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  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Young jewish man flirting with a girl attending the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Young jewish man flirting with a girl attending the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0985.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Jewish single man waiting the beginning of the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0754.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Entrance of the Havana Central Club. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080323_MG_1113.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080323_MG_1089.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080323_MG_1067.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080323_MG_1046.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Girls in the background dancing on the tables. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080323_MG_1029.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080323_MG_1005.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Young jewish man flirting with a girl attending the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0988.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Young jewish man flirting with a girl attending the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0987.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0975.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0964.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0935.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0894.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Mali Agami, from Croen Heights, and her friend Tzvib conversating at the party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0886.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0875-Edit.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Mali Agami, a woman from Crown Heights, Brooklyn at the party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0823.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0818.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0801.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Young Jewish people conversating at the bar. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0791.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). On the left Arielle Zand (25) conversating with Scott Chait (29), both living in the Upper West Side. On the right is Izzy Root (35), single man from Long Island. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0768-Edit.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Jacob, a young jeaish man, dressed as Jesus Christ. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0765.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Jewish single men waiting the beginning of the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0737.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Seth Galena (right( with his wife Hindy Poupko (center) and his mother Rita (left) at the entrance of the party before its start. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0710.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Seth Galena and his wife Hindy Poupko, who live in the upper west side, photographed by Seth's mother, Rita. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0680.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Rita Galena, mother of twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, before the beginning of the party. The Galena brothers organized the costume party and are the authors of bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0673.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A pizza is prepared at the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free. "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Fried polpette and polpettone (meetballs) are seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
    CIPG_20180912_CULBACK-TavernaBuongus...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giusy Aiese pours Sicilian Pasta in a dish at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
    CIPG_20180912_CULBACK-TavernaBuongus...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: (R-L) Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy, co-owners of the Taverna del Buongustaio, are seen here in the kitchen of the tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
    CIPG_20180912_CULBACK-TavernaBuongus...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Pasta with Genovese ragù is seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
    CIPG_20180912_CULBACK-TavernaBuongus...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Baccalà (fried codfish) with tomatoes, olives and cappers, is seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
<br />
Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
    CIPG_20180912_CULBACK-TavernaBuongus...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Customers are seen here having lunch at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
<br />
Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
    CIPG_20180912_CULBACK-TavernaBuongus...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Customers are seen here having lunch at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
<br />
Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
    CIPG_20180912_CULBACK-TavernaBuongus...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Spaghetti with tomatoes, olives and capers are seen at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
<br />
Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
    CIPG_20180912_CULBACK-TavernaBuongus...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: (L-R) A customer chats with Gaetano Aiese, co-owner of the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: (R-L) Giusy Aiese, her father Gaetano and a customer are seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Gilded, fried and stuffed anchovies are seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: A customer reacts to the spaghetti with seafood he's just received at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018. On the right is Gaetano Aiese, co-owner of the Taverna del Buongustaio.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giusy Aiese, co-owner of the Taverna del Buongustaio, is seen here as she brings a dish of spaghetti with seafood to a customer, in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: The pastiera napoletana is seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: The pastiera napoletana is seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Mussels and clams are cooked here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Customers are seen here having lunch at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: The entrance of the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: The entrance of the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: The entrance of the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Fried anchovies are seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Painted tiles with a panoramic view of Naples is seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Fried baccalà (salted codfish) is seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: A dish of parmigiana (fried eggplants, tomato sauce, basil and parmesan cheese) is seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Fried polpette and polpettone (meetballs) are seen here at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: A picture of Gaetano Aiese (left page, center), co-owner of the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, is seen here at the tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018:  A cartoon of Gaetano Aiese, owner of Taverna del Buongustaio, by the famous Neapolitan cartoonist Francesco del Vaglia, in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: The menu of the the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, with a cartoon of the owner Gaetano Aiese by the famous Neapolitan cartoonist Francesco del Vaglia, in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Exterior of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè    in Naples that claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century, in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A barista prepares espresso coffees at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A barista prepares espresso coffees at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Customers have espresso coffees at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A customer mixes the sugar in an espresso cofee at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.  