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Exclusive | 20-hour days, thousands of sandwiches made — the blood, sweat and tears it takes to put on the century-old San Gennaro Feast

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Exclusive | 20-hour days, thousands of sandwiches made — the blood, sweat and tears it takes to put on the century-old San Gennaro Feast

People wait all year for the Feast of San Gennaro. Vendors pay thousands of dollars for the chance to be there. And then, almost overnight, Little Italy comes alive. Food stands spring up along 11 blocks, the smell of sausage and peppers fills the air, music spills into the streets and an estimated million people … Read more

Exclusive | Feast on these beloved San Gennaro classics —  some of them around even longer than the 98-year-old festival

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Exclusive | Feast on these beloved San Gennaro classics —  some of them around even longer than the 98-year-old festival

Mamma mia!  For nearly a century, New York’s San Gennaro Feast has packed the streets of Little Italy with riotous revelers, sizzling sausage and plenty of cannoli and music to spare every September. What began in Naples, Italy, as a tribute to the eponymous Patron Saint of the southern Italian city was subsequently launched in … Read more