“La Mirtha Legrand de Olmos”: his Italian grandmother gave him advice that he never forgot and, despite a harsh reality, maintains a tradition with vegetables

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“La Mirtha Legrand de Olmos”: his Italian grandmother gave him advice that he never forgot and, despite a harsh reality, maintains a tradition with vegetables

In 1948, when the devastation of the Second World War still weighed on the soul of Europe, Emilio Chiaraluce and Bruna María Piernia Montenovo embarked on a journey full of hope and challenges. From Ancona, Italy, they left behind a world of uncertainty to reach Argentina, the promised land, as happened with thousands of foreigners who wanted to forge a new future. They began as quinteros in Olmos, La Plata, and with the predisposition of workin…