Hershey is growing like a weed. Since Cadbury is the veteran around here (2 years now with us), she pays a lot of attention and learns from him. I taught him to sit and wait for food, and now she is right beside him (as seen). He now plays with her and gets harassed by her continually. It's fun to watch. Dobies are smart dogs.
We get a lot of imported Italian foods here as well. Nothing is made locally, though. The best mozz we get comes from California! I bought some Italian mozz and threw it. We did without pizza for a few weeks until new stock arrived.
I don't know if anyone here has heard of Stew Leonard's, but it is a famous grocery store here in Ct. and I think there is also at least 1 in N.Y. state. Well, they make their own and you can even watch them make it.
My other favorite grocery store is owned by an Italian family and they have all kinds of imported Italian goodies and also American made Italian products, so I am blessed with a variety of things to choose from.
So sorry to hear about you bad Italian Mozz experience!
As a curiosity, are there a lot of War Memorials there since the PI was occupied and had many martyrs and heros.