NAMES IN THE NEWS : Zaccaros’ Son Opens a Pasta Shop
John A. Zaccaro Jr., the son of former vice presidential candidate Geraldine A. Ferraro and John A. Zaccaro who served a sentence under house arrest for selling drugs at his Middlebury, Vt., campus, is running a pasta shop these days.
But Zaccaro and business partner Karen Saccone say The Ravioli Store in New York City’s Little Italy specializes in the unusual: ravioli stuffed with pumpkin, black beans, walnut pesto, smoked salmon mousse and catfish.
“None of this is traditional Italian,” said Zaccaro, who started the business after completing a community service sentence for his drug conviction.
The ravioli are sold at their store, restaurants and specialty food stores. Not all of them are successful, Zaccaro said. “One of the sauces I could have spackled my house with. It was atrocious,” he said.
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