Join Cara DiFalco for lunch at Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce
The Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce is featuring Cara DiFalco during its monthly “Lunch Dozen Networking Series,” to be held on Wednesday, May 9 at 12:00 Noon. The event will be held at the offices of Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce, 90 East Halsey Road, Suite 322. Cara DiFalco has been a journalist on News 12 NJ, and FoxNY. She is combini...
NIAF New York Gala 2018 Review
Once again, the National Italian American Foundation returned to the elegant and historic Cipriani 42nd Street for its annual New York Gala on April 10, where guests mingled between sweeping archways and golden curtains in the heart of New York’s iconic Manhattan neighborhood. More than 700 Italian and Italian Americans from New York and around the...
Dolce & Gabbana x Smeg Drop a New Kitchen Range Inspired by Sicilian Culture
Dolce & Gabbana and Smeg have teamed up for the third installment of its ‘Divina Cucina’ collection. Back In February, the two unveiled a second collaborative kitchen appliance capsule and are now following suit with a pattern-heavy Victoria range cooker, extractor hood, and Smeg’s world-renowned FAB28 fridge. While D&G was founded in Milan and Sme...
A taste of Little Italy at Mangia in Orchard Park
Confession is good for the soul, or so they say. So I will share that when the first dishes arrived at Mangia, I emitted a quiet sigh of relief. After visiting so many Italian-American restaurants, the dominant strain of the area's "ethnic" eateries, I have developed red sauce fatigue. I've learned to expect average food in an average setting, made...
Americans learning Italian
“Perché gli americani vogliono imparare l’italiano?” (“Why do Americans want to learn Italian?”) This was the question my friends asked when I told them that I was going to go from working on my Master’s in Italy to teaching Italian conversation at Bowdoin. My reply was aloof, well-hidden behind an exploratory and reassuring tone: “Hopefully I will...
Foreign buyers return to the real estate market in Italy
According to PropertyWire the number of requests for Italian houses and apartments has increased by 133% in 2017. The most active buyers are those from Northern Europe, in particular, from that area of the Eurozone, which was not affected by the currency shift. Within three months to March 2018, the number of online views of property item by potent...
From the Savory Side, the Salty Carricantes of Sicily
To describe a wine as “salty” may not seem like much of a compliment. Yet it can be high praise indeed. Some of the world’s greatest wines have a distinct saline tang. In France, where the vocabulary for describing wine dwarfs the capacity of English, to remark on a wine’s “salinité” is to toss a welcome though perhaps voguish verbal bouquet. In my...
Italian Pavilion @ Techtextil North America 2018 - Atlanta
It will start on the 22nd of May, in Atlanta, GA, TechTextil North America 2018, the fifteenth edition of North America’s only dedicated show for technical textiles and nonwovens. More than 600 exhibitors will display the latest in textile processing equipment. Techtextil North America assembles all vertical aspects of the technical textile industr...
Fare Cinema
When: From Tuesday, May 22, 2018 to Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura - 500 N Michigan Ave - Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura In collaboration with : Chicago International Film Festival - Entrance : Free “Fare Cinema” (Filmmaking) is an initiative coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Inte...
Mercer County Italian-American Festival moving to Burlington County ... probably?
The Mercer County Italian-American Festival will be held in Columbus this September, which, as you probably realize, is not in Mercer County. It’s in Burlington County. So yes. The Mercer County Italian-American Festival will be in Burlington County. Almost certainly. Well, probably. Almost definitely. What gives? “I’m 79 years old and a street guy...
Boheme Opera NJ Presents the “Realism” of 19th-century Opera
One-act operas present unusual challenges to directors in how to combine them into an evening’s entertainment and the possibility of double casting. Two short operas often linked in one production are Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci, creating an evening of 19th-century human drama. These two operas repr...
New River North Italian Contender Promises to Go Beyond Spaghetti and Meatballs
Nine months ago, Michael Meranda revealed his plans to open a new Italian restaurant in River North that featured his award-winning gelato. The path to opening Sapori Antichi Bar Italianohasn’t been as smooth as their tasty Italian desserts are, but on Monday Meranda and wife Mary finally opened their restaurant. They’re serving lunch and dinner wi...