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By Donald Eng   Get ready for some Italian food, rides, games and live entertainment at the 25th annual St. Jude Italian Festival. The Monroe summer tradition takes place this year Wednesday, Aug. 26, through Saturday, Aug. 29, at the church grounds located on Route 111 near the intersection of Route 110.   Over the years the festival...

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by Sarah Griesemer   J. Emanuel Chocolatier in Chester welcomes guest Giovanni Borreca, owner of Il Nudo Napoletano confection shop in Avellino, Italy, for an afternoon of free chocolate demonstrations and tastings from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at 461B Main Street in Chester. Borreca will discuss the Italian process of making choc...

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Personal preference and availability are strong influencers of which ethnic cuisines consumers tend to eat, but another factor also plays a role – ancestry. "Many Americans trace their family history – whether established for generations or more recently rooted – beyond U.S. borders," said Annika Stensson, director of research communications f...

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by Valentina Zannoni   The old world boasts some of the most famous and prolific wine regions spreading from the world renowned Champagne in France to the equally famous Chianti in Tuscany. It is however no surprise that the so called new world has caught onto wine making, with flare and inventiveness, producing a variety of exciting tipples...

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As part of a 10-City dinner series to promote America's flowers, Jason Kendall, owner of Kendall Farms in Fallbrook, will host a Field to Vase Dinner in their flower field. Guests will enjoy a private tour of the farm and a family-style meal by a surprise guest chef. 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, $175 per person, Kendall Farms, 1675 Taza Road, Fal...

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Today I am honored to welcome to San Francisco the President of Emilia Romagna Stefano Bonaccini who is arriving with a large business delegation that has a strong focus on agro-tech as well as other industries. Over the course of the delegation's visit for the next ten days, ten Emilia-Romagna start-ups, of which five belonging to the food sector,...

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Just in time for the holidays, a new Sarasota company is bringing the taste, tradition and style of Italy to America with a new website focused entirely on fresh-baked amaretti, the Mediterranean country's trademark cookie.   Mia Bella opened its virtual doors in October, offering six amaretti cookie varieties baked to order daily and using...

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Italian startup Veve, a food-focused startup that wowed crowds at the Expo Milano 2015, has developed an ultra efficient system for the growth of vegetables in vertical rows that uses aeroponics technology. The technology allows 200 plants to be cultivated in one square meter, the equivalent of a traditional vegetable garden that is 20 square meter...

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  WTI Magazine #80    2016 June 17Author : Elda Buonanno Foley      Translation by:   In one of my last lessons of the school year, I encountered a very interesting dilemma: is "Pasta Asciutta" better than "Risotto"? While discussing with my students the qualities of one dish compared to the other, I realized that there were a lot of misundersta...

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by Sara Norris   Did you know Little Italy is not strictly a community for Sicilians of smallish stature? Well, even if you did, you may not know it like you think you know it, which is why we're giving you the lowdown on everything from how to eat like you have an Italian grandmother to where to go when you need a drink at 6am...   R...

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