Mrs. Tom Grills with Proctor Gas

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Occupation	Residential and Commercial Propane & Hearth and Home Products
Location	Proctor, Vermont, United States
Introduction	I was knee high to a whippersnapper, or about the size of a footstool for those of you too young to remember what a whippersnapper is, when my mother opened a small Italian Restaurant in the living room of our home. The unmistakable intoxicating aromas and tastes were commonplace for the next 40 years. It was there throughout my childhood that I would develop a passion and yearning for great food, and the camaraderie we thought only attainable around a table of Mom's cooking. My mother Eleanora and Aunt Ester toiled daily at their labor of love. It was the late 50’s when they started and only at my mother's passing did it end some 40 years later. During that time she would become a local legend and mother to all who passed through her doors. Growing up we were different, oh yes, we were Italian! We thought different, spoke different, and most of all our food was different... it was part of our culture. The Restaurant (Casa Bianca) is gone now, the food will never be quite the same, but the joy, love and family seated around the table holds the same euphoric place in my heart as when my mother gathered us around our table and would inevitably say "eat this you'll feel better.”