Pizza, Pasta and Pizzazz at Acqua Restaurant NYC
During the President's Day long weekend, the Mister and I journeyed to the south end of Manhattan to visit the Seaport District (aka/fka South Street Seaport). As both of us hadn't visited the area since pre-Hurricane Sandy, we were excited to see the new restaurants, stores and buildings that have redeveloped the area from yesteryear. However, we...
Thirty-second Annual St. Joseph Celebration
Our thirty-second Annual St. Joseph Celebration will take place on Thursday, March 15th. American Italian Heritage Museum • 1227 Central Ave • Albany, NY 12205. The business meeting starts at 7:00pm, followed by a presentation with slides by Prof./Cav. Philip J. DiNovo and a short film. You are invited to bring bread, fruit, candles and dessert...
Maria Fosco e Marisa Iocco, due belle bandiere dell’emigrazione abruzzese in America
“Vogliamo evidenziare il notevole apporto delle donne nell’attuazione dei nuovi progetti di sviluppo sociale, economico, politico e culturale, con il riconoscimento del loro vero valore nella nostra realtà”. Questo lo spirito con cui l’Orsogna Mutual Aid Society, la società di mutua assistenza nata nel 1939 per aiutare in America gli immigrati di O...
Carlo Mignano racconta il viaggio interiore dei migranti siciliani di inizio Novecento
Nato in Sicilia Carlo Mignano vive a New York dal 1962. Dopo essersi diplomato da un liceo nel Queens ha prestato servizio nella Guardia Costiera USA per un periodo di quattro anni. Dopo il suo congedo è andato a studiare a Parigi ottenendo un Diploma in Lingua e Cultura Francese. Ha poi frequentato il CUNY Hunter College e l’Università di New York...
Massoni Offers An Interesting Twist On Italian Classics
There are plenty of Italian cuisine options in New York. In fact, there’s a whole neighborhood dedicated to Southern European fare. All along Mulberry and Mott streets, restaurants are known for cooking by-the-book Italian staples. Massoni though, the self-proclaimed “Italian-ish” eatery in NoMad, breaks away from the traditional with an Italian-ce...
Italian-Americans want to make Columbus statue a landmark
A coalition of Italian-American groups are trying to thwart Mayor de Blasio’s bid to alter the Christopher Columbus statue at Columbus Circle by asking a city commission landmark it. Last month, Hizzoner said the statue would soon be joined by historical markers that tell the fuller story of the explorer, warts and all. But that plan doesn’t sit we...
Little Italy Is Very Little, and Not Very Italian
On Grand Street, the Banh Mi Saigon Vietnamese sandwich shop sits just past the Baz Bagel and Restaurant, which serves $14 bagels with Nova and scallion cream cheese. Down the road stands the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. This is Little Italy in Manhattan. Or what’s left of it. Once home to thousands of Italians and Italian-Americans, Li...
A nation’s heritage: A family’s history shows value of immigration in United States
The recent passing of one Watertown resident brings to mind the debt we owe to immigrants, who enrich this society with their ingenuity and determination. Dominic A. Doldo died Wednesday at the age of 79. For many years, he owned and operated Doldo Bros. Construction with his brother Richard. Nicknamed Mego, Mr. Doldo was born in Watertown in 1938....
Weekly Rosary and Stations of the Cross with the Figli Maria SS. Addolorata in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Friday evening I joined our friends from the Associazione Culturale Pugliese Figli Maria SS. Addolorata for their hebdomadal prayer service in honor of St. Rita of Cascia. Meeting in the basement of the Nazareth Center, on the corner of 62nd Street and Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, members convened for week two of their 15 week devotional t...
Joseph Sciacca, 'Man of the Century,' dies at 100
Joseph Sciacca, the highly regarded former deputy commissioner of the New York State Athletic Commission's boxing division who distinguished himself in both professional sports and political arenas, as well as in the world of entertainment -- died Friday evening in his Grant City home. He was 100-years-old. Sciacca has been appropriately dubbed th...
Fire Injures 13 and Damages One of Little Italy’s Oldest Restaurants
One of Little Italy’s longest-operating restaurants was damaged on Saturday by an early-morning fire that seriously injured two people and left 11 others with minor injuries, the New York City Fire Department said. Angelo’s of Mulberry St., at 146 Mulberry St., has served Neapolitan cuisine since 1902, according to its website. Photographs show tha...
Celebrating Martedì Grasso & Jurnata d''a Memoria at Norma Gastronomia Siciliana in New York City
Tuesday evening, I joined my friends at Norma Gastronomia Siciliana (438 3rd Ave.) in Kips Bay, Manhattan for a joint Martedì Grasso (Fat Tuesday) and Jurnata d''a Memoria (Remembrance Day) dinner. Looking to eat our fill before our Lenten fast, as well as honor the men and women who fought and died defending our ancestral homeland during the north...