Enrico Ugolini and his twin sister, Pierina, were born in 1946 to Angelo and Annunziatina Renucci Ugolini. The family home, situated on 14 acres of land in Sant’Anna Pelago, was divided into three units and shared by three families. Ugolini’s mother’s family lived in Barga.
Ugolini lived with his immediate family, paternal grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins all under the same roof and benefited from many good cooks. He especially liked zuppa inglese, a custard dessert. “They all made cookies filled with figs, strawberries, whatever they could find,” Ugolini says. “Everybody made the tortellini or tortellacci.”
