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After spending some time with his friends recounting old stories about what it was like to grow up in the '60s and witness all of the great historic events of the time, it inspired Mario Russo to release "Baby Boomer Rewind: Growing Up in the 60's" (published by Archway Publishing). Told through a series of amusing and entertaining stories, Russo,...

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Un ponte di musica. Itinerari dell’Opera italiana in America is a beautiful book edited by Claudio Orazi, now Superintendent of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa after having led some of Italy's most important opera houses: the Sferisterio in Macerata, the Arena in Verona, the Teatro Verdi in Trieste and the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari. The book is in...

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I give you thanks, Lord and King,I praise you, God my savior!I declare your name, refuge of my life,because you have ransomed my life from death;You held back my body from the pit,and delivered my foot from the power of Sheol. -Sirach 51: 1-2 It is 1961, and the author and essayist Pietro Di Donato is lying on a bed in a room at the Capuchin monast...

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It was an “el Dolce Vita” homecoming for local author and playwright Midge Guerrera who returned recently from Italy for a public reading and discussion of her new book, “Cars, Castles, Cows and Chaos” at Verve Bistro and Restaurant in Somerville.  The Hillsborough native spends part of the year in New Jersey and the remainder in the mountain villa...

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“The year was 1910 when my grandfather immigrated from Italy and joined a Hell’s Kitchen mob soon after,” writes Silano. “In 1925, he met an innocent girl from New Jersey who wrongly crossed a legendary block in midtown Manhattan and wound up outside a speakeasy. They would marry, but the Great Depression, Pearl Harbor, and the ensuing War would ch...

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Deep into a successful career in the exhilarating world of auditing, Italian American serial-achiever Michele Di Pietro decided she needed more out of life.  And so, at nearly double the age of most entrants, this life-long lover of the art of “feeding others” decided to head off to culinary school. Today, Michele is an entrepreneur, classically-tr...

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Join us Sunday, December 4th at 2pm at Watchung Booksellers (54 Fairfield Street in Montclair) as we celebrate the launch of Rossella Rago's newest book Cooking with Nonna: Sunday Dinners with La Famiglia, followed by an exclusive Q&A session with the author herself, book signing, and FREE food tasting from da Pepo in Montclair. RSVP Here. Host of...

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Italian cuisine, a favorite worldwide, is flavorsome, unpretentious and delicious food many want to master. As we traveled through Italy, we were struck by the depth of flavors and regional delicacies. From chefs, food experts and restaurateurs, we share our best italian cookbooks to bring the flavors of Italy to your home kitchen. These cookbooks...

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When my dear friend Julia Burke, mistress of the magnificent Ogilvie Farm in North Salem asked me to help her plan a soiree that would be part of the benefit series “Tables of Content” for the North Salem Free Library, I could not resist. Immediately, an evening based on my favorite novel “Il Gattopardo” — “The Leopard” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lamped...

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“Pasquale: Tales of a Brooklyn Grocer’s Son” by Peter M. Franzese has been released worldwide. This detailed, 414-page memoir tells the life story of Pasquale “Pat” Franzese, the author’s grandfather, through the memories he shared and wisdom he gained over ninety-two years of life. An exploration of family history, Italian-American culture, and ho...

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