Sara Farina

Heritage, Made from Scratch

I grew up in a large and raucous extended family. While my home was only my parents, my older sister, and me, we had a huge list of relatives. Grandparents, great-grandparents, godparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, all the 2nd- and 3rd- and once-removed types of cousins, on both sides. Plus we had the “acquired” family members, part of us because of friendships or relationships, and not necessarily current ones. Thanksgiving dinner happened at our house, with each person responsible for their specialty that came together to create a traditional meal with turkey and stuffing, potatoes and gravy, and so… much… pie!