San Gennaro
Mint Chocolate Chip Cannolis Every year, loads of people swarm to Little Italy in late summer to experience the universal funness of a street fair in the form of the Feast of San Gennaro. It's crowded. It's smoky. It's noisy. It is also, above all, a quintessential New York cultural experience. Obviously there are things that are not ideal about San Gennaro. A lot of the food stalls are unauthentic clones of the same old thing that you see at any street fair. Mozzarepas? Not really Italian food. Best cannoli in the world? Wait, I thought there was a sign for the best cannoli in the world on the block before; "best" is irrelevant. Rasta-bananas? Just...no words. Rasta-Banana...wtf? Sausage Then, there are also lots of things that are kind of magical about it too. There is something deeply satisfying about having a piping hot Italian sausage sauteed with peppers and onions on chewy, crusty bre...