{"id":48505,"date":"2014-10-23T08:25:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T12:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=48505"},"modified":"2014-10-15T23:05:43","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T03:05:43","slug":"moca-eats-the-sweet-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=48505","title":{"rendered":"MOCA EATS: The Sweet Saga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>10\/23\/2014 7pm \u2013 8:30pm<br \/>\nThe Museum of Chinese in America<br \/>\n215 Centre Street New York, NY 10013<br \/>\n<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/noid-Chinatown_Ice_Cream_Factory.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[48505]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/noid-Chinatown_Ice_Cream_Factory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/noid-Chinatown_Ice_Cream_Factory.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/noid-Chinatown_Ice_Cream_Factory-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrom taro to tiramisu, confections have evolved through the creative direction of two popular dessert parlors in the MOCA neighborhood: Ferrara Bakery &amp; Cafe (since 1892) in Little Italy, and Chinatown Ice Cream Factory (since 1978) in Chinatown. Not your everyday chocolate and vanilla, customers order black sesame ice cream and stracciatella gelato, reflective of the neighborhood\u2019s rich history of Italian and Chinese immigration. Christina Seid (Chinatown Ice Cream Factory) and Ernest Lepore (Ferrara Bakery &amp; Cafe) give us the scoop on how each of their concoctions infuse a classic American dessert with their own blend of culture, tradition, and heritage. Dessert sampling to follow.<\/p>\n<p>This program is held in partnership with Two Bridges Neighborhood Council as part of the 6th Annual Marco Polo Festival.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mocanyc.org\/visit\/events\/mocaeats_marco_polo_festival_the_sweet_saga\">http:\/\/www.mocanyc.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10\/23\/2014 7pm \u2013 8:30pm The Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street New York, NY 10013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48505"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48510,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48505\/revisions\/48510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}