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Carla Bartolucci

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  1. He tried. I mean, he really wanted to own his own business, but he had four children, and so he ended up just working for construction companies.

    2021-06-07 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Jovial Foods: Carla Bartolucci · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  2. I mean, there was basically in Italy people would choose a town that was similar to where they came from. And so a lot of people there lived came from this one area of Fano. It's called. And they actually developed a neighborhood that was called the fort. And on the other side of the town was kind of the nice beachy area where more wealthy people lived. And my father was able to buy a piece of land. On the nice side of town and build a house for us. So I grew up in a neighborhood with people, you know, who were better off than us.

    2021-06-07 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Jovial Foods: Carla Bartolucci · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  3. And, you know, my dad, he loved fishing, so he had a lobster boat and lobster pots. And we had a ping pong table in our basement. And I still remember that ping pong table being lined with trays of lobsters, stuffed lobsters that they would cook for our relatives. He also made wine in our cellar. We made wine and it was nice, you know, but at the same time, I was growing up in America. And so Think when my grandparents immigrated, they didn't want to be Italian. They wanted to be American. So they tried to lose their accent, but they held on to these food traditions

    2021-06-07 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Jovial Foods: Carla Bartolucci · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  4. Food was really important to my family. Both my mother and father were really, really good cooks. My mother, she was just effortless in the kitchen. I never can remember one bad meal, maybe one, but she would also make vegetables really good. She knew how to clean artichokes and cook them with parsley and garlic and a little white wine so that when you ate them, they just melted in your mouth. As a kid, I would just walk by this huge bowl of artichokes and just plop them in my mouth. They were so good. She made fresh ravioli, gnocchi, tayatele, with all kinds of sauces, and you know, my dad, he was a great cook too. He didn't cook that often, but he would make cabbage and bean soup. I had never be able to, I've tried. I can't replicate the flavor

    2021-06-07 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Jovial Foods: Carla Bartolucci · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  5. Brother loaned me $85,000 and couldn't lose my brother's money. So I was in my office, this little office we had. I put two chairs together. I laid down. And I just said, please, I promise that I will be a good employer. I'll share my profits with my employees. I'll always do right by my customers. Just please help me not lose this money.

    2021-06-07 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Jovial Foods: Carla Bartolucci · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT