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Saturday, March 22, 2025. 8:30am Registration and Continental Breakfast & (Lunch Included). Rutgers College Avenue Student Center, College Ave Student Center 126 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ. Free tickets are available now! For more information and to reserve your spot, visit https://bit.ly/42pZSAN  The New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission (N...

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Imagine opening a jar of Nutella, harvested from hazelnuts grown in the Garden State. That’s an ultimate vision of Rutgers University researchers working with a $170,000 research grant from Ferrero Group. The Italian-based company, which also owns Ferrero Rocher, announced the funds in November to be disbursed over a four-year span. That was in add...

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For six years, Mangia Toscano has been a cornerstone of the Metuchen dining scene, offering traditional Tuscan fare devoid of the Italian-American eats that permeate many New Jersey restaurants. And now, co-owners and Florence, Italy, natives Alberto Buglione and Ivan Guarducci are taking their culinary prowess across Middlesex County. In February,...

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When Pascal, of Cranford, and co-owner Francis Schott of Jersey City built their first restaurant, Stage Left, in 1992 after years of working in local eateries, they frequented New York City restaurant auctions, including some in Brooklyn, to outfit their new steak restaurant since they were “as poor as can be,” Pascal said.. “If I’m in Brooklyn, m...

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by Cheryl Makin   It was to Mancini Pizza that Jax headed, straight from the airport the day after the "American Idol" finale. Missing her favorite pizza, Jax and her family had dinner together that night. Less than a week later, on May 19, an early-morning fire shuttered Mancini Pizza.   The news spread fast on social media with...

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Conference on digital projects directed by Prof. Massimo Riva (Brown University), about the Decameron Web (Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio), the Project Pico (a few masterpieces by Giovanni Pico – Mirandola) and the Panorama Garibaldi May 3, 2013New BrunswickRutgers University conference starting at 4.30 pm

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By Iris Wiener   I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti gives new meaning to the term "dinner theater," as audiences at George Street Playhouse can now enjoy a comical, heartfelt, one-woman show while being served a meal made right in front of them — by the star herself. Antoinette LaVecchia (Broadway's recent A View From the Bridge) prepares a t...

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Presented by actor Danny Aiello, "The Italian Chicks" opens its East Coast tour on May 31 at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick. It is a one-night-only comedy and song event that kicks off the group's tour. "The Italian Chicks" is a two-hour comedy revue variety show with a focus on family, traditions and culture.   Keeping th...

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The New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commission and the Consulate of Italy in Newark, N.J., present the 10th Annual Congress highlighting Italian Achievements in Medicine, Science and Technology on Nov. 2 at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, N.J., with keynote speaker Comm. Fabrizio Michelassi, M.D.; 8:15-9 a.m. Continental Brea...

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On Friday, May 2, 7:00 p.m., the Frog and the Peach, 29 Dennis Street at Hiram Square, New Brunswick, New Jersey, will host a special Italian wine dinner featuring the extraordinary vintages of Dalla Terra Imports. Dalla Terra is the importer for many of the best Italian wines available in the United States. Amelia DiMarco, US Import Director, wil...

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