The Storico Gran Caffè The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Espresso coffees are prepared at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A customer mixes the sugar in an espresso cofee at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.  The Storico Gran Caffè The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Baristas prepare and serve coffees for customers waiting at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A  "Suspended Pizza" logo on a paper tablecloth invites customers to contribute the cause, at the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Pizza makers are about to oven cook a pizza at the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Pizza makers are about to oven cook a pizza at the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A pizza is prepared at the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A young girl walks in a street of the Sanità district, a popular district home to the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas") in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee.  A  suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A blackboard, with the amount of "suspended pizzas" and the names of some of the donors, is here at the  entrance of the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi, in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A barista prepares espresso coffees at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Baristas prepare and serve espresso coffees at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A giant moka pot, where clients can leave the receipts of suspended coffees, is here at the entrance of the Storico Gran Caffè  Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A giant moka pot, where clients can leave the receipts of suspended coffees, is here at the entrance of the Storico Gran Caffè  Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.  The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Receipts of suspended coffees left by customers are are here inside a giant moka pot at the entrance of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 22 February 2014:  Italian Matteo Renzi receives the tradition bell from former Prime Minister Enrico Letta at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, February 22nd 2014.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 22 February 2014:  Italian Matteo Renzi receives the tradition bell from former Prime Minister Enrico Letta at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, February 22nd 2014.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giusy Aiese, co-owner of the Taverna del Buongustaio, is seen here cooking in the kitchen of the tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giusy Aiese, co-owner of the Taverna del Buongustaio, takes orders from customers, in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giusy Aiese, co-owner of the Taverna del Buongustaio, takes orders from customers, in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giusy Aiese prepares king prawns at the Taverna del Buongustaio, a tavern in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2018.<br />
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Taverna del Buongustaio was founded in the 1930s by wine producer of the province of Caserta. Gaetano Aiese and his daughter Giusy have been managing the tavern since 1996. Customers of the Taverna are professors of the nearby University, students, merchants and employees of via Toledo, the commercial street right around the corner. Giusy and her father Gaetano decided to invest in the traditional Neapolitan cuisine. “I learned cooking from my dad. And my dad learned cooking from his mother”, Giusy said.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Customers have espresso coffees at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A barista prepares espresso coffees at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A barista prepares espresso coffees at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: A "See No Evil" cameo dark ring is show here together with other cameos designed by master-carver and Amedeo Scognamiglio in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, poses for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7798.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Workstations are seen here in the laboratory of the "Francesco Degni" Artistic High School, founded in 1878 and historically known as the "Scuola del Corallo" (Coral School), in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Since 2009, the Artistic High School hosts the Museo del Corallo (Coral Museum).<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7594.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (R-L) Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, and his business partner and long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella, walk in the streets of their hometown Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7412.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Cameo carver Francesco Scognamiglio (46) carvs a cameo in his workshop in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016. Francesco Scognamiglio has been working as a carver since the age of 17 and has been working with Amedeo Scognamiglio since 2011.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7107.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Lost-wax casts of jewels are shown here in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_6959.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (L-R) Goldsmiths Luigi Paduano (31) and Franco Valvone (48) work in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_6780.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014:  barista serves espresso coffees  and water at Nea, a cafè  and art gallery that is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network) in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Pino De Stasio, owner of cafè Bar Settebello, shows a file folder containing the receipts of suspended coffees in his cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A banner of "La rete del caffè sospeso" (The suspended coffee network) hangs inside "Caffè Svelato", a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. Caffè Svelato is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network).<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (R-L) Business partners and founders of RFMAS Group Roberto Faraone Mennella and Amedeo Scognamiglio discuss the design of a jewel together with a goldsmith in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7946.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: (R-L) Business partners and founders of RFMAS Group Roberto Faraone Mennella and Amedeo Scognamiglio discuss the design of a jewel together with a goldsmith in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7938.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: A cameo representing Queen Elizabeth II is shown here in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7907.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, poses for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7809.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, poses for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7806.jpg
  • TORRE DEL GRECO, ITALY - 13 JULY 2016: Amedeo Scognamiglio, master-carver and founder of Amedeo, a collection of modern-day Cameos and avant-garde artisan jewels, poses for a portrait in the RFMAS workshop, the design studio of Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella in Torre del Greco, Italy, on July 13th 2016.<br />
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Amedeo Scognamiglio learned the art of carving of cameos at the age of 16 years old in his father’s company (M+M Scognamiglio), continuing an artistic manufacturing tradition of a six generations family of coral and cameo manufacturers dating back to the early 1800s in Torre del Greco, a town at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Amedeo’s design philosophy aims at a contemporary approach to the ancient art of cameo making, through alternative materials, unexpected ideas and smile-triggering designs. In 2001, Amedeo Scognamiglio partnered with his long-time childhood friend Roberto Faraone Mennella to create a fine jewelry line called Faraone Mennella by R.F.M.A.S. Group.The designer duo created a line that brings together the quality and craftsmanship of fine Italian jewelry to the world of fashion accessories. In 2006, the opening of AMEDEO, a Boutique on the chic Upper East Side in NYC, dedicated to the Designer’s vision of Cameos, and followed shortly after by another opening in Capri, Italy.
    CIPG_20160713_INYT-Camei_5M3_7792.jpg
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