Italian root biologist joins University's fight against citrus greening
An inventive fruit tree researcher has joined the University of Florida Indian River Research and Education Center. Lorenzo Rossi is the center’s first-ever root biology professor and will support the university’s statewide Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ commitment to restore Florida’s $9 billion citrus industry. “Healthy roots are es...
Buon Appetito! Alpharetta’s Casa Nuova Italian Restaurant Announces Its Year-Long Celebrations To Mark 20th Anniversary
Casa Nuova Italian Restaurant today announced to residents of Alpharetta, GA that it is holding a year-long celebration to mark twenty years of serving up plate after plate of Southern European cuisines to the local community. The celebration will be marked throughout the year with monthly events and special occasions, starting in February, exactly...
New UT baseball coach Tony Vitello emphasizes leadership
Tony Vitello grew up in a baseball family in the baseball-crazed city of St. Louis and spent a decade playing and coaching the sport at the University of Missouri. So it's only natural Vitello is using a concept he attributes to former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa as he begins his first head coaching job at Tennessee. Vitello remembers...
Santa Margherita USA Welcomes Two Italian Wineries to National Import Portfolio
Santa Margherita USA, a national wine importer, has announced the addition of two Italian wineries to their portfolio; Cà Maiol of Lombardy and Cantina Mesa of Sardinia. These two wineries join the company's stable of wine producers, which now number ten in total. The addition of these wineries to Santa Margherita USA's parent company, Santa Margh...
Meet the Italian grandmother who went viral with her new Google Home
Maria Actis can FaceTime with her grandchildren and use Facebook with no problem, but the 85-year-old Flagler Beach resident was a little scared when her grandson presented her with a round small speaker on Christmas and told her to say, "Hello, Google." The results of her first interaction with her present, a Google Home Mini device, unexpectedly...
Strano restaurant to move to East Memphis
Strano! Sicilian Kitchen & Bar is moving. The restaurant, which opened in 2014, at 948 Cooper, will move to the site of the old Jim’s Place Restaurant & Bar at Poplar and Perkins, said chef/owner Josh Steiner. Steiner is excited about the move. "We're moving to a bigger and better spot."He plans to give “a nice facelift” to the old Jim’s restaurant...
An Atlanta entrepreneur searching for the perfect home base finally found it in a Tuscan ruin — see the before and after photos of her 12th century Italian fortress
Stylist, photo producer, and author Annette Joseph wanted a space to expand her workshop and teaching business. What she found, or — as the Italian saying goes — the house that found her, is an 8,500 square-foot 12th century fortress in Lunigiana, Italy. "I knew it would be the perfect location to conduct creative workshops and retreats, and, ever...
Sale e Pepe names Antonio Minichiello as new executive chef
Sale e Pepe, the elegant Italian restaurant overlooking the Gulf of Mexico within the award-winning Marco Beach Ocean Resort, has named Antonio Minichiello as executive chef. Raised in the small, southern Italian town of Avellino, Minichiello's love for cooking began at an early age alongside his mother and grandmother, eventually leading him to en...
Buon appetito at the Boca Italian Fest!
Boca Italian Fest parties for 3rd annual festival. When you say “Italian,” and you mean music, food and wine, you have to head to the 3rd Annual Italian Fest in downtown Boca Raton Feb. 3. Head for the many Italian food booths, and stick around for the live entertainment, cooking demonstrations, grape stomping, rides, face painting, a sketch artist...
Daughters of Italy offer scholarships
Applications for a $1,000 scholarship are available through the Daughters of Italy Lodge #2825, the Clearwater chapter of the Order Sons of Italy in America. The applicant must be a Florida resident and of Italian descent. In addition to high school graduates, returning students as well as continuing students of higher education are also eligible t...
1960s Italian Cult Film Gets Operatic Treatment in Nashville Premiere of "Hercules vs. Vampires"
With a muscle-bound hero and damsel in distress, mythological storylines and an abundance of good vs. evil drama, Mario Bava’s 1961 Italian film Hercules in the Haunted World has all the trappings of a good opera. That’s why composer Patrick Morganelli, who had been a fan of the film for many years, jumped at the chance to turn the cult-fantasy fli...
A Taste of Vegas Comes To The 51 House in Edenton
Celebrity Chef Vic Vegas– best known for numerous appearances on the hit reality TV show Bar Rescue – has been named Executive Chef at The 51 House on the Edenton waterfront, owner Rose Tummarello has announced. Vegas played a lead role in the restaurant's launch in fall 2016. Now he's back to help oversee restaurant operations and spice up its cul...