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Esli Molina, 37, worked at pizzerias in Norwalk and Greenwich in his 20s, learning the business in hopes of owning his own restaurant one day. Thirteen years later, he opened Nonna’s Pizza & Pasta at 140 Main St. in Monroe, next to Chuck’s Corner. “I always wanted to have my own place,” Molina said during the grand opening celebration Wednesday aft...

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We are in the mid-1980s, a time when American cultural influence in Italy, which had been expanding over the previous decades, was becoming increasingly pervasive. From TV to cinema, from sports to music, and more generally in daily life: the spread of new technologies was making the crossing of the Atlantic much faster for various products and cus...

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Luck? Perhaps. Fate? Maybe. More like divine intervention — at least for Don Landolphi. “I was watching a baseball team practice back in ’06 or ’07 while I was in Italy, coaching the top Italian team,” the Hall of Fame former baseball coach at Brooklyn College told the Brooklyn Eagle last week. “I realized,” he continued, “the gentleman instructing...

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Italian actress Isabella Rossellini will receive the European Achievement in World Cinema award, a lifetime achievement honor, at this year’s European Film Awards. The Italian-American star, daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, was a successful fashion model — famously for French cosmetics brand L...

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A new Italian restaurant will soon open its doors in Easton. Bar Italia will open to the public in 2025 and will be located across from the newly opened Cameron Mitchell restaurant, Del Mar Columbus. The grand opening was announced Monday by restaurant group NCR Ventures. “We want this restaurant to feel like an authentic, beautiful Italian restau...

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Truffle hunting is an ancient tradition rooted in Roman times, when the Romans regarded truffles as a delicacy, and attributed their mysterious growth to divine forces. While truffles have been prized for millennia, the formal tradition of truffle hunting as we know it today likely began in the Middle Ages.  Truffles are a type of subterranean fung...

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Longtime Delaware County journalist Peg DeGrassa will accept the Athena Leadership Award at the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Luncheon on Oct. 9 at the Llanerch Country Club on West Chester Pike in Havertown, Pa. DeGrassa is the editor of Town Talk Newspapers and The News and Press of Delaware County, and a reporter for The Delawar...

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First things first: “Parmigiano Reggiano” cheese is not the same thing as “Parmesan.” Except when it is. This may sound like a riddle, but it’s not—and the distinction will be clear by the time you finish reading this deep dive into everything you’ve ever wanted to know (and hadn’t thought to ask) about Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. That includes sev...

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Cooking is an undisputed way to connect to loved ones, but for Filippo Cortivo and the rest of his family, self-publishing a new cookbook meant preserving the memory and traditions of their mother: one of Melrose Avenue’s more recognizable Italian chefs for nearly a decade. Loredana “Mamma” Cecchinato, the matriarch and namesake of Larchmont’s Oste...

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Italian food exports continued their upward trajectory in the first seven months of 2024, surpassing previous records and building on the €64 billion achieved at the close of 2023. According to a recent report by Coldiretti, the Italian farmers’ association, exports of Italian food and beverages to the U.S. surged by 30%. Other key markets also saw...

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Samuel Aldegheri made history this season becoming the first Italian bord, raised and developed pitcher to play in the big leagues. For that, he will be recognized as a 2024 Italian American Baseball Foundation Future Star Award honoree.Aldegheri, who hails from Verona, Italy, debuted with the Los Angeles Angels in September and is a model for Ital...

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Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) and the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch an innovative travel program for NIAF members visiting Italy. This strategic partnership aligns with the Year of Italian Roots in the World and the upcoming Jubilee 2025 in Rome. The agreement aims to: Promote new tr...

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