Margaret Atwood famously said, “Potential has a shelf life.” Marcello De Feo has internalized that notion perhaps a bit more acutely than many of us… [link] [pdf]
For Marcello De Feo, “Everything is about family.” The firstborn son of an immigrant Italian family, De Feo largely was raised on the traditions his mother, Santa Bianca, and nonna, Paola, brought to America with them from Abruzzo… [link] [pdf]
Valente’s Italian Specialities revealed that the company will be opening up a brick and mortar retail shop in downtown of Haddonfield, NJ. Valente’s aims to create the fresh pasta, sauces, and various other Italian specialties… [link] [pdf]
Valente’s Italian Specialities announced that they will be opening a brick and mortar retail store in downtown Haddonfield, NJ. Proprietor Marcello De Feo expects a late spring opening for the specialty food store located at 7 Kings Court in the heart of the downtown area… [link] [pdf]
The story of Valente’s Italian Specialties actually begins in the small town of Bisenti in the Abruzzo region of Italy, which is where proprietor Marcello De Feo’s grandparents (Paola and Corrado) and children (Santa and Gaetano) migrated from. This immigrant story is the same as so many others; the Valente’s came to America from Italy in search of a better life. Lucky for us they did; bringing their culture and cuisine with them… [link] [pdf]
