Curious Grape Closes, Italian Restaurant to Open Soon
The Curious Grape, the wine bar and shop in Shirlington, closed Saturday night, but a new restaurant will be taking its place shortly. Coming in to the location on 2900 S. Quincy Street will be Osteria da Nino Cucina Italiana & Bar, an Italian restaurant that plans to start its soft opening on Thursday, its owners told ARLnow.com today. &...
Much more than a fair: how to enjoy the “Fuorisalone” in Milan design districts
by Chiara Beghelli What about enjoying a cocktail and some small talk on the streets in early spring evening, after having spent hours visiting stands in huge Rho-Fiera buildings on the outskirts of Milan? Definitely yes, for the thousands of people that every year pay a visit to "Fuorisalone" events, spread out over Milan during...
Two new books illuminate the ways of Italians and Italian regional cuisine
By Melissa McCart Regional Italian restaurants have been opening in Pittsburgh at a fast clip, from Senti in Lawrenceville with a menu inspired by the Abruzzo region, to Taglio in East Liberty, serving Roman-style tray pizzas. It would be great if being Italian or dining Italian lent a thorough understanding of a region. Instead a resta...
US Pizza Team Heads to Italy for the World Pizza Championships
The US Pizza Team will head to Parma, Italy, this May to take part in the World Pizza Championships. The World Pizza Championships attracts hundreds of pizzaiolos from more than 30 countries every year. Competitors take part in a range of events. They include: classic pizza, pizza-in-the-pan, pizza-on-the-peel, Neapolitan, gluten-free, piz...
A rich american and his Italian wife are on a mission to save migrants in the Mediterranean
by Matthew Speiser A 131-foot fishing trawler manned by a wealthy American and his family left the shores of Malta on Wednesday to set off into the Mediterranean sea for a six month expedition, CNN reports. Its mission? Rescue migrants making the perilous journey from Africa to Europe. "I love the adventure and challenge of t...
Malocchio (Evil Eye)
by Joseph Francis Michael Moscaritolo ("Growing up Italian") My maternal grandparents Angelina Schiavo-DeFuria Abbatangelo and Francesco Paolo Gambacorta-Abbatangelo were from Ariano Irpino in the Province of Avellino of the Campania Region. They came to this country around 1913 and settled in the Readville section of Boston, MA. ...
From Turin to California, shaping architecture and design through art: Serena Zanello
by Serena Perfetto "Creativity is the way to transform dreams into reality": there is no better quote we could hope to end our conversation with Serena Zanello during the Spring Show at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Young, Italian, woman, entrepreneur, Serena moved to California a few years ago, after she complet...
Studying (in) Italy Festa della Repubblica vs. Independence Day a Study Abroad Student’s Comparison
WTI Magazine #62 2015 June, 12Author : John Cabot University Translation by: Festa della Repubblica is Italy's national holiday, celebrated on June 2nd each year to commemorate the Italian voters' decision to turn Italy into a republic after the fall of fascism in 1946. The holiday was first celebrated in 1948 and June 2nd did not be...
Rome to launch today its official bid for the 2024 Olympic games
by Andrea Marini To understand just what the 2024 Olympic run means for Italy and Rome you've got to consider the games that took place in the Italian capital in far-away 1960. Gold medals were showered on a nation experiencing an all-out economic boom, with GDP that year growing by 5.4% and surging by 8.4% the following year - gr...
Rita Loccisano and the discipline taking over Italy – Now in Chicago!
Rita is the creator of the new culinary discipline VisualFood®, which unities aesthetics and function by transforming food into little works of art without altering the essence, function, or value of the food itself. It has become a huge success in Italy with an evergrowing number of fans. Like in design, the object is not stripped of its...
Italian restaurant opens in downtown Adairsville
Ristorante Mabianni Main Street Station has opened at 106 Public Square in the heart of downtown Adairