Dr. Robert Leonard Honored by Italian Society for Hair Science
Dr. Robert Leonard, chief surgeon and founder of Newton-based Leonard Hair Transplant Associates, was recently honored by the Italian Society for Hair Science during its 20th anniversary conference held April 17, 2016 in Florence, Italy. Dr. Leonard was awarded for his work in education in the field of hair restoration and science. Dr. Leonard and...
Authentic gelato leads to SCORE award for West Chester residents
Vincenzo Tettamanti didn't start his dessert cafe on Market Street in the borough because he was pining for the old country. But he was hungry for something authentically Italian. "I always cooked, since I was little," Tettamanti recently recalled inside his Gemelli Artisanal Gelato and Dessert Cafe across from the Historic Courthouse in t...
Italian fast-casual chain Piada opens first North Houston location
By Vanessa Holt Piada Italian Street Food opened its third Houston-area location on June 3. Piada Vintage Park, located at 10420 Louetta Road, joins Houston locations on Memorial Drive and in Sugarland for the Ohio-based fast-casual Italian eatery. Community Marketing Manager Jordan Blossom said the restaurant's signature item the pi...
Ceramics industry keeps growing, thanks to exports
Italian ceramics industry is fighting its battle for growth on foreign markets and, while waiting for Italy's economy to fully restart, it keeps betting on quality and products capable of beating its foreign competitors. Like Spain, for example, which has a higher level of "productivity" and higher yields per employee. But figures – made p...
Where to Find Italy in America – New York (Part 1)
New Series: Where to Find Italy in America. This is the first article in what we hope will become a series, part of our Italian-American section, devoted to Italian-American communities in the United States: where they live, where they gather, where to find a little bit of Italy in different U.S. cities and states. Almost 16 million people...
Italian Family Pizza Moves To First Hill
By Genesee Martin Italian Family Pizza has moved to First Hill after four years operating downtown, opening up across from Pacific Medical Center at 1028 Madison St. The First Hill spot is one large room, with brick along one wall and wood on the other. Large windows form the corner entrance, which lets out into the dining area. T...
Team behind best new restaurant hopes to duplicate success with Italian-American eatery
Houston certainly doesn't lack for outstanding restaurants that burst onto the scene, but Helen Greek Food & Wine made a particularly memorable impression since it opened a year ago. From its intimate location in Rice Village, the restaurant has racked up serious acclaim, including being named the best new restaurant in the state by Texas Month...
Seven eclectic castles
Here is a parade of buildings scattered throughout Italy, from the Aosta Valley to Sicily: castles, villas and palaces that stand out for their bizarre, eccentric, extravagant or unconventional architectural features. Most of them can be described as "eclectic", a term that points to their voluntary and conscious syncretism of various architec...
Citizen Ex: questioni di l’identità nell’era di Internet
di Riccardo Giumelli Sono per il 37,43 % americano, per il 33,14% italiano, per l'11,52% olandese, per il 6,8% irlandese. E sono anche un po' di Hong Kong, ma solo per lo 0,9%. Nella confusione delle identità postmoderne e liquide, quelle della pluriappartenenza, ci mancavano un po' di numeri per mettere un po' di ordine. A chiarire...
Michéal CASTALDO
Michéal CASTALDO is an award-winning singer/songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur from New York City. He was born in Calabria, Italy, and has fans all over the world, including many from the tristate area. As a young child when his parents emigrated from Calabria to Canada in the 1960s, michéal was exposed at an early age to American rock...
Italian family looks to join St. Augustine relatives in restaurant business
The Aloisi family is following a love of America, a love of good food, the love of relatives and a trail of paperwork to their dream of being St. Augustine residents and business owners. They've started down the path, but they haven't quite gotten there yet. Francesco Aloisi, his wife, Alessia, and their son Aaron are looking to move...
Venetian's new Italian restaurant focuses on seafood
Vegas is all about culinary diversity these days, but the Venetian/Palazzo complex literally has a dozen Italian restaurants. And it works, especially when you realize how many conventioneers want to hang out on a faux patio in the faux St. Mark's Square noshing on pizza and pasta. The newest offering, Miami's Mercato Della Pescheria, sits...