Growing up in the kitchen at Ken’s Steak House, Michael Hanna learned to cook with his Italian grandparents’ passion for herbs and spices and his mother’s insistence on “doing everything just right.”

The son of the late Kenneth Hanna who founded the landmark Rte. 9 restaurant, he recalled learning to cook eggs and bread from his grandfather Peter Bacigalupo who shared secrets he’d learned growing up in Genoa, Italy.

And he still remembers his late mother Florence (Bacigalupo) Hanna “always tore the lettuce and never cut it” when making her famous salads.

“For Mom, cooking and preparing food always involved lots of love,” said Hanna from his home in Sarasota, Fla. “Her salad dressings were so good customers used to order two salads.”

Digging deep into memories of cooking in MetroWest and Italy, Hanna has written and published his first book of recipes, “3 Dozen Reasons To Be An Italian Cookbook.”

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