ship. We were on board for a week, we arrived in NYC then took the train to Canada. I wish I was able to remember that trip as it sounds like an experience of a life time. That story nonna Gracie told about her trip over made me remember the story my folks told me so many times. My dad also never ate ketchup, mayo or mustard. He could not stand Kentucky Fried Chicken, when my mom sent us to get chicken on weekends my dad made us put the bag in the trunk!! lol
@T_Licci29
@T_Licci29 Жыл бұрын
Nonna Gracie is a beautiful soul 🙏🏼❤️ Her story resonates with so many other Italian immigrant families who came over with nothing. The younger generation needs to hear stories like this to understand just how far we have come as a people. The struggle we went through and the sacrifices made so that we could have a better life. What makes us special is that our people have owned our struggle in America and as a result have truly achieved the American dream through hard work and family.
@lisasindoniliberio426
@lisasindoniliberio426 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I moved to FL from NY and there are no Italians here. I'm dying without my people. No1 lives like a NY Italian. (Doesn't have to be nyc area..NY Italian is all the same)
@matthewg_fm
@matthewg_fm Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a sopranos episode when Finn (Meadows BF) tries to buy dinner and Tony says “You eat and I pay. When you have a family then you pay” Italians do their best to set their families up for success all through love of family and cooking.
@beardboywonder4458
@beardboywonder4458 4 ай бұрын
I miss my Nonna so much. When she passed, the whole family scattered. I picked up the cooking because I learned from watching her, but no one comes together anymore so I cook for friends, and neighbors.
@maryjobutera3287
@maryjobutera3287 Ай бұрын
Sicilian here,, Guys, I love your show. Love how youre both fluent in our language.
@rebasmom4575
@rebasmom4575 Жыл бұрын
Nonna Gracie is why I'm proud to be of Italian heritage. I have fond memories growing up in a two family house where my parents and their five kids lived with my grandparents.
@annettev1110
@annettev1110 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful!!! I loved her advice on how to keep the family together and to keep the romance in a relationship….to eat family meals together. It truly is the secret on keeping traditions and family unity. In this day and age, families are too busy and everyone is too hooked on their phones and the essence of family is lost. Nonna Gracie is a beautiful soul and it shines through her!!!!
@Pilo-vo7in
@Pilo-vo7in 10 ай бұрын
Cherish this woman. Her generation can teach us a great many things. I miss my Nonna and Nonno everyday. I love this she is all about family. One of the traditions I try to instill into my kids today
@creative_aly
@creative_aly Жыл бұрын
This was my favourite video yet! I miss my nonnos and Nonna's. It's so relatable as a grand child ❤
@thewweguy124
@thewweguy124 Жыл бұрын
We need Nonna pia on the podcast
@gigilagous8020
@gigilagous8020 Ай бұрын
Yes !!!!
@dianefiori7669
@dianefiori7669 Жыл бұрын
I love Nonna Gracie!🤗❤️🇮🇹
@mrsjan368
@mrsjan368 Жыл бұрын
ITALIANS ARE THE BEST. AFTER US THE DARK❤
@whitelion1111
@whitelion1111 Жыл бұрын
My italian grandmother's (nonna's) name was Grazie, on my father's side. You wanna talk about keeping it in the family, my mother and father are first cousins and my father's parents were first cousins, so i always heard my mother call my grandmother Zia Grazie, anyway also I'd like to say related to some of the first part of this video that in my mother's home town in Italy (Molise region), its become more abandoned , quieter, much more laid back, the young generation has moved to bigger cities in and out of Italy, it's not like it used to be just 30 years ago, the traditional passegiata in her home town has dwindled to a few old folks and a few younger, though during the summer months especially in August, there is a slight population explosion for the ferragosto (summer break) lots of outside events, very very nice, i love it
@gat2asp919
@gat2asp919 Жыл бұрын
My wifes parents came from Balistrada just south of Palermo in the 70s. They went to Germany then New York and ended up in Milwaukee. My girl has dual citizenship. She still votes in Sicilian elections
@user-md4vz9uk9r
@user-md4vz9uk9r Жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved the episode. Very relatable.
@SsickMusic
@SsickMusic 11 ай бұрын
People like nonna are little heroes
@tsocanuck
@tsocanuck 28 күн бұрын
she reminds me of my mom ....my mom would feed the neighbourhood
@roccologuercio
@roccologuercio Жыл бұрын
Need to protect Nonna Gracie at all costs 🫶
@gjanira1935
@gjanira1935 Жыл бұрын
Noi siamo i migliori❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ nonna gracie stupenda
@screenfixer1936
@screenfixer1936 Жыл бұрын
L'Italiano sta perdendo la propria identità, ormai gli Italo-americani sono più italiani di noi, amano davvero la nostra terra e le nostre tradizioni 🇮🇹 ❤️🇺🇸
@cindydefino8595
@cindydefino8595 Жыл бұрын
Love it
@SportsCasters2326
@SportsCasters2326 Жыл бұрын
If there is going to be that much Italian we need some subtitles. I am learning but I had to rewind some parts 7 times to get it.
@matteostr9327
@matteostr9327 4 ай бұрын
It’s not even Italian ahahah. I live in the North of Italy and I wouldn’t get what they’re saying if I didn’t know the context. They’re talking in their dialect (I think from the one Campania) that is way different than Italian.
@lazaro6314
@lazaro6314 Жыл бұрын
Matt is handsome and so is the host that has the black hair
@5.0_meatballmarinara
@5.0_meatballmarinara Жыл бұрын
Sweet
@letsgomets002
@letsgomets002 Ай бұрын
Where's Nonna Pia ??????
@letsgomets002
@letsgomets002 Ай бұрын
WHAT BRAND...????
@caterinascarcella
@caterinascarcella 8 ай бұрын
How many children and grand kids do you have Nonna?
@JohnPaul-pb4eu
@JohnPaul-pb4eu 5 күн бұрын
Hi ms/mrs scarcella, I m in Ottawa ON Canada and worked in a retirement home with a few very great ladies that were Scarcellas. Their folks were one of the first Italian settlers in Ottawa who helped build the Italian Church here, St Anthony's. Do you know any Scarcellas from here? Thx
@letsgomets002
@letsgomets002 Ай бұрын
All simple things to make...don't need recipes
@letsgomets002
@letsgomets002 5 ай бұрын
Interviewing ....101...really more practice, watch Howard Stern do interviews.
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