Saucy

Grandma goodness,

ready-made.

When I was a little girl, Saturdays we made sauce.

My grandmother, Louise Zietta Pistoresi, wore a housecoat and slippers. I climbed up the step stool beside her. I did as I was told. It took all day.

As long as I can remember there was the sauce, and the sauce was always the same, like a bedtime story is always the same. Because an Italian sauce is a story – it tells where you come from. It tells who you are. Louise Pistoresi’s sauce told of Lucca, Italy, of Ellis Island, of the Depression, of grit, of family.

Now, this is my sauce. Let me tell you about working mothers, about not enough time, about blended family. Let me tell you about a Saturday, how it takes all day, and the step stool I have. Let me invite you to sit, to eat, and to enjoy. Buon appetito!

Kristin Flor Perret

My Italian grandmother Louise Zietta Pistoresi as a child in coal mining family in Black Diamond, WA
My Italian grandmother Louise Zietta Pistoresi as a young woman with her two friends
Wedding photo of my Italian grandmother Louise Zietta Pistoresi
My Italian grandmother Louise Flor, with me, a teen Kristin Flor
My Italian grandmother Louise (married name Flor) holding her grandson David and granddaughter Kristin Flor (me!)
Kristin Flor Perret holding two jars of homemade Italian Saucy: Bolognese and Marinara

“It’s so yummy, doesn’t need pasta or even to be heated — I like it straight from the jar!

Sandra D.

“After trying Saucy for the first time, we selfishly tried to hoard it for the adults. Date nights never tasted so good! Well, that didn’t last long. Our three boys LOVE Saucy and insist on having ‘the good sauce’ whenever they see me preparing pasta.”

Mele M.

“Sitting down to an amazing spaghetti dinner. That sauce is the best I’ve ever tasted.

Dean F.

Saucy is like a tingly sauce party in my mouth!… It’s like red sunshine in a jar, if the sun was meat…

…Or make something up and we’ll swear to it. Big, BIG fans.

Brad D. and Kai I.

Handmade card of four jars of Saucy in Warhol style
Handwritten thank you card

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Saucy founder Kristin Flor Perret selfie in Brooklyn, NY
Homemade and canned jars of original Saucy recipe -- Italian beef and pork Bolognese
Saucy mascot 'Sophia' -- Red Vespa parked at the market with sunflowers and other groceries
A backing sheet of homemade sundried tomatoes, used in Saucy when available
Happy toddler rolling out homemade pasta ahead of a Saucy dinner
Drying rack of homemade fresh spinach fettuccine, always a good base for Saucy
Pan of homemade Lasagna, with Saucy bolognese as a base (natch)
Saucy Gift Box with wine, dried Italian pasta and Saucy Marinara Olive and Caper Sauce