Camille’s Cooking: Irish Soda Bread
BY CAMILLE ORRICHIO LOCCISANO
As a little girl, I attended St. Patrick’s Elementary School in Brooklyn. There I was with my olive complexion, pitch black hair, dark eyes and a very Italian name. This meant that I couldn’t fake being Irish every month of March even if I were so inclined. However, March rolled along every year, and my family enjoyed the St. Patrick’s Day season along with our many Irish friends.
My Aunt Pauline would cook up huge pots of corned beef and cabbage. In salute to our Italian heritage and in honor of the fact that St. Patrick was a Roman, she also prepared green spinach pasta. I always thought that was a stroke of genius on my aunt’s part.