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It was a calm and balmy morning in September 2018 when winemaker Antonio Arrighi first plunged a basket of grapes into the Mediterranean Sea. His neighbours on the sun-drenched Italian island of Elba watched in disbelief. “Has Antonio gone crazy?” Indeed, as the bunches sank beneath the water, where they would stay for five days, Arrighi felt a str...

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A few days ago, the first containers containing frozen pizzas stuffed with meat products destined for the US market left the Meduno (Pordenone) plant of Roncadin, the Italian company based in Friuli specializing in the production of frozen pizzas. This is an important milestone for a food company which has always relied on high quality, Italian raw...

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Filmmaker Jonas Carpignano rounds out his Calabrian trilogy with Directors’ Fortnight entry A Chiara, the story of a 15-year-old girl who learns some hard truths about her close-knit family when her father disappears. Carpignano stopped by Deadline’s Cannes Studio to talk about making the film and his experiences in Gioia Tauro, Italy, where each o...

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On September 14th 2021. The IACCSE will present “Italian Grapes in Miami” a new event format that will give to Italian boutique wineries the opportunity to present their labels to a selected panel of South Florida’s wine experts and buyers. The day will be divided in two sessions: the first one is dedicated to those wines already distributed in Flo...

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As Kate McKinnon awkwardly put it in a recent “Saturday Night Live” skit on the strangeness of post-pandemic socializing, after a year of home cooking and home drinking, it can feel weird to start “going to dinner again.” Americans rediscovering life outside the home might notice something else that is just a bit unusual: Beyond the popular amaro a...

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The foods of Piedmont are among some of Italy's most esteemed ingredients. In an age-old debate, Piedmont is one of the two contenders vying for the unofficial title of Italy's best food region, the other being Emilia-Romagna. It's no surprise, given that Piedmont's wines are extraordinary and also considered among Italy's best. So here are eight e...

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Joseph Carabelli was a self-made man, an Italian immigrant who built a successful business in Cleveland that contributed to the local arts scene in ways that are still evident today. Born in 1850 in Porto Ceresio, Italy, Carabelli was apprenticed to a stone cutter while a young man. In 1870 he emigrated to the United States, settling in New York Ci...

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From the royal influence of the Roman Empire to the bylanes of Sicily, Italy to being the world’s one of the most loved delicacies, pastas have evolved and adapted to the palates and taste preference through their journey of evolution. What we indulge in as a cheesy, meaty and saucy one-pot delight has seen the world changing and evolved in the pro...

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A staple of Italian villages is the alimentari, a hybrid gourmet emporium, often found around the piazza, where locals shop for select meats, cheeses, produce, wines, jarred items, prepared foods (to eat in or take out), and basic provisions such as milk and eggs. Configured to the American vernacular, an alimentari would be a hopped-up bodega or a...

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Every project on this page is edited and planned by ELLE Decor. We may earn commissions on certain goods you choose to purchase. Whether entering their third decade or celebrating their centennial birthday, these companies have shown that good design is commonplace. Above, clockwise from left: founders Giuseppina and Angelo Molteni; (from left) And...

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