While being Italian, comes some joys and struggles that define our heritage. I'm happy to have grown up in a home where the food tastes phenomenal, the wine is homemade, and family is everything. Being Italian is like sitting at the cool kid's table in the cafeteria — everyone wants to join.
1. It takes about 30 minutes to say goodbye to each family member.
2. You're always talking with your hands.
3. There are at least 3 or more people with the same name in your family.
... So you each have different nicknames.
4. You have bread with every meal possible.
5. Sundays are for family gatherings.
6. Knowing that real coffee is always made on the stovetop.
7. We value the versatility of Pastina.
8. You cannot enter another Italian's home at Christmas time without bringing one of these.
9. When people say Olive Garden is good Italian food.
10. Nutella was a staple in your life before it became popular everywhere.
11. You flinch when you see a wooden spoon.
12. You always see your papa or nonno peeling their fruit.
13. When someone asks why you talk so loud
