NEW YORK, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Think you know all there is to know about Napoli and its province? Experience the aroma, see the beauty and enjoy the mouth-watering taste of Neapolitan pasta while discovering magnificent destinations including Capri, Ischia, Sorrento, Pompeii and Naples, Italy. Join Vince Curatola a.k.a. Johnny "Sack" Sacramoni from the HBO award winning series "The Sopranos" as we launch "A Taste of Napoli" North American Tour Celebrating 500 years of Neapolitan pasta & tourism (http://www.atasteofnapoli.com/).

To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/tasteofnapoli/29940/ When: Thursday, November 1st 2007 in New York City, 11 a.m. Where: San Domenico Restaurant 240 Central Park South T: 212.265.5959 http://www.sandomeniconewyork.com/ What: Get in the kitchen with award winning Chef Tony May and Vince Curatola for a media demonstration and cooking class celebrating 500 years of Neapolitan pasta in Naples, Italy. Impress your friends and learn how to make a traditional pasta dish. Find out how the Neapolitans replace fat with flavor. Italian chefs from coast to coast are celebrating with events in multiple cities. Audience sweepstakes included. The whole story, other event dates and Vincent Curatola Bio below:

"A Taste of Napoli" North American Tour Celebrating 500 years of Neapolitan Pasta kicks off November 1st 2007 in New York City.

For 500 years Neapolitans have been enjoying pasta and staying thin changing the perception that pasta makes us fat.

Famous Italian chefs from New York to Los Angeles and Toronto, Canada are celebrating the history, tradition and taste of Neapolitan pasta and the province of Napoli this November by conducting a series of tv appearances and cooking demonstrations.

The Chamber of Commerce of Naples, Italy & COM.TUR invite you to find out what makes Neapolitan pasta so excellent and learn how to make a great pasta dish. Our cache of celebrity chefs include: Tony May, San Domenico Restaurant New York, John Coletta, Executive Chef/Managing Partner of Quartino Chicago, Giovanni Gabriele, Giovannis on the Hill, St. Louis, Marisa Rocca, Sotto Sotto, Toronto, Canada. Piero Selvaggio, Valentino Restaurant Los Angeles and Chef Miguel Rivera Il Mulino, Las Vegas.

Be a part of Gastronomical history, come join us in one of our selected cities

Dates, Times & Locations: New York, November 1. -- San Domenico 240 Central Park South, 11 am Los Angeles, November 8 -- Valentino 3115 Pico Boulevard, 11:30 am Chicago, November 13 -- Ristorante Quartino 626 N. State St., 11:30 am St. Louis, November 15 -- Giovannis on the Hill 5201 Shaw Ave., 11:30 am Toronto, November 22 -- Sotto Sotto 116A Avenue Rd., 12 noon Las Vegas, November 28 -- Il Mulino 3500 Las Vegas Blvd S., 11:30am

* The events featuring the province of Napoli also include a sweepstakes for three amazing vacations to the cultural center of Naples, Italy and its most breathtaking sites of the Sorrento Coast, Ischia and Capri. Your audience can submit their entries at http://www.atasteofnapoli.com/ and once the tour is complete, three winners will be selected.

Sponsored by COM.TUR. - Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Naples, Italy.

Vincent Curatola Bio:

Vincent Curatola has portrayed the character of the New York boss Johnny Sack on "The Sopranos" since 1999.

Vincent has just begun recording the voice of "Elkens," the crazy sports nut neighbor of Dr. Bimblebee (Blair Underwood) on a new cartoon series called "Fatherhood," produced by Bill Cosby with Disney, and scheduled to run on Nickelodeon premiering this June.

Vincent's recent credits include the 2005 comedy "Fun with Dick and Jane" and the upcoming film "Karma, Confessions and Holi." He also just completed the filming of the role of Mr. Samantha in a movie entitled "Johnny Slade's Greatest Hits", co-starring John Fiore, Richard Portnow and Dolores Sirianni. He plays a mob boss in hiding from the FBI who hires a broken-down lounge singer to sing special lyrics every night in the club. His henchmen attend the performance and listen to their orders in musical form.

Vincent and his wife Maureen are very proud to be connected to Heartshare Human Services of New York, which helps people who need assistance due to handicaps, diseases and mental retardation. They are honored to announce that this spring, one of the Heartshare buildings will be named the Vincent and Maureen Curatola Residence in Flushing, Queens.

From time to time he joins his friends from the band Chicago onstage to sing a song.

CONTACT: Kelli Freeman, +1-310-201-0937, kellifree@sbcglobal.net, or Amy
Freeman, +1-310-550-3902, askmacnme@cs.com, both for COM.TUR

Web site: http://www.atasteofnapoli.com/
http://www.sandomeniconewyork.com/