Viva la Dolce Vita

Twenty years ago in Ancaster Meadows, located in the historic village of Ancaster, Ontario, a group of neighbours developed a friendship that started off much like any other. The neighbours had children in the same school and on the same sports teams, and they attended the same church. Over the years, their friendship has grown stronger thanks to shared interests in good food, good wine, good conversation—and polenta.

The friends, who call themselves the Polenta Gang, came together in the mid-1990s. They were originally five couples, with a sixth joining in later. Altogether, the Polenta Gang includes Steve and Dora Boccadoro, Lou and Tina DiDomenico, Carl and Carla Galli, Leanne and Randy Osatchuk, Rito and Maria Rosati, and Lisa and Frank