Category Archives: Rocco Verrigni

Dinner with The Doc & The Rock

Posted on September 1, 2010 by John Sconzo

        

Join us for a Private Fundraising Dinner & Screening

THE LAST CROP
A new film-in-progress by Chuck Schultz and David A. Ranghelli

Date and Time: September 10th     6:30-11PM
Location:  175 Fuller Road Queensbury, N.Y. 12804                            
Watch the trailer:

The Last Crop new 3 [...]

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Taste of the Week – January 24th-30th: Rocky’s Lasagna

Posted on January 31, 2010 by John Sconzo

Sometimes I think it is a lot easier for non Italian-Americans to appreciate lasagna. For Italian-Americans lasagna is very, very personal, perhaps more so than for any other Italian-American dish. While I can like a lasagna other than [...]

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Ramblings in Italy – Looking Back

Posted on July 25, 2009 by John Sconzo

Ramblings in
Italy

Looking Back
Ringraziarla
a tutto
Thanks to Everyone 
by Rocco Verrigni

After a trip with so many highpoints,
it’s difficult to begin to thank those who made it such a wonderful
and productive trip. But try I must. Everywhere I went I was greeted
with enthusiasm, [...]

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Ramblings in Italy – Region of Parma

Posted on July 11, 2009 by John Sconzo

Ramblings in
Italy – Region of Parma

June 15, 2009

Visit to Antica
Corte Pallavicina and Dinner at Al Cavallino Bianco
 by Rocco Verrigni

 Culatelli
On the banks of the Po River
in the region of Parma, in Polesine Parmense, lies Antica Corte Pallavicina
Relais, a restored 14th century [...]

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Ramblings in Italy – Puglia – A Day with Peppe

Posted on July 8, 2009 by John Sconzo

June 22, 2009A Day with PeppeWhat Could be Better?by Rocco Verrigni

It’s not often one gets the chance to spent an entire day with a celebrated chef, teacher, entrepreneur, and newly-made friend and colleague. I had that chance today. The [...]

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Ramblings in Italy – Alla Caseificio and Salumificio in Puglia

Posted on July 6, 2009 by John Sconzo

June 23, 2009Alla Caseificio and Salumificioby Rocco Verrigni

I arose early and was picked up by Baggio, a employee of Peppe’s, who drove me a few kilometers away to spend the morning at Cooperativa Agricola Caseificio and Salumificio Allevatori Orsara, [...]

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Ramblings in Italy – Abruzzo – The Last Supper

Posted on July 3, 2009 by John Sconzo

June 18, 2009Last Supper and Arrivaderci to Luigi and Graziaby Rocco Verrigni
My day of just walking around Roseto and sitting at the beach for awhile was punctuated with lunch and dinner with my adopted family. There was the standard [...]

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Ramblings From Italy – Verrigni Pasta

Posted on July 2, 2009 by John Sconzo

June 17, 2009A vicino  Roseto degli Abruzzi

Touching my Pastby Rocco Verrigni
After a trip that has taken me almost 5000 miles, and that had it’s conception almost 3 years ago, I sat in a gated parking lot looking at a [...]

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Ramblings in Italy – Puglia – Via Paradiso

Posted on June 27, 2009 by John Sconzo

I Have Been to Paradise – At Peppe Zullo’sVia Paridisoby Rocco Verrigni
My first full day in Puglia continues the familiar theme set from the beginning of my trip; that is a day full of great food, conversation and conviviality. I [...]

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Ramblings From Italy – Pesca in Parma

Posted on June 18, 2009 by John Sconzo

Photo by John M. Sconzo, M.D. of Frog Hollow Peaches

June 16, 2009A Park in Parmaby Rocco VerrigniPescaHow You Know When a Peach is a Peach
While sitting in a small park in Parma on a very hot late spring [...]

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