Silvio's Sauces

From our family to yours...The roots of our family’s culinary history can be traced back to the year 1571. As a child, one thing was consistent—stories of the old country and dialogue of how important it is to keep our traditions alive. It was the same for my parents and their parents alike, and we have been continually doing this through our family’s passion for great food. One thing that has always remained consistent is that Sunday dinners at the family compound in Benevento could be counted on as the time when everybody would come together. All of the cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and children would gather for what was sure to be a memorable meal. The family farm provided all of the components for this weekly feast. From the vegetables to the livestock, to the freshly pressed olive oil, to the grapes from the vines that were used to lovingly create the Sangiovese wine—this was simply a way of life—farm to table was just a reality.Today, our sauces are made with the same painstaking attention to detail as they were in the 1500s using only the finest ingredients and perhaps most importantly, genuine San Marzano tomatoes imported from Italy. The removal of these red jewels from the vine usually happens in the evening as the sun is setting by ‘contadini’—a well-seasoned, older generation of Italian farmers. So, from our family to yours, buon apetito! 

~Antonio Suppa