We The Italians

Subito Serves Classic, Scratch-Made Italian Inside Downtown's New Lytle Park Hotel

Downtown’s new Lytle Park Hotel opened to the public this June, along with their in-house, upscale Italian eatery Subito and sophisticated rooftop lounge, Vista at Lytle Park. Subito serves scratch-made Italian dishes in a white-tablecloth, jazzy environment where you can indulge in the rich flavors of Northern Italy and the warm hospitality of The Lytle’s waitstaff without booking a room. The lob...

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Holocaust Memorial Day :: Witnesses of Witnesses

The Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January, remembering the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during World War II with the screening of the video Witnesses of Witnesses (Testimoni dei testimoni), created by Studio Azzurro to document the exhibition created at Palazzo delle Esposizione in...

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New Italian-American steakhouse debuts at Rivers Casino

Chef Steve Martorano has brough his new Martorano's Prime to Rivers Casino, building on his collection of restaurants in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where his Cafe Martorano has operated for 30 years. Martorano's Prime will be his first Italian-American steakhouse, featuring a menu of prime cuts of beef and other staples such as critically acclaimed meatballs, fresh Moz...

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Italian soil: giants and geniuses of the military revolution

Its advanced culture and economy during the Renaissance made the Italian peninsula such a desirable place that it also became an ongoing theater of war. Italian soil became a laboratory for a continental struggle that embroiled the numerous, divided Italian city-states and most of Western Europe, with France and the Habsburg territories locked in a never-ending conflict. The Italian Wars (1494-1...

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Memory Lane: Dave Cavagnaro, 'Mayor of East Napa'

Dave Cavagnaro was far more than a successful businessman. Known as the unofficial “Mayor of East Napa,” Cavagnaro made it his life’s work to enhance local life in a variety of ways. He is credited with bringing the circus to town, orchestrating the annual fair-time parades, organizing a volunteer fire-fighting unit and establishing immigrant assistance programs, among other things. Cavagnaro live...

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Made in Idaho: A taste of northern Italy in Canyon County

The city of Caldwell has seen quite a bit of growth over the past few years, especially when it comes to places to eat. And no, foodies have a new upscale option, brought to Caldwell by Chef Steven Topple, a cook who was born "across the pond" but is proud to call the Gem State home. His newest restaurant - Ragazza di Bufalo - is housed in the former Orphan Annie's building on Everett Street, and...

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Statue of St Peter attributed to Donatello

A 15th-century wooden statue of St Peter has been attributed to Renaissance master Donatello. The newly re-attributed work was delivered back safely Tuesday to a gallery in the Marche town of Fabriano. It was restored in Florence by Anna Fulimeni, under the scientific direction of Pierluigi Moriconi, an art historian at the Marche cultural heritage superintendency. For centuries the statue, covere...

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Fiat 500X Enters 2021 With New Sport Value Package

After receiving a new turbocharged engine in 2019 and a Sport trim level in 2020, the 2021 Fiat 500X rolls into the new model year with fewer significant changes. The big additions come in the form of several value packages for the Pop, Trekking, and Sport trim levels. The Sport Value Package is the ultimate value, adding a ton of features such as a dual-pane sunroof, Beats premium audio system, 1...

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Andiamo Steakhouse marries ambience and quality

Tucked away inside The D, walk down the brick-walled tunnel and into the charm of an old-school Las Vegas restaurant for the finest cuts of meat married with exceptional Italian cooking. Andiamo Steakhouse sources its beef from top butchers like Pat LaFrieda and Stockyard Premium, with each piece cut to exact specifications of the chefs and turned into melt-in-your-mouth morsels. Intense flavors s...

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The new production plan of Prosciutto di San Daniele PDO, unveiled

For the three-year period 2021-2023 Prosciutto di San Daniele PDO will benefit from a new production and supply regulation plan. It is a strategic tool put in place by the protection Consortium to balance the supply linked to the demand for this Italian excellence. According to the Consortium, the new production plan has an important strategic value for the development of local districts and the c...

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New England

Dining Review: Giusto in Newport

The word “freestyle” is thrown around a lot in reference to Giusto. It’s a term that allows chef-owner Kevin O’Donnell some liberties in a traditional Italian kitchen, as well as a marketing tool to announce something unexpected. It’s not entirely ac... Read More

New York

New York Yankees Legends: Yogi Berra, a historic career,”it ain’t over till it’s over.”

Lawrence Peter Yogi Berra was one of the most popular New York Yankees of all time. With all the discussion on who will be the Yankee catcher next season, I thought it would be appropriate to look at one of the Yankees’ most iconic catchers. Yogi was... Read More

East

John Alati, Former Essex Freeholder, Dies At 73

John M. Alati, a popular former Essex County freeholder who was one of the most influential people in county politics in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, died on January 15. He was 73. He was elected freeholder in 1984, representing the East Orange/Irvin... Read More

South East

Generations of Iterations of a Quaint Restaurant on Isles of Capri: Here’s the Story

I had the pleasure of meeting Alex Alexander about 10 years ago when she jogged the streets of Isles of Capri without breathing hard, while I felt fatigued just watching her run past my house. While doing her standard running miles, she noticed some... Read More

Great Lakes

Subito Serves Classic, Scratch-Made Italian Inside Downtown's New Lytle Park Hotel

Downtown’s new Lytle Park Hotel opened to the public this June, along with their in-house, upscale Italian eatery Subito and sophisticated rooftop lounge, Vista at Lytle Park. Subito serves scratch-made Italian dishes in a white-tablecloth, jazzy env... Read More

Midwest

Review: Serious Italian cooking arrives in…

The smoked salmon tartine from Pastars in Westminster is one of those things that’ll drive you crazy as you admire its good looks and try to decide whether to eat it with your fingers or a knife and fork. I grab it with my hands and rush it toward my... Read More

South

Incredible Italian food awaits at this family-owned Houston wine cafe

Few things in life are as comforting as home-cooked Italian food. But if you're not part of a big Italian family, you can still feel like it at Napoli's Wine Cafe. The family-owned restaurant has been in business since 1992, first on Westheimer, then... Read More

West

Hall of Fame: Gondola Rides at The Venetian

Along with iconic architecture and replicas of famous structures in Venice, Italy, the newly Venetian in 1999 also introduced a facsimile of one of the Italian city’s most famous attractions—its gondolas. The Las Vegas version was a motorized version... Read More

California

Memory Lane: Dave Cavagnaro, 'Mayor of East Napa'

Dave Cavagnaro was far more than a successful businessman. Known as the unofficial “Mayor of East Napa,” Cavagnaro made it his life’s work to enhance local life in a variety of ways. He is credited with bringing the circus to town, orchestrating the... Read More

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