Each year, the Italian American Women of Staten Island join together for a four-course fall harvest dinner — with all the trimmings — created especially for the organization by Stefano Sena, executive chef of Bocelli Ristorante. The highly anticipated cooking demonstration serves as a way for members to gather together to offer thanks, exchange ideas, and share thoughts and beliefs regarding their much-cherished heritage, and even elaborate on some new perspectives.
Chef Sena focuses on a different region of Italy each year and shares knowledge through photographs, recipes, wine native to the area, and with musical entertainment. And once again, what better way to celebrate all things Italian than to eat, drink, be merry — and celebrate all the good works performed by members of The Italian-American Women of Staten Island?
