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Italy is the gift that keeps on giving to gastronomes worldwide. Along with the evergreen staples, there seems to be an endless parade of products or plates that are discovered in Italy and brought abroad not as fads but as additions to the existing cannon. A new present for American palates is a succulent cylinder of pork known as porchetta that i...

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Parsippany can boast of having several outstanding Italian restaurants. Notable among them, the extremely popular, Zagat rated Eccola Italian Bistro. Situated in a small strip mall located right off Route 46 west, nestled between a bank and an Indian Market, Eccola has been in business since 1990, making it a staple among the area’s finer restauran...

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A new pizzeria has taken over the old La Côte space in Jersey City! Tino’s Artisan Pizza Co. has officially opened at 199 Warren Street in the historic Paulus Hook, following the French-themed eatery’s closure earlier this year. This location is Tino’s fourth location. The other three are situated in North Kingston, Ocean Grove, and Madison, NJ. It...

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From unfailing crowd favorites like cannolis to the unpronounceable sfogliatelle, Italian cuisine includes some of the most infamous sweet treats. New Jersey is home to millions of Italians, including my family, and we take our food seriously. Dessert is no exception, especially around the holidays. But not all treats are created equal. While there...

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Plainfields' UNICO President Bob Bengivenga (Right) and New Jersey District X Governor Anthony Bengivenga (Left) send their virtual greeting to the regional volunteer firefighters in Bergamo province in Italy known as the "Vigili Del Fuoco Isole Bergamasca", whose commander is Luigi Mandelli.   Twelve years ago in December 2008, UNICO officers  Bob...

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In December the Amerigo Vespucci Society (AVS) of Long Branch New Jersey donated Christmas theme coloring books to two parochial schools. AVS board member Frank Devito funded the effort and noted, "Christmas is a special time of the year; we wanted to give the local children something creative to take their minds off of Covid." The project was a co...

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Italian Professor Teresa Fiore, the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, World Languages and Cultures, was one of 21 professors nationwide to receive a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Award for Faculty. On December 16, 2020, the NEH announced a total of $32.8 million in various types of grants, including the faculty aw...

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Sparta UNICO is proud to announce partial scholarship awards to three well-deserved Sussex County students who graduated in June, 2020. Timothy Spatola from Franklin graduated from Pope John in the spring and is currently attending DeSales University where he is pursuing a degree in history and political science. Newton resident Kiara Marie Shadwel...

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Pina and Rudy came from Calabria, the toe of the Italian boot. On Lodi Street in Hackensack, they recreated the land they left behind in microcosm. Maria (Pina) Oliveri and Rudolfo (Rudy) Siclari had met as godparents at a baptism. They married in 1957, a peak year for post-war Italian migration, when some 39,000 Calabrians left that province. Shor...

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One of the staples for Italian people in New Jersey, along with macaroni on the Thanksgiving table (don't start), is to celebrate the "feast of the seven fishes" on Christmas Eve. The tradition's origins is unclear according to eataly.com. In fact, the article also says, "despite its popularity among Americans, many Italians do not even know about...

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