This Queens spot is making savory cannoli and Nutella pizza
Queens is home to lots of pizzerias and red sauce joints, but one restaurant takes Italian-American classics to a whole new level of hybrid cuisine. Allora in Bayside, Queens has plenty of traditional Italian-American staples on the menu (rollatini, baked clams), but it’s the tuna tartare cannoli and s’mores pizza that draw the most attention. Chef...
Aiken sister city Orvieto, Italy to host annual July 4 concert
On July 4, a celebration of independence will be bringing a city to life, but it won't be in America. In 1996, a friendship was formed between two cities: Aiken, South Carolina, and Orvieto, Italy. The organization Partners In Friendship, also known as PIF, was the result. Former PIF president George Custodi met Italian artist Livio Orazio Valenti...
Appeal to Vatican puts sale of Mount Carmel on hold
The Catholic Church, the saying goes, thinks in centuries. So while parish leadership proposes to sell the historic Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, the landmark Italian-American church on Mulberry Street that has been closed and had been facing the wrecking ball, appeals to the Vatican may postpone the church’s fate indefinitely - possibly for yea...
Parma 8200 in Bloomington to close
Parma 8200 in Bloomington in closing, after a seven-year run. The upscale Italian restaurant and bar, operated by D’Amico & Partners, opened in 2010 in the Normandale Lake office complex. The restaurant’s final day will be Saturday, July 7. “As Parma 8200 closes its doors, we look forward to new opportunities,” said co-owner Richard D’Amico in a st...
Italian American Lawyers of Orange County IALOC/Lex Romana for our annual Bocce Tournament
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:30 PM Join Italian American Lawyers of Orange County IALOC/Lex Romana for our annual Bocce Tournament at Il Fornaio in Irvine, California. Our Gracious Sponsor for this event is Centext Legal. Appetizers are included in the Registration Cost of $20.00 for members and $30.00 for non-members. The Bocce Tournament will gua...
Mario Fratti compie 90 anni, L’Aquila lo celebra con una giornata in suo onore
Sarà un 5 luglio particolare il prossimo che Mario Fratti trascorrerà a L’Aquila sua Città natale. Infatti, in occasione del novantesimo compleanno dello scrittore, giornalista e critico teatrale (figura di primo piano a New York e nel mondo culturale degli Stati Uniti dove vive dal 1963 a New York) il presidente del Consiglio regionale Giuseppe Di...
The Foodie Guide to the Unsung Foods of Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna is widely regarded as a region with some of the best foods and cuisine in Italy: that’s because such delicacies known worldwide as Parmigiano Reggiano, balsamic vinegar, Parma ham, culatello and mortadella are all produced here. But these are not the only products that make this Italian region a foodie delight: there are many more ex...
Brockton woman celebrates turning 105 years old
Julia Giovannini sat in front of the keyboard and began to tap her fingers. She did not have any music sheets, barely looked down and was unfazed by her audience. It was clear she had years of practice, actually she had nearly 100 years of practice. Giovannini turned 105 years old on Saturday, June 24, making her the oldest living person in Brockto...
The LoFrisco Family Cookbook: How Josie Brought Sicily to Brooklyn
Tuesday, July 11 — Author Talk: Anthony LoFrisco — The LoFrisco Family Cookbook: How Josie Brought Sicily to Brooklyn, 7-8:30 p.m. The LoFrisco Family Cookbook: How Josie Brought Sicily To Brooklyn by Anthony LoFrisco, is part cookbook, part memoir. The author, son of Sicilian immigrants in the early 1900s, shares not only his mother's time-tested...
VINUM restaurant: How a chef battles a beleaguered location in Stapleton
Whether you're a single person or head of a household, there are programs that can pick up the slack in the grocery bill to make ends meet. As a bonus produce hails from community gardens around the borough. Project Hospitality of Port Richmond, the Staten Island Hunger Task Force and the Richmond County Savings Foundation organize and support this...
Italy's sleeping beauty: 400-year-old castle near Venice brought back to life
It’s amazing, given the millions who flock into Venice, that hardly any tourists venture beyond the lagoon. Just 50km from la Serenissima, on the fringes of the volcanic Euganean hills, which provided stone for the pavements of Venice a millennium ago, there’s an enormous undiscovered castle. Castello del Catajo was built by the Obizzi family in ar...
Graduates to receive scholarships
For many organizations the ability to help out a recent high school graduate with some scholarship money is a mission. The Enrico Caruso Lodge #1463 Order of Sons of Italy in America will attempt to do just that with the proceeds from their annual dinner. The dinner will be held on Saturday, July 8, beginning at 6 p.m. The cost of the event is $40...