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Cooking from the Italians of Newark, New Jersey An Ethnic Experience (Paperback)
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Cooking from the Italians of Newark, New Jersey An Ethnic Experience (Paperback)
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Newark, New Jersey was a thriving Italian American community with
ties to southern Italy and Sicily, with waves of immigrants coming
from 1870 -1950. According to New Jersey census data from 2000
Italian Americans are the largest ethnic group in the state. There
are two million citizens in the state that claim Italian descent.
Many of these residents have ancestors who lived in Newark's First
Ward. The purpose of writing this book is both biographical and
cultural and also the need to preserve recipes as a link to the
history of a neighborhood that vanished five decades ago. Many
recipes have been verbally passed down and the primary focus of the
book is to preserve them for future generations. Although, the book
is original to a specific geographical area the peasant food
described in the recipes has become very popular in upscale Italian
restaurants. The food is healthy and delicious. The "old
neighborhood" was teaming with specialty shops including grocery
stores, cheese shops, bread stores, bakeries, meat markets, a
chicken market, and colorful peddlers. There was a pizza parlor
that always used linen tablecloths and napkins. Every house had a
"stoop" (colloquial name for small front porch) and on every
"stoop" was a favorite chair often carried down several flights of
stairs and a Nona or Zia would be seated watching over the
neighborhood. These immigrants took great pride in their homes and
community and knew everyone on the block and provided an informal
but effective "neighborhood watch." When they were not sitting on
the "stoop" they could be seen sweeping the sidewalks. One ritual
that has faded from the experience of Italian Americans is Sunday
Dinner with "Sunday Gravy." It was a time when families sat and ate
at a leisurely pace with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
gathered in one home. It is hoped that COOKING FROM THE ITALIANS OF
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - AN ETHNIC EXPERIENCE will provide each reader
with the collective memories of sitting at the table with family.
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