Owners of Mario’s Italian Restaurant in Lexington to retire
The founders and majority owners of Mario’s Italian Restaurant are leaving the company, but the restaurant that has been a fixture in Lexington for decades will remain the same. Mark, James and Nikiforis Miminos, the longtime owners of the American Food Holding Corporation, the holding company that controls six restaurants in Massachusetts includin...
Nissoli (DS-CD): auguri di buon lavoro a Tommaso Cardona nuovo Presidente della CCI a Miami
"Esprimo le mie vive congratulazioni all'imprenditore italiano Tommaso Cardona per la sua elezione a Presidente dell'America Chamber of Commerce Southeast (IACC), situata a Miami ed aderente ad Assocamere estero, un ruolo importante a servizio degli imprenditori italiani nel sud est degli Stati Uniti”. Così in una nota Fucsia Nissoli (Ds-Cd) a comm...
How modern they were! Everyday practices the Italian Renaissance gave us
There isn’t a period in history as quintessentially Italian as the Renaissance. Even though it spread throughout Europe, with the notable exception of the British islands, it is in Italy that the rebirth of culture after the “dark ages” (which in reality, were not that dark) of medieval times began. We all know something about those centuries: Euro...
There's a pizza cheese empire, and you've probably never heard of it
Leprino Foods is a company you've almost certainly never heard of, but whose product you've almost certainly consumed. It makes a billion pounds of cheese each year and controls as much as 85 percent of the pizza cheese market as a supplier to Pizza Hut, Domino’s and Papa John’s. Chloe Sorvino of Forbes magazine’s billionaires team visited the Lepr...
Da Bergoglio e De Blasio a Ricciardo: ecco i valori degli italici del mondo
Che cos’hanno in comune un Papa argentino (Bergoglio), un sindaco americano (Bill De Blasio) e un pilota di Formula 1 australiano (Daniel Ricciardo)? Apparentemente nulla. In realtà fanno parte di una stessa famiglia che, sempre meno silenziosa e sempre più in crescita, sta consolidando il proprio ruolo nel mondo: gli italici. Ed è proprio su quest...
Foreign Language Honor Society Visits Italian American Museum in Little Italy
Several student members of the William Floyd High School Foreign Language Honor Society (FLHS) had the opportunity to expand their understanding of Italian culture during a recent field trip to the Italian American Museum located in New York City’s Little Italy. The historic museum, located on the corner of Mulberry and Grand Street in Lower Manhat...
What's cooking in Italy on a warm summer's night?
You may be surprised to learn that Italian cuisine has much more variety to offer than the Americanized version of pizza, cheesy baked pasta, and crusty bread. As a matter of fact, Italian cooking changes drastically from season to season. So much so that if you were in #Italy in the winter and then decided to return in the #Summer, you might think...
New additional passport appointments at the Italian Consulate in San Francisco
In light of the extremely high volume of requests for passports during this summer period, this Consulate General has authorized under exceptional circumstances the opening of 54 additional passport appointments from 12 June 2017 through 07 July 2017 at 9:20am, 10:00am, and 10:40am. These appointments are available on a “first come first served” ba...
Festa Italiana Portland 2017
Festa Italiana returns to Pioneer Courthouse Square, " Portland's Piazza" August 24-26, 11am to 11pm. Get ready for nonstop Italian! Italian Food, Entertainment, Vendors, Opera and 2 Wine/Beer Gardens For Entertainment we will feature two large bands. Ray Massa's EuroRhythms, from Dublin Ohio is an Italian American show band that will have you on y...
Nyack People & Places: Nino Turiello’s Pizza
Strategically located at the corner of Main and Broadway in downtown Nyack, Turiello’s Italian Restaurant has been in the village since 1980 under the ownership of Girolamo (Nino) Turiello. When asked where he lives, he says in the store, although his real home is in Brooklyn. Nino came to America in 1972 from Bari, Puglia in Italy. In Bari they ma...
Unusual Places in Italy for a summer vacation pt.1
Find some unusual places to visit in Italy for the summer vacation can be the perfect solution to avoid the mass tourism that characterizes the famous locations of the peninsula. Cities like Rome, Florence or Venice are beautiful, but it’s often very difficult to visit them properly. Fortunately, Italy has a lot of amazing spots outside the common...
Thursday 6/15: Road to Valor
The Italian American Museum and the Brooklyn Velodrome Vintage Wheelmen cordially invite you to attend a book presentation by author Aili McConnon for "Road to Valor: A True Story of World War II Italy and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation", a non-fiction work by Aili McConnon & Andres McConnon; and a screening of the documentary film "Assisi 1943...