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2025 Varsano Passover in California
2025 Varsano Passover Menu 1st Part Haggadah and Meal Matzah Sephardic Bulgarian HarosetAshkenazi HorosetFritas De Prasa (Leek Patties)Sautéed Rainbow ChardPotato Kugel PieApio (Braised Celery Root and Carrots)Smoked Steelhead Trout with Lemon & Oregano & Shallot Wine SauceSmoked Chicken with Mixed Herbs and Israeli Spices Dessert Erica’s Fresh Baked Macaroons (Plain and Chocolate Dipped)Honey Cake and…
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Spelling Variations of Varsano
The Varsano family name has various spelling variations that complicate genealogical research. The standard spelling of V-A-R-S-A-N-O sometimes changes depending on different countries language and pronunciation anomalies. Many times, the traditional family name is changed because an government or immigration official misheard or misread the name. New immigrants to the United States would often deliberately…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Alfons Varsano turns 95 years old
Alfons Varsano, currently living in Canada, may be the oldest Varsano man.