Italian-American Herald - August 2024

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Chef Jacquie Kelly parlays her cooking expertise into culinary tourism
By Ken Mammarella
Jacquie Peccina Kelly grew up in South Philadelphia, Bologna and Abruzzo, and that’s why she’s said that she’s “been spoiled with good food since birth, between my mother’s Abruzzese cooking and my father’s Bolognese cooking. I knew really good food at a very, very young age.”
Yet she was 21 before she tried “real cooking,” 26 before she was serious. Maybe the delay was because her mother didn’t let her kids in the kitchen. “We could smell it. We could eat it. We had to clean up.” When dating her now-husband, Kevin, she realized he ate only sandwiches and pizza. So she started to cook “healthy and light” for him, also influenced by (gasp!) French styles.
After her first career in real estate development, she went whole hog into a culinary career, training at the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College after they married and next running catering companies
See JACQUIE KELLY - page 7
Horse races unlike any other
Crowds of over 40,000 cram a medieval square in Siena for the wild contests
The Palio di Siena is considered the world’s oldest continually held sporting event. | WIKIMEDIA
By Jeanne Cannavo
This month in Italy marks the celebration of Ferragosto, or Assumption Day, on Aug. 15. The term Ferragosto comes from the Latin Feriae Augusti meaning Augustus’ rest which was a celebration introduced by the emperor Augustus in 18 B.C. with ties to an existing festival celebrating the conclusion of the harvest.
During these ancient celebrations, horse races were organized across the Empire,
and beasts of burden were released from their work duties and decorated with flowers. Such ancient traditions are still alive today. They remain virtually unchanged
in their form and level of participation as is exemplified during two historical horse races which take place respectively on July
2 and then again on Aug. 16 in the city of Siena.
The first is called the Palio di Provenzano, in honor of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena. The second race is known as the Palio dell’Assunta, better known as the
See PALIO DI SIENA - page 4
The Italians of long-ago Hammonton
Government report from 1907 details their lives and labors
By Joe Quartullo
Although most Italian immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries settled in the nation’s large cities to meet the demands of industry, many others had a different experience, settling in rural areas to work in mines and quarries, build railroads and to farm. Each of these experiences were
likely unique due to differences in time, industry and geographic location. However, the desire to find sustainable work and
the desire to escape from a life of poverty were common. It’s likely that regardless
of industry and location, many first- generation Italian immigrants shared similar
See HAMMONTON - page 8
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