Pasquale Nestico con FILITALIA INTERNATIONAL a Kulpmont per la Festa di San Marziale
Il 9 luglio scorso, Filitalia International ha organizzato un viaggio di un folto gruppo di famiglie di origine calabrese per festeggiare il Patrono San Marziale a Kulpmont dove vivono i discendenti dei primi emigranti calabresi ed iscani arrivati nel 1898 con la nave da crociera Stampalia partita da Napoli. Pasquale Nestico, accompagnato da Daniel...
New Yorker leads soccer club on Italian renaissance
In terms of this week’s soccer friendlies, Tuesday’s Detroit City FC-Venezia FC encounter might be dismissed as an undercard to the following day’s AS Roma-Paris Saint Germain clash at Comerica Park. That would be shortsighted. Perhaps no soccer team has compiled a more compelling story than the Winged Lions of Venice. In two short years, the club...
A journey of discovery and famiglia in Southern Italy
Frank Di Ionno is racing through the mountain roads outside of San Bartolomeo, Italy, like a young Mario Andretti. He is 67 but has the energy and sense of immortality of a man one third his age. I look over at the speedometer. It bounces between 110 and 120. I realize its kilometers but it sure feels like miles per hour to me. I am in the passenge...
A Pasta Paradise Arrives With the Opening of Pammy’s in Cambridge
A pasta-filled restaurant is now open in Cambridge, and some familiar faces are on the opening team. Pammy’s officially debuted in the former Indian Castle space at 928 Massachusetts Ave. Monday evening, under the purview of husband-and-wife team Chris and Pam Willis, according to Boston Magazine. Chris serves as the restaurant’s chef, overseeing t...
Pizza fritte, more return for East Utica church’s Italian festival
The lot adjacent to St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church in East Utica was once again filled Saturday for its annual Italian festival, with lines for food extending nearly to the sidewalks at times. Proceeds from the three-day festival will support St. Mary of Mount Carmel programs and roof repairs later this summer, said the Rev. Jim Cesta, the church’...
Un forestiero a New York. Intervista a Matteo Pericoli
In occasione della mostra New York New York. Arte Italiana: la riscoperta dell’America, in corso al Museo del Novecento di Milano e alle Gallerie d’Italia, Matteo Pericoli (Milano, 1968) ha inaugurato una serie di incontri (Vite parallele: Italia, America) volti a raccontare il rapporto tra la Grande Mela e diversi artisti nostrani. L’architetto e...
Isola dei Pescatori: an island for fishermen and writers
Isola dei Pescatori (meaning “fishermen’s island” and also known as Isola Superiore) is part of the Borromean Islands in Lake Maggiore. In Ernest Hemingway’s famous “A Farewell to Arms”, protagonist Frederic Henry stops here during the First World War, to drink a vermouth: I rowed across to Isola Bella and went close to the walls, where the water d...
Rita’s Italian Ice Opening in Alameda and More A.M. Intel
Pennsylvania-founded frozen treats purveyor Rita’s is setting up shop in Alameda this fall, nicely timed to the local sunny season. The chain is known for its frozen custard and signature Italian ices, which true fans call by the OG regional name “water ice.” The location, the closest one yet to San Francisco, is the South Shore Center (523 South S...
Not just a tour: Louisville restaurateur leads guests on life-changing trips through Italy
Gina Stipo found the perfect hazelnut farm high in the mountains of a small town in Piedmont, a northern region of Italy where the Louisville-based restaurateur recently led a group of about a dozen tourists on a week-long trip. She must have used a drone — or at least a well-trained bird — to find the location, joked guest Mary Knuff, who's travel...
Review: Nautika offers seafood Italian-style in a summer setting at Greenwich Cove
I had almost forgotten what a wonderful meal Mario Micheletti prepares and how warm and inviting Cheryl Micheletti is as a restaurant host. It had been a long time since I’d eaten the perfectly prepared Italian food and Rhode Island specialties served at Nautika, the Micheletti’s seasonal restaurant on Greenwich Cove. As I drove from Providence to...
A New Calligaris Showroom Comes to New York
Niki and Shaokao Cheng can sense good design a mile (or a couple thousand) away. The owners of BoConcept New York, the couple brought stylish, modern Danish design to the Big Apple in 2003, long before hygge became a trendy buzzword. This March, they introduced Italian purveyor Calligaris to SoHo, and they aren't stopping there. Today, the couple a...
Women's brunch fundraiser to honor Agawam mayoral candidate Jimmy Cichetti
As the race for mayor of Agawam heats up, so do the summertime fundraisers and meet-and-greets. Agawam City Council President Jimmy Cichetti, an independent candidate for mayor, will be feted at a women's brunch from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, July 23, at Luigi Takefive, an Italian restaurant at 944 Springfield St. There's a suggested $20 donation for...