b'My maternal grandmother, Adele, wasalways an inspiration for me. We spentmost of our summers at her farmhouse in northern Italy, in the Veneto region. She taught me how to saut the soffritto for the making of my favorite dish. When I was a child, my grandma always made me feel safe. Later, she always treated my wife as if she were her own granddaughter and spent many hours with us, telling us stories of her youth. I was always spellbound by her stories. I miss her tremendously, but I always feel her next to me, smiling, every time Imake this dish.'