by Susan Stark

At this weekend's Little Italy Fest-West a celebration of "Old Neighborhood" style Italian cooking, culture and entertainment, the food will be as authentic as you can get. Ron Onesti of Arcada Entertainment is sponsoring the festival Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 18-21, in Addison's Centennial Park.

I spoke to Onesti of Arcada Entertainment in St. Charles, particularly because I had heard that he recently traveled to Italy for some of the ingredients for the festival. "I have a home in Tuscany, I wanted to expand upon some of the offerings," he said. Festivalgoers will enjoy parmesan cheese straight from Parma, Italy, as well as prosciutto from the factory where prosciutto is made, among other goodies.

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