Ironbound Restaurant in Newark Creates Special Peanut Dish in Honor of National Peanut Month

ELIZABETH, NJ--(Marketwire - Mar 20, 2012) - No one would call Chef de Cuisine Daniel Ritacco at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel nutty, but in honor of March being "National Peanut Month," Chef Ritacco has created a special dish for all those peanut lovers out there.

All month long the Ironbound Restaurant and Ironbound Lounge at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel, a luxury hotel near Newark airport, will be featuring a Grilled Chicken and Fettuccine with house made "peanut" pesto sauce with confetti tomatoes, roasted peanuts, and spicy peanut brittle.

According to the National Peanut Board, the average American consumes more than six pounds of peanuts and peanut butter products each year, while the average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before he/she graduates high school! Peanuts are considered to be America's favorite snack.

The Ironbound Restaurant in Newark, NJ, takes its name from the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, which is a cultural melting pot. At the turn of the century, forges and foundries in the area lured workers from all across Europe and in 1910 a second wave of immigrants came from Portugal and Italy -- among them Chef Ritacco's grandparents. Today he oversees the eclectic menu at Ironbound which intrigues the palate with flavors of Portugal and Italy. The restaurant is open for dinner daily.

The newly renovated Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel, one of the luxury hotels in Elizabeth, NJ, features 397 lavish guest rooms and suites comfortably equipped with refrigerators, laptop safes, connectivity panels, and 37" flat panel HD televisions; 17,000 square feet of meeting and event space; an indoor pool; 24-hour fitness center; Ironbound Grill restaurant; and den/library for relaxing.

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