If you’ve followed along with the Jovial story through the years, you may have heard my mother’s stories about my childhood. Growing up, the kitchen was the most important room in our house. It was this way for my parents, just as it has been for their parents, and for generations before them. Just as I’m sure is true for so many of you and your families.

Drawing from their Italian roots, my parents instilled my sister and I with a passion for real food and simple, quality ingredients. They believed in feeding our family only the best, purest, and most nutritious foods—and they built Jovial foods to provide products for other families to do the same.

In all that time we spent cooking in the kitchen together, my family taught me so much about eating foods that are naturally delicious and good for us. They taught me that healthy food can be the most flavorful and that things taste better when eaten fresh and in season. I’ve grown up with this knowledge all my life, and now I would like to share it with you.

Each month, I’ll be creating and sharing a recipe inspired by simple, clean ingredients and the time honored traditions I’ve learned growing up in Italy. I hope you’ll join me in cooking these recipes, and on the next step in this journey of our company, because—as my mother told my sister and I—on the other side of every challenge in life lies something beautiful and unexpected.

Love, Giulia