Category: Immigrant Pantry

Panettone is a cylindrical sweetened and candied bread consumed especially during the Christmas holiday season.

Wine was one way that Italians influenced the industries, environments, and cultures of both their home and host countries.

This fortified wine from Turin symbolized wealth, glamour, and Italianità.

Though from the Americas, Italian migrants brought this fruit back to the Americas in new ways.

Italians carried their love of pasta to Argentina and soon created factories in Argentina to feed immigrants.

By 1910, Argentina imported more Italian olive oil than any other country in the world.

Italian immigrants were encouraged by neighbors, earlier arrivals from Italy, and even employers to join the mate circle.

While previous generations learned to cook from relatives and friends, many locals and immigrants with sufficient resources bought this encyclopedic cookbook that would teach them how to be an Argentine woman and to cook Argentine food.