Janelle Randazza

Massachusetts

Gloucester Family’s Annual Winemaking Tradition

My great-grandpa Guiseppe Frontierro made wine back in Sicily, and the tradition traveled with him to the wharves of Gloucester, Massachusetts. He employed his grandchildren to stomp the grapes right on the waterfront. It’s been said that he kept the spirits of the fishing fleet high with his wharf wine. After he died, the tradition […]

By Janelle Randazza

Magazine

Priscilla Hobbs | Popcorn Maker in Salem, Massachusetts

E.W. Hobbs has been a constant at Salem Willows Park since 1897. When Priscilla Hobbs was a child, she watched her father and grandfather pop their famous buttered Hobbs popcorn on the same century-old equipment that she and her brother Charlie use today. “I tell my grandkids to start learning those machines,” Priscilla says. “We […]

By Janelle Randazza

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