My pasta sauce is an old family recipe that goes back to my Grandma in Sicily. I learned to make the sauce with my mama in her kitchen. It was a family tradition to make sauce with the pasta for Sunday dinners.
la famiglia
Sunday dinner
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Church, then the sugo.
The recipe for my sauces goes back to my Grandmother from Sicily, passed on to my mama. The sauce with the pasta is a long time tradition in my family, served every Sunday with all the family gathering. The sauce is a blend of sweet and spicy that makes a unique flavor, and is what makes it a Sicilian sauce.
Throw the pasta at the wall to see if it is done?
“We don't do that in Sicily. If I did that in the kitchen, Grandma would break both my arms.”
Michael Martorana
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Eagle River, Wisconsin
Michael's Italian Restaurant.
Then, I opened a restaurant in Eagle River, Wisconsin, “Michael’s Italian Restaurant”, and began serving my sauces with my Sicilian dishes. Customers began asking if they could buy the sauce to take home.
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Door to door, with Diana.
This is what led me to bottling my sauces. First the pasta sauce, then the Italian Dressing, and then the Alfredo Sauce. So, in our spare time from the restaurant, my wife, Diana, and I proceeded to canvas stores and markets to sell our products. We have been received well, and are still growing.
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All in on the sauce.
We recently closed the restaurant so that we can give our full attention to Michael’s Sauces. My goal is to get my sauces into as many stores as possible for my former restaurant customers and our growing following.
Make it a family tradition of your own.
Pick up my sauce and make it a family tradition of your own! It’s already made for you! Just heat up and serve with your favorite pasta!
