Enel Green Power will fuel Oreo-maker Mondelēz International with green energy in the United States
Enel, through its US-based renewable company Enel Green Power North America (“EGPNA”), signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with food and beverage company Mondelēz International (“Mondelēz”) under which the latter will purchase the energy delivered to the electricity grid from a 65 MW portion of EGPNA’s Roadrunner solar photovoltaic (PV)...
Oh, brother: Nick Varano and Frank DePasquale open Fratelli at Encore Boston Harbor
Nick Varano and Frank DePasquale are keeping it all in the family — figuratively speaking. As the two restaurateurs officially introduce their first joint venture within the Encore Boston Harbor today, they’re hoping it will live up to its name, Fratelli, which means “brothers” in Italian. “We’ve been friends for over 25 years,” Varano told the Tra...
Meet Kayla Santosuosso, Justin Brannan’s New Deputy Chief Of Staff
Kayla Santosuosso does not eat pizza with a fork. Want a slice to eat while walking? Go to Elegante. Want to sit and eat some pizza? Find a table at Lombardo’s. Who was once a little girl sitting in her father’s pizza restaurant in Ohio, is now an organizer and activist fighting for change in Bay Ridge. She’s also Council Member Justin Brannan’s ne...
50 Reasons Why You Need to Vacation in Italy
Ah, Italy. Scenes like this from Murano are so charming you'll most definitely want to view them in person. Throw in homemade pizza and wine and you've got yourself a mid-week Italian daydream realized. This photo gallery stuffed with 50 drool-worthy reasons to visit the most stunning boot in the world will have you searching for flights faster tha...
Naples Rolls Out A Fine-Tuned Dough And The New 'Cloud Pizza' Is Born
What's Italian for "sheesh"? Ever since the quasimythic birth of margherita pizza in Naples in 1889, Neapolitan pizzaioli have regarded their variety as the only true pizza, looking down upon differing styles in Brooklyn, Chatham, Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Melbourne, New Haven, Stockholm and Tokyo. For more than a century, they have seen anyth...
Tony Barone Sr., a Grizzlies icon and 'a living, breathing scouting computer,' has died
A Grizzlies icon once described as a "living, breathing scouting computer" who was "disguised in the package of a short, jolly Italian man" died Tuesday. Tony Barone Sr. was 72. Barone's 11-year run with the Grizzlies ended in 2012. He began and ended his time with the franchise as director of player personnel. In between, the Chicago native and fo...
Porto Flavia
In 1922, the Masua mining operations in Sardinia, which had been active ever since the early 1600s, had reached a peak of production. Zinc and lead were in high demand, and modernized mining methods meant that more ore was being extracted than ever before. Efficiency, however, was becoming a serious issue. At the time, transporting the zinc and lea...
Trattoria Blu is Italian Fusion
Forget Brickell for fine dining, the new Trattoria Blu is the real deal and it’s in Palmetto Bay. From the moment you enter, you know this is a foodie’s restaurant. Exceptional, not snooty. The long rectangle-shaped eatery with high ceilings adorned with floating pallets, modern art elements and industrial hanging lights sets the mood, as does the...
Know Your NOLA: Piazza d'Italia: New Orleans' hidden Italian underutilized postmodern gem
On a crisp, New Orleans winter day, maybe you’re thinking of that summer vacation you went on to Italy. The vibrant colors. The people. The charming piazzas you can tuck into to eat your lunch or sip on wine. But here’s one of New Orleans’ best-kept secrets: we have a piazza of our own right smack in the middle of downtown. And, even though it’s ju...
Italiani e italici, se chi vive all’estero si sente cittadino di serie B
Negli Stati Uniti c’è la Major League e la USL Championship. In Inghilterra c’è la Premier League e la Football Championship. In Italia abbiamo la serie A e la serie B. Prendiamo in prestito le denominazioni delle categorie superiori ed inferiori di calcio perché sembrano ben adattarsi a una percezione diffusa sugli italiani d’Italia e quelli fuor...
Warmth of a pub, flavor of Italy at Stevarinos
If you've been on Cherokee Boulevard in recent weeks, you've likely noticed the little leprechauns looking down at you from atop the building dubbed Stevarinos Italian Eatery And Pub. "Most people get the humor in it," co-owner Kerry Hoefer joked. "Like, what are two Irish guys doing owning an Italian restaurant?" Hoefer and his business partner, S...
A 19th-Century Florentine Landmark Is Painstakingly Restored to Its Former Glory
With the ghosts of the Italian Renaissance looming in every shadow, with their spectacular feats of engineering and mastery of harmonic proportions, Florentine architects who’ve followed have barely stood a fighting chance to shine. But an abandoned 19th-century landmark has been given another shot. Set into a hillside above the Arno River in Flore...