Author: JONATHAN VARSANO

  • Alfons Varsano Shares his Adventures and an Amazing Photo

    95 year old Alfons Varsano has been married to Genny Varsano for 48 years. Alfons shares his international love and adventure story below: I asked her to marry me, at midnight, in a chalet in the Romanian mountains close to Poland. She is younger than me….maybe this is the secret for my longevity. We love…

  • Dror Varsano Contributes his Varsano Family’s History

    The following text has been incorporated into the Bulgaria and Israel Sections of the Varsano Family History Section: My father, Herzl Varsano, who passed away about a year ago at 86, was born in 1937 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He and his family came to Israel in 1949, they lived in a Maabara (new immigrants camp) near Pardes…

  • Fritas De Prasa and Masapan Added to Food Section

    Fritas De Prasa and Masapan Added to Food Section

    Dror Varsano suggested that Keftes or Fritas De Prasa (Leek Patties) and Masapan – Sephardic Marzipan were Varsano Family traditional foods served in Bulgaria and Israel. He shares memories of those delicious dishes. My mother served Fritas De Prasa at Rosh Hashanah and Pesach. The whole family would eagerly wait for the delicious fritters in…