Susan Requena grew up with a love of ravioli and Sunday family dinners at her grandmother's house. "That's what my Italian heritage revolves around. Sunday dinners. Sunday. Two o'clock at Nana's house," Requena said with a smile. "Your meatballs, your sauce, your Antipasto. Those are the things I decided to carry and wanted to pass on. Because that's my heritage and I want to pass that on to other people."
Requena desire to keep her family traditions alive and share them with others, is the reason she recently opened up Penne From Heaven at the Farmstead Farmers Market in Grantville. Originally from New Jersey, Requena moved to Pennsylvania 14 years ago. To satisfy her need for good Italian food she would drive back to New Jersey to stock up.
