San Gennaro Is A Gastronomic Celebration of Immigrant Foods
By Ian MacAllen
Thursday, September 10th, 2026 | 321 views
New York City’s San Gennaro celebrates 100 years this year. Here’s a look back at the history of the festival.
New York City’s San Gennaro celebrates 100 years this year. Here’s a look back at the history of the festival.
Fettuccine Alfredo is a classic pasta dish invented in Rome, yet many Italians today will deny Alfredo sauce even exists in their country. That’s probably because Americanized Alfredo sauce became far more than a condiment to fresh egg noodle pasta.
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The Ferrero company built a confectionary empire on Nutella spread, now ubiquitous around the world. But as far as chocolate treats, Nutella is a relatively recent invention created decades after competitors like Cadbury, Hershey, and Nestle. So how did this nutty spread go from odd ethnic condiment to household staple?
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Historian Luca Cesari is an expert on Italian food. In his new book, The History of Pizza, he explores the origins of this iconic Neapolitan dish, looks at the migration of pizza to the United States, and the evolution of the dish from working-class flatbread into global sensation. I caught up with him earlier this month to talk about the book.
Summer tastes like Italian Ice. The sweet cold treat was introduced to American cities with Italian immigrant enclaves in the early 20th century. Those early vendors launched the Italian Ice industry from pushcarts selling penny licks before eventually growing a multi-million dollar industry.
The feast of San Gennaro once hosted competitive eating contests for cannoli, meatballs, pizza, and zeppole, but then in 2023 all that changed. Here’s a look back at the history eating contests at the Feast.
Marcella Hazan changed the way Americans cooked and thought about Italian cuisine. Now filmmaker Peter Miller has made a documentary about her life. We had a chance to speak to him about the making of the film, Marcella’s philosophy, and cooking Italian food.
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