Fettucine Alfredo, American-style
Between restaurants, cookbooks and supermarket shelves, Alfredo sauces vary widely, both in style and quality. Here's a rundown of fettuccine Alfredo's history and sauce variations.The original dish was an extra-buttery version of an Italian standard, fettuccine al burro — fettuccine with butter and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. It was created in Rom...
Shop Italy on Madison 2013 NYC
To celebrate and promote Italian fashion in New York City, the Italian Trade Commission would like to invite you to participate in SHOP ITALY on MADISON. SHOP ITALY on MADISON, promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development and organized by the Italian Trade Commission, celebrates Italian quality and heritage with a series of consumer shopping e...
Nuggets' Danilo Gallinari undergoes ACL surgery
Danilo Gallinari says he will undergo surgery to repair the ACL on his left knee next week and is hoping to be back on the court for the Denver Nuggets around February. The Italian forward has been rehabbing in the team's weight room since an operation in late April to fix the meniscus in a knee he hurt April 4 against Dallas. He arrived M...
The Italians In Texas
The few Italians who came to Texas during the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were mainly explorers, adventurers or missionaries. The Italian presence in the state goes back to the earliest years of Spanish exploration. Like Christopher Columbus, Italians were often in the employ of the Spanish during that early peri...
Cookies, Cannoli and Finding my Roots in Boston’s North End
Every time I visit Italy I am half-searching for my grandparents. I won't find them, they are dead now, but I'm always on the lookout for a smell, a taste, a old man in a cap, who will remind me of them. Even though they never actually lived in Italy, they taught me everything I know about being Italian. Well, I found them, they weren't in Italy a...
The 87th Annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian will take place on September 7th and 8th, 2013
2013 Feast Schedule: Saturday, September 7th: 2:00 PM: Feast opens with amusements, games, food vendors, etc. 6:30 PM: Procession with the Saints and the "North End Marching Band" 6:45 PM: Healing Service with Holy Oils and Relics of Saints Cosmas and Damian 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM: Free music performances by "The Reminisants"Em...
Frank Maselli (President - American Italian Museum in New Orleans)
New Orleans fu la prima grande città americana ad accogliere un grande numerodi emigrati italiani, ancora prima che questi partissero da un territorio che si potesse ufficialmente chiamare Italia, ovvero prima dell'unificazione del 1861. Le storie di quegli emigrati non contemplano il passaggio per Ellis Island, non si sviluppano nella Little Italy...
7th Annual Taylor Street Festa Italiana was a resounding success!
Chicagoans of all ages flocked to the city's historic Little Italy on the weekend to celebrate their Italian pride at the 7th Annual Taylor Street Festa Italiana. The four-day event attracted more than 50,000 people to celebrate the history and heritage of Chicago's Little Italy – a place where many Italians migrated to and settled at the...
New London School Is A Magnet For Italian Exchange Students
A group of 13 students attending Liceo C. Salutati Montecatini Terme in Montecatini, Italy, will arrive in Connecticut on Saturday for 11 days of immersion in American culture. New London's Science and Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut will host the Italian exchange students, who will arrive at the magnet school to...
Strong Grip on Life
By Ralph Gardner I'd be less than candid if I said Little Italy's San Gennaro festival was my favorite event of the fall season. It's noisy and crowded. Traffic in the area is a mess. The grilled sausage, pepper and onions is certainly tasty, but I'm not sure it warrants a detour. And offered the choice between a cannoli and French pastry,...
Dalla collezione della Morgan Library una splendida mostra sugli artisti italiani della seconda "età dell'oro" a venezia. Da Tiziano a Guardi
Il XVIII secolo vide seconda età d'oro di Venezia . Anche se la città non era più una grande potenza politica, divenne capitale artistica grazie ad artisti di grande talento come Giambattista Tiepolo, suo figlio Domenico, Canaletto e i membri della famiglia Guardi eseguendo importanti commissioni della nobiltà e la chiesa , mentre i viaggiatori str...
Little Italy. Lotta Food: Dominick's expands into Roswell
By Hatcher Hurd Dominick's Italian restaurants have grown to be five now, the latest in Roswell, but they all have the same recipe for success. Roswell's Dominick's is at 408 South Atlanta Street in the Clock Tower shopping center. Owner-chef Khoi Phan may seem an unlikely choice for running a restaurant specializing in Italian cuisine – he i...