Frankie
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Like Frankie, I didn’t “do” seafood until my teens, but now I can appreciate the history behind these recipes.
From Salon
“Frankie’s Feast of the Seven Fishes” is available to watch now on Tastemade and on Tastemade’s YouTube channel.
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“You only have to do something two years in a row for it to be a tradition,” Frankie said.
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And maybe that’s why Frankie’s final reflection stuck with me: “Italy is Italy. I have roots there 100 years ago. I’m American. This is our thing… It’s Italian-American. It’s a little guido. I like it. I think we can lean into it.”
From Salon
Frankie Celenza approaches the Feast with a kind of joyful unseriousness — the exact mix of reverence and looseness that makes the tradition so lovable.
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