In the early 1900s, motion pictures were silent, alcohol was illegal, and the Model T was the ultimate in automotive design. Rose Pasnello, an industrious Italian immigrant, was cooking for her husband, Frank, and his fellow lumbermen who were clearing a railroad path through the woodlands near Sonestown, just north of Williamsport, PA.

By the late 20th century, the movies had long since found their voice, Prohibition had become history, the automobile's face had changed substantially from Henry Ford's day. But the Pasnello's legacy of hard work and good food (carried on by their great-grandchildren, Alfredo, Maria, Francis and Roseanne Daniele) is evident in the busy kitchen of Franco's Lounge, 12 West Fourth Street, just off Market Street in downtown Williamsport.