NEWS OBITUARIES; Frieda Cossetta left mark on St. Paul eatery; The German wife of an Italian grocer got her potato salad on the menu and her own day of honor in St. Paul.(NEWS)(Obituary)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: April 10, 2008| Author: Cohen, Ben | Copyright information

Byline: BEN COHEN; STAFF WRITER

Frieda Cossetta started working in her family's Italian food business at 79, tossing pizzas and contributing the potato salad recipe still used at the St. Paul landmark.

Cossetta died Monday at her St. Paul home; she was 98.

While mainly a homemaker and a good cook, she had a hand in the business at the Cossetta Italian Market and Pizzeria in St. Paul.

Cossetta was born in Belgard, Germany, migrating with h...

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