As a little girl, I vividly remember watching Daddy in the
morning as he stood at the old stove in our second generation Baltimore born Italian delicatessen, Palmisanos, fondly
referred to as “the shop”. I looked on with fascination as he
carefully prepared that enormous 10–gallon pot of tomato
sauce. He carefully poured in the olive oil from a beautiful
square tin. He made this sauce every morning of his life with
such grace, love and ceremony. Carefully adding the aromatic ingredients of chopped onions,… the garlic, those colorful
little red and orange dried pepper flakes, the basil, the oregano
and so on. It only took a few minutes for the air to joyfully
exclaim, “It’s Italian!” Too young to be taught his skill
or charming business manner as did two of my three brothers,
I recall with great admiration his integrity, enthusiasm and
devotion. My brother Jaime continues with that beloved family
tradition at Palmisano’s of Baldwin, Maryland.

 i dedicate this website to my daddy

~  i love you  ~

~ mio padre ~