Saint Anthony’s Festival Celebrates Abruzzo

Chef Giovanni Aiello of the Abruzzo Café puts the finishing touches on a Caprese Salad during the Saint Anthony’s festival in Wilmington (Photo courtesy of the News Journal) All winter, parishioners of Saint Anthony’s Church in Wilmington’s Little Italy toil to prepare for this week’s celebration of the church’s patron, Saint Anthony of Padua. They churn out and freeze thousands of gallons of pasta sauce, tons of meatballs and oodles of cannoli shells. And then for a week they serve throngs of visitors these dishes plus plates of broccoli rabe.sauteed in oil with garlic, salt and a little bit of... Read more →