We love the Year & Day Core Set, which includes 16 pieces for four place settings with plates, side plates, low bowls, and regular bowls.

When they moved to Philadelphia, it was my grandmother, my grandfather, my great grandmother, and my great aunt.I found out much, much, much later that my great-grandfather was alive until the seventies or eighties, when I thought my great-grandmother was widowed.

Instead, she just left his sorry ass.It was really us keeping that culture alive in our kitchens and in our home.. Who did the cooking in your home?.Both of my parents shared it, because my father was a really good cook and had worked in restaurants.

When we were growing up, he made his living working for the Navy Yard, but he often had restaurant jobs, and he had concessions at a local bar where he would do food on the weekends.He usually cooked for holidays and on Sundays, because my mother played the piano at church.

Day-to-day cooking was usually my mother until when I was about 11 or 12.

My mother went back to work and then Leigh and I cooked during the week.. For most things that I learned to cook, if somebody showed me how, it was my father.Spread a small spoonful of the chive mayonnaise on each square and top with a scant 1/4 cup of the crab salad, spreading it to the edge of the square.

Repeat the layering with another pasta square, another spoonful of mayonnaise and another scant 1/4 cup of the crab salad.Top with the final pasta square and a small dollop of chive mayonnaise.

Garnish with a pinch of grated lemon zest, a pinch of chives and a sprinkle of pepper and serve.. Notes.Refrigerate any leftover chive mayonnaise for later use..