The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City

Times Square, New York City, 1956. Photo by Angelo Rizzuto. Library of Congress.
01/29/2026

Times Square, New York City, 1956. Photo by Angelo Rizzuto. Library of Congress.

Parisi Bakery, 198 Mott Street, 1970. Photo by Eugene Vernon Harris.
01/25/2025

Parisi Bakery, 198 Mott Street, 1970. Photo by Eugene Vernon Harris.

Pizza 🍕 remained an exotic food for many New Yorkers as late as 1944
12/07/2024

Pizza 🍕 remained an exotic food for many New Yorkers as late as 1944

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07/22/2024

My friend LuLu Lolo found that I'm quoted in this article I❤NY

The growth of the Italian-American community in the South Village in the late 19th and early 20th centuries can often be traced through the rise of Italian restaurants in the neighborhood and their…

“New York, New York. Italian-Americans on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Italian grocery store owned by the Ronga bro...
03/07/2024

“New York, New York. Italian-Americans on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Italian grocery store owned by the Ronga brothers on Mulberry Street." Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. January, 1943.

03/09/2023
Nick and Joe’s Italian Spaghetti House, 215 E. 86th St., New York, NY (Jan. 1942)
04/22/2022

Nick and Joe’s Italian Spaghetti House, 215 E. 86th St., New York, NY (Jan. 1942)

1962 Menu at Amerigo’s, 3587 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx, NY
09/05/2021

1962 Menu at Amerigo’s, 3587 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx, NY

Interiors of Enrico and Paglieri Restaurant, W. 48th Street, New York, Designed by Futurist Artist Fortunato Depero (193...
11/23/2020

Interiors of Enrico and Paglieri Restaurant, W. 48th Street, New York, Designed by Futurist Artist Fortunato Depero (1930)

As discussed in The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City, p. 109-110
09/04/2020

As discussed in The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City, p. 109-110

Gangs and mafiosos have a long history with food crime.

08/28/2020
Benn Mitchell, “Times Square, New York City,” 1949
07/21/2020

Benn Mitchell, “Times Square, New York City,” 1949

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