Providence Farmers' Market
By FRANK MULLIN | September 26, 2007
Place?
Providence Farmers’ Market, Kennedy Plaza
Name?
Maria Razza
Age?
92
Where do you live?
Johnston.
What did you buy today and why?
MacIntosh apples, to bake them and make cake and muffins.
Are you intimidated by any vegetables?
Raw cabbage upsets me.
Who is your main culinary influence?
I’d have to say, the cooking traditions of the Fogga region along the Adriatic in Italy.
What’s your least favorite food?
Everything about coleslaw.
What’s your favorite restaurant?
I only home-cook, so I can control the amount of salt.
What’s your advice to other chefs?
With your greens, always keep them in the crisper, and steam them, not cook them.
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