Restaurants & Bars

Taste 'Food Of The Italian South' April 5 At Holmdel's Bell Works

On Friday, April 5, Rome-based Italian food journalist Katie Parla will host an intimate evening at Corbo & Sons inside Bell Works.

Attendees will receive a copy of Parla's latest cookbook, "Food of the Italian South."
Attendees will receive a copy of Parla's latest cookbook, "Food of the Italian South." (Photo provided)

HOLMDEL, NJ — On Friday, April 5, Rome-based author and journalist Katie Parla will host an intimate evening at Corbo & Sons, the new Italian restaurant and wine bar located inside Bell Works in Holmdel. Purchase your tickets now.

Richard and Chantelle Corbo, the owners of Corbo & Sons, invite local residents to attend an aperitivo hour or a seated dinner, or both. Both events are ticketed and will take place on Friday April 5 to celebrate the launch of Parla's new cookbook, "Food of the Italian South." This evening is particularly special as it marks the kickoff to Corbo & Sons Friday Night Dinner Series in the Green Room at Bell Works.

Aperitivo Hour
Friday April 5 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Corbo & Sons will prepare cocktails and a selection of dishes from "Food of The Italian South" in a
taste-around, cocktail party format. Sommelier Chantelle Corbo will pair each recipe, served as
individual tastes, with a hand-chosen wine. Tickets include a signed cookbook, cocktails and
tasting-sized samples of recipes from the book paired with wine.
$65 per ticket

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Seated Dinner with Wine Pairing
Friday April 5 8:00 p.m.

This marks the kickoff to Corbo & Sons Friday Night Dinner Series in the Green Room. Executive
Chef Richard Corbo will prepare a three-course dinner, each dish inspired by the cookbook, with wine pairings by Chantelle Corbo. Tickets include a signed cookbook, a three-
course seated dinner, and wine pairings.
$125 per ticket

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Parla, a New Jersey native, is a Rome-based food and beverage journalist, culinary guide,
and educator. She is the author of the Saveur Award–winning food and travel site KatieParla.com,
the ebook Eating & Drinking in Rome, more than twenty travel guides, and the co-author of the
IACP award–winning cookbook "Tasting Rome." Parla has served as a culinary consultant on Season 2 of Netflix’s "Master of None." Her travel writing, recipes, and food criticism appear in the New York Times, Food & Wine, Saveur, the Guardian, AFAR, Condé Nast Traveler, Punch, Eater and more.

Food journalist Katie Parla, taken by Ed Anderson

Bell Market is a chef-driven food hall located in Bell Works, the reincarnation of the world-
renowned research building Bell Labs. The five distinct culinary destinations offer elevated
hospitality and chef-driven cooking all within a comfortable setting. Corbo & Sons brings Italian
craft to the heart of New Jersey with beautifully blistered wood-fired pizzas along with Old and New World wines plus craft beer.


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