The Moka Pot: Italian Coffee Culture’s Most Beloved Icon
Although the first Italian coffeehouses opened in Venice in the mid 17th century, over the next two hundred years as coffee grew in popularity, few Italian households went through the time consuming process of brewing their own coffee. Surprisingly, even just prior to the early 20th century, most Italians still only had a few efficient and practic...
In the Wake of The Ocean Race, Genoa is Back in the Spotlight for Sustainability
Described as the longest and most challenging professional sporting event in the world, The Ocean Race concluded a few days ago in Genoa. Why was the Ligurian port city chosen as the race’s finish line — or its “Grand Finale,” as organizers ceremoniously put it? The sea is ingrained in the local identity. Maybe it’s because Genoa carries the title...
Giorgio de Chirico: Horses: The Death of a Rider
Vito Schnabel Gallery. 43 Clarkson St #1A, New York, NY. It’s usually too soon to write off what might seem, at first glance, a great artist’s less compelling work, as these small paintings would make abundantly clear if nothing else did. For more than a hundred years, Giorgio de Chirico has been revered for the so-called metaphysical paintings he...
Lake vacations in Italy: where to go region by region
Where better to spend your lake vacation than in Italy? Our peninsula has a significant number of lakes, to be precise we are talking about 1500, all with different characteristics. For your lake vacation in Italy, you can choose any destination: from north to south and you can even choose the region that most appeals to you. Preferring a lake vaca...
Little Italy Farmer's Market Celebrates 10th Anniversary: Community Gem
It's a big summer for the Little Italy Farmers Market, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. For sisters Anastasia and Aliechia Post, farming is a long-standing family tradition. "It started in the late 1800s with potatoes and oats," said Anastasia. "One year potatoes, one year oats. And we've always had apple trees." And bringing th...
Tuscany Is Beckoning Foreign Home Buyers
Hamid Zeighami’s lifelong love of Italy culminated in buying a home in Florence last year—and he wasn’t the only international buyer to choose Tuscany for a vacation home. Last year, international inquiries into purchasing Italian homes rose 126.65%, compared with the prepandemic 2019 figures, according to gate-away.com, a property platform for ove...
Family and Friends Remember John Salone
The Geneva Red Wings held a special ceremony Thursday night to pay tribute to their late groundskeeper John Salone. McDonough Park’s field is now “John Salone Field” as fans will notice atop the scoreboard. Salone, a community figure and a 1974 De Sales High School graduate, passed away last August at the age of 66. John’s contributions to the comm...
Festa Italiana returns for 2023 celebration in Sterling Heights
If you’re looking for a way to satisfy pizza and pasta cravings, this annual tradition might be the perfect match. Festa Italiana, a three-day event celebrating Italian heritage, returns July 14-16 at Freedom Hill County Park in Sterling Heights. The free event is one of the largest Italian-American traditions in the metro area, according to a news...
Greying Italy has more people aged over 100 than ever
The number of people aged over 100 in Italy hit a record high last year, the national statistics office said on Friday, as the average age of the population grows at a faster pace than its European Union peers. In its annual report, ISTAT said the share of the population aged over 100 had tripled since the beginning of the century and totalled almo...
Italian restaurant Via Triozzi opening soon in Lowest Greenville
An Italian restaurant with a focus on Tuscan cuisine is expected to open this month in Lowest Greenville. Via Triozzi is owned by Leigh Hutchinson, whose family is from Sicily. Hutchinson has spent more than two years living in Italy. As an undergraduate, she spent a semester in a town called Scandicci, which is just outside Florence in Tuscany; th...
Vito Montelli, St. Joseph boys basketball coaching legend and Connecticut's all-time leader in coaching victories, dies at 92
Vito Montelli, a Connecticut coaching titan who guided generations of boys basketball players for more than a half century, becoming the state’s all-time winningest coach in victories and state championships, died Friday morning at his home in Stratford surrounded by his family, his son, Tommy, said. He was 92.A Bristol native and the only survivin...
Mamma DiSalvo’s 44 years and still dishin’ up the goods!
Rinaldo and Elena DiSalvo opened Mamma DiSalvo’s Italian Ristorante and began serving on June 8, 1979 with assistance from Elena parents Pasquale and Bambina Bernardo (Now, that’s Italian!) began serving mamma’s secret family recipes from the Abruzzi-Molise Region – one of ITALY’S Best Kept secrets. It is our passion to provide your family with th...