Italian wine goes green
Italian wine is experiencing a ‘green’ turning point. Never before has so much organic wine been consumed by Italians, with a record leap of +45% in sales in 2017 compared to the previous year for a total of 3.84 million liters sold in the large scale distribution channel. According to an analysis by Coldiretti based on Infoscan Census data – unvei...
Why Italy's sleek kitchens are more profitable abroad than at home
While design aficionados flock to Milan from around the globe for the world's largest furniture fair, Italy's kings of kitchen style are looking beyond its borders to beat a sluggish domestic market. As the six-day Salone del Mobile got under way in Italy's fashion capital on Tuesday, the country's kitchen design industry was celebrating a 3.2 perc...
Veteran Strip chef Gina Marinelli to open Summerlin restaurant
A downtown pop-up dinner this month was both a collaboration between two local chefs and a return to the spotlight for one of them — Gina Marinelli. About 50 people attended the recent dinner, “One Night, Two Chefs, Three Courses, Fo(u)r a Good Cause,” which paired Marinelli with Justin Kingsley Hall, executive chef at The Kitchen at Atomic and was...
La Mia Casa Ancestrale
During the first semester of my sophomore year of college, I decided that I wanted to study abroad. I had heard the amazing stories of study abroad experiences through my friends and school administrators, so I figured it was time for me to experience the world, considering I had never left the continent that I was born and raised on. As I began to...
Campari Unveils New Ad Campaign
Campari, Italy’s iconic bittersweet red aperitif and cornerstone ingredient in the Negroni, today unveils its new ad campaign, Go A Sip Beyond. A nod to visionaries Gaspare and Davide Campari, the inventor of Campari and his son who helped popularize the liqueur in America, the campaign encapsulates their progressive spirit while drawing inspiratio...
Surprising results reveal “most Catholic cities in America”
New York and Boston may have long been thought of as two of the most Catholic metropolises in America—largely due to the long history of Irish and Italian immigration there. But a new study from the Barna Group shows the most Catholic city in America is way down South: Lafayette, Louisiana, is 50 percent Catholic. In fact, the only northeastern are...
Inside Tino's Deli
It’s well known to Fordham students and regular foodies alike that Arthur Avenue is home to some top notch grub. Some even call this strip the “Real Little Italy.” From fish and meat markets to cheese havens, Fordham students are lucky to have such places nearby when we feel like ditching our meal plan. We don't have to look any further than Tino’s...
North Italia Santa Monica Founded on Food with Integrity
Sometimes a restauranteur comes along who changes the game. Raises the bar. Ups the ante. That’s very much the case with Sam Fox—the creative visionary behind Fox Restaurant Concepts, which has taken hip and healthy hospitality to new heights. From dropping out of college and siphoning the tuition funds into his first restaurant endeavor at the age...
'Rocky' javascript:;as art: Philly gallery explores Italian Stallion in new show
Creed II officially kicked off filming in Philadelphia earlier this month, bringing Rocky Balboa himself, Sylvester Stallone, back to the city for the Rocky franchise’s eighth installment. Sly even stopped by the old Rocky statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art for a hit of nostalgia that Philly folks loved. Across town at the Da Vinci Art Allian...
Colorobbia announces first U.S. operation
Cookeville landed an Italian ceramic supplier's first American operation. Colorobbia USA's new 50,000 square foot distribution and technical assistance laboratory will be Highlands Business Park's second industry, officials announced Tuesday morning. "There will be three steps of development," Arturo Salazar, president of Colorobbia USA, said. "Dis...
DiMario Foods: The Small Family Disrupting A Big Market
DiMario Foods is a brand as unprecedented as their product offerings, which include pork and chicken snack sticks—two previously unlikely options in the meat snack industry. Their unique flavors are inspired by the family’s traditional Italian recipes. “Our recipes derive from our family’s traditions, which have been a century in the making”—someth...
The Italian artisans who built Chestnut Hill
On Saturday, April 21, the Chestnut Hill Conservancy and Historical Society will give the first of three guided walking tours that highlight the Italian artisans who built Chestnut Hill. This first tour concerns the Germantown Avenue corridor in North Chestnut Hill and will concentrate on several institutional and commercial structures. These inclu...