Italian Women in Chicago, Volume II Book Signing

Italian Women in Chicago, Volume II Book Signing

This book features 40 fascinating articles about women who made a difference in their families, our city and in some cases our world. Central to this antholy is the Mama Celeste Story, where readers will discover the direct path from the small restaurant in Sant'Angelo, near Naples, Italy to Clara's in Woodridge, Illinois. You will learn about the Kedzie Beer Garden where Celeste Luise Lizio - "Mama Celeste," and her husband, Anthony Lizio began their culinary journey in the United STates. You will live through the hard times of the depressen when so many people of the neighborhood relied on Celeste and Tony to help them not just get by but to thrive and experience Abbondanza!

You will take the journey with Mama Celeste as the original Beer Garen grew into a plant in Stickney that made frozen foods, through the acquisition by Quaker OAts and relive those memorable commercials that brough Mama Celeste into everyone's home. You will find a new appreciation of the legacy that lives on in today's Clara's.

So please join us in this opportunity to get a signed-copy of the book and meet the editors and author on Thursday, March 27th from 5:30-7:30 pm at Clara's.

Light appetizers will be served and drinks will be available for purchase. For more information, call Clara's at 630.968.8899.

Host or Publisher Clara's