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The Ferrari 812 GTS and Ferrari F8 Spider are some of the modern automotive world’s best offerings when it comes to Italian performance and driving pleasure, and they both add the unique and exhilarating top-down driving experience to high-performance engineering, unmatched style, and incomparable luxury. For those reasons, they are two cars that e...

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Ristorante LUCCA & Piano Lounge, the most talked-about new dining destination in Burlington and Mercer Counties, today announced it will open its doors and welcome guests for the first time on Monday, December 19. Lunch will be served from 12pm - 4pm; dinner will be served from 5pm - 11pm. Reservations by phone are required for dinner (609-262-0110...

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Ocean City's newest restaurant, CapoStrada, held its soft opening this past weekend, bringing Italian street food to the island. It's offering a "limited winter menu" for now, according to a post made by the restaurant on its Google listing. CapoStrada is located at 501 E. 9th St., where Katrina's previously sat. "CapoStrada is a unique dining e...

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Earlier this year, chef Giuseppe De Falco and his wife, Sandra, opened their first restaurant together in what was once the waiting room of Montclair’s Walnut Street train station. At Antica Stazione, De Falco’s recipes are inspired by his time in Avellino, Italy, where he went to culinary school and worked until coming to America six years ago. He...

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Bruno’s Italian Bake Shop is popular among Staten Islanders for its Italian and French baked goods. Garden State residents can enjoy Bruno’s, as well, with the opening of Bruno Italian Bake Shop and Gelateria in Freehold. The new bakery and soon-to-be gelato shop opened at 356 W. Main St. on Nov. 15. The gelato shop, which will be attached to the b...

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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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When Joe Tuzzio was 15 years old, a chef at his family's restaurant walked off the job. The teenager, who was 10 when his parents bought the former Silver Dollar Bar from his great-aunt and uncle in 1965, was sent into the kitchen. “I've been back there ever since,” said Tuzzio, now 67. “My mother was always in the kitchen, my father was always out...

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In the sport of cross-country running (XC), very few Italian Americans have made a mark. Indeed, looking down the list of this year's NCAA XC Men's Championship race, held in late November at Oklahoma University, very few Italian-American names appear. (This finding is based on identifiable surnames or other, personal sources.) The championship rac...

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The UNICO Rehoboth Area Chapter season opener on Oct. 20 featured author-member Richard Muti, who shared his research and lifelong interest in Frank Sinatra, with his publication “Cent’anni: The Sinatra Legend at 100.” Muti, a member who along with his wife Lorraine, transferred from a New Jersey UNICO Chapter and lives in Millsboro, has an impress...

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The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Chapter of UNICO, the Italian-American service organization, is dedicated to helping local students maximize their talent and potential through educational pursuits. In the 49 years since the chapter began, the organization has offered scholarships to graduating high school seniors. This year, the chapter will be offering...

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