Pizzeria Bianco Is Best Italian Restaurant In Arizona: Ranking
For discerning diners who turn up their noses when they hear someone talk about going out for "eye-talian" food, The Daily Meal has come up with a definitive list of the best Italian restaurants in every state. In Phoenix, Bronx native Chris Bianco brings an authentic Sicilian pizza to the menu at Pizzeria Bianco. Italy's rich cuisine culture goes...
Nord e Centro America, Isabella Weiss Di Valbranca: “Ecco perché mi candido con il Pd”
Isabella Weiss Di Valbranca è candidata alla Camera dei Deputati con il Pd nella ripartizione estera Nord e Centro America. Laureata in Giurisprudenza, molto impegnata nel sociale, è molto bene inserita all’interno della comunità italiana di San Francisco, Stati Uniti. Isabella è anche nel Board of Directors di una prestigiosa associazione cultural...
‘When in Rome’ Hunger Relief Dinner to Be ‘Feast of Italian Flavors’
“When in Rome ... A Feast of Italian Flavors” is the theme of the 23rd Annual Hunger Relief Dinner and Auction that this year adds a festive, interactive marketplace backdrop. Save the date of April 25 for the event that benefits the Hunger Foundation of Southern Ocean. The new location is The Mainland at the Holiday Inn, Route 72, Manahawkin. Also...
CSO, Riccardo Muti kick off East Coast tour with Kennedy Center splash
Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra marked their 350th concert together, with a performance in Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center Wednesday night at the onset of their East Coast winter tour. With dignitaries in the audience including the Italian ambassador to the U.S. Armando Varricchio, it was a celebratory affair capped by the single...
Scarpetta Is Back With Its Famed Tomato Basil Spaghetti
On its 10-year anniversary, Scarpetta — the higher-end Italian restaurant celebrity chef Scott Conant used to be involved in — has relocated to the James New York Nomad hotel. That famed spaghetti with tomato and basil will be once again available to the public at 88 Madison Ave., between 28th and 29th streets, come Wednesday, February 7. The new l...
LA’s love for Italy’s 21st century diva: Monica Bellucci
Los Angeles dedicates an entire day to one of the most famous Italian film icons in the world: Monica Bellucci. The Filming On Italy Festival, organized by Agnus Dei and the Italian Institute of Culture, opened on January 31st with the screening of Malèna by Giuseppe Tornatore, a movie that, back in 2000, consecrated Monica Bellucci as an internati...
Moceri Cos. patriarch and philanthropist Dominic Moceri dies at 86
Dominic S. Moceri, the family patriarch and founding partner of Moceri Cos. in Auburn Hills, died Wednesday at his Florida home. He was 86, and, as a builder, left a legacy of tens of thousands of homes since the 1950s across southeastern Michigan. "Some people build houses, we hope to build homes," said one of Moceri's six sons, Dominic J. Moceri....
Restaurant review: MezzaNotte Ristorante in Guilderland
I don't know chef Mark Graham. Not personally. But in the area restaurant scene, his name is everywhere. As a chef, restaurant consultant and private caterer, one fourth of a pop-up supper crew and operator of MDG Cuisine, he's done more rounds of the local dining circuit than a heavyweight prizefighter. It's: Mark Graham leaves the Wine Bar! Max L...
Guard Marco Belinelli to sign with Philadelphia after clearing waivers
Marco Belinelli has committed to signing with the Philadelphia 76ers, league sources told ESPN. The Sixers were one of several playoff teams and contenders to offer Belinelli, a savvy veteran shooting guard, a roster spot for the balance of the season. As they push to make the playoffs for the first time in five years, the Sixers recruited Belinell...
OSIA President Vira Girolami
Honoring tradition while staying open to unprecedented change is one very tough balancing act. It takes a strong, sure-handed leader to make it work. Enter Vira Girolami, who became national president of the recently renamed Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America in August after serving for more than a decade in other executive roles. By the...
Food hall coming to Little Italy's new piazza
Little Italy, which has become the undisputed go-to destination for dining, will be getting its first food hall as part of a soon to debut piazza in the heart of the downtown San Diego neighborhood. Little Italy Food Hall, as it's being called, is conceived as a mini version of the foodie-friendly public markets that have mushroomed in popularity a...
Paola Sartorio (Executive Director of the US - Italy Fulbright Commission)
The US - Italy Fulbright Commission is a bilateral organization, composed in equal measure by the Italian and American governments, which for decades has been linking Italy and the US, fostering cultural exchanges and helping Italians and Americans to get to know each other better, appreciating their skills and the possibility of join forces. Paola...