Canzano: My Italian grandmother... and her red meat sauce

Canzano: My Italian grandmother... and her red meat sauce

My grandmother, Mary, and grandfather, Tony, on their wedding day. My Italian grandmother, Mary, was an amazing cook. I don’t have to squint very hard to see her standing over the stove in her kitchen, stirring a pot of red meat sauce. She stood maybe 5 feet tall, but was a giant with a sauce pan.Mary was the eldest of seven children. Her parents were immigrants from Calabria who barely spoke English. Her father settled the family in a small ste…