Bailey had the opportunity to spend some time in the kitchen while my grandmother was visiting us from Santa Barbara. Mind you Italian-born women take food seriously and boy did she and Bailey have a grand time together making meatballs and one of the Dodero family favorites: Panetonne, an incredibly stubborn thing to make, but is a delectable Easter sweet bread that tastes like childhood to me. It was a very special thing for me to watch and photograph. Both girls grew very attached to her and miss her greatly. Keira actually asks after her calling her Nonnie Cha Cha because she quickly learned that if she asked her for chocolate she was given it pretty much immediately and Bailey has decided that she wants to move back to California to live closer to her for her cooking lessons.
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