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In Italian, stuzzichino means a snack, or appetizer, or nibble. Assaggio, similarly, means a small amount of food or drink. From Italian to Spanish, both translate roughly to tapas, an Iberian food culture that pairs small servings of food with drink in a laid-back setting. It’s the kind of cuisine and vibe that Massimo Tabbacco and Miguel Angelo D...

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Polito’s New York Deli on Bayshore Boulevard in Port St. Lucie serves authentic upstate-style thick stacked deli sandwiches, knish and desserts. You might recognize Polito’s if you’ve ever stopped at Summer Crush Vineyard & Winery in Fort Pierce from 1 to 5 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon because the deli provides the food.Polito's has a handful of tabl...

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The Johnny's Italian Steakhouse experience now will be available down the tracks at the Abbey Station in Rock Island. Leadership from the Johnny's and its owner, Heart of America Group, joined Abbey Station co-owner Joe Lemon Jr. on Friday to announce the Moline restaurant now is the sole operator of events at the historic venue. Mike Whalen, found...

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Eating lunch in Italy's Bolgheri wine country, it is not hard to understand why the number of international visitors to this bucolic corner of Tuscany has doubled in five years. "People have always come in the summer for the beaches," says Riccardo Binda, cutting into a succulently tender slice of Florentine steak, grilled over embers. "Now we're g...

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Strategically located at the corner of Main and Broadway in downtown Nyack, Turiello’s Italian Restaurant has been in the village since 1980 under the ownership of Girolamo (Nino) Turiello. When asked where he lives, he says in the store, although his real home is in Brooklyn. Nino came to America in 1972 from Bari, Puglia in Italy. In Bari they ma...

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Friday, December 8, 2017 - from 6 PM to 9 PM EST. I Am Books - 189 North St, Boston (MA) 02113. THE LOFRISCO FAMILY COOKBOOK, HOW JOSIE BROUGHT SICILY TO BROOKLYN by Anthony LoFrisco, is part cookbook, part memoir. The author, son of Sicilian immigrants in the early 1900s, shares not only his mother's time-tested simple and delicious recipes, but h...

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Pasta is something a lot of us probably take for granted. We open those cardboard boxes or tear into plastic packing, drop some noodles into boiling water, and wait ten or so minutes for deliverance from hunger. There’s nothing wrong with dry pasta. It’s gotten us all through hunger pangs more times than we can probably count. But still… Fresh past...

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When I first traveled to Italy in the 1970s, everything was seasonal — it wasn’t a choice, it’s just how it was. Supermarkets didn’t exist, grocery stores were tiny, and although there were the beginnings of industrialized food, the old ways were still part of daily life. Ice cream was so seasonal that many gelaterie just closed down after the hord...

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Thu, December 7, 2017. 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST. Trattoria Giuseppe - 4799 West Chester Pike - Newtown Square, PA 19073. Filitalia Internationalin collaboration with the Delaware County Chapter Presents: 4th Annual "La Vigilia" Feast of the Seven Fishes Filitalia International Humanitarian Committee is proud to present the 12th Annual Christmas Seals...

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If there ever were a classic Staten Island restaurant, the Fauci family's La Fontana in Oakwood might fit that description. The Italian eatery has thrived since 1983, garnering a huge fan base primarily from its longevity, familiar faces among the service staff and its solid reputation for consistent (and delicious) food. Now, they're ready for the...

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