Mining family comedy terrain on a latitude close to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" but with a coming-out angle replacing the cross-cultural dilemma, "Mambo Italiano" is far more intent on skewering ethnic ...

Fourteen years ago, Salvatore and Briana Cardone were living paycheck to paycheck when they won $40,000 on a scratch-off lottery ticket. That could only mean one thing to the self-taught culinary ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When the waitress starts an entrée’s description with a very animated, “My family’s Sicilian, and when I tasted it, I demanded, ‘Who do you know?‘” you ...

You've heard of pie-eating, hot dog-eating and maybe even pizza-eating contests, but cannoli? At Mambo Italiano in Colts Neck, yes! The Italian sandwich shop and cafe will host a cannoli-eating ...

The lasagna at Mambo Italiano in Irvington is not your average pasta dish. Made using a recipe from Bologna, it's simple and light with only one cheese, thin noodles and a Béchamel sauce ‒ and is the ...

Next time you find yourself hungry and in Colts Neck, make your way to The Orchards plaza. The strip mall at routes 34 and 537 has bagels, coffee, pizza, Spanish cuisine, Mexican food, ice cream — and ...

What Mambo Italiano lacks is its spiritual predecessor’s often condescending illusions about the irresistibility of a close-knit, culturally isolated community: The film takes a refreshing, slightly ...