“Having built our own kitchen, and having a home here, and after seven years now, I feel really like I’ve become a little bit of an Italian mama, too, in the kitchen. I didn’t have the same confidence back in 2018-19. I always told my husband, ‘I’m too French,’” she says with a laugh. “And I guess it comes with time and getting to know Italians and knowing your pasta well — and friendship. It feels so good to know the guys at the market and at the greengrocer, at the cheese store. When they know you, it kind of feels, ‘OK, I feel accepted here. I feel a bit Italian.’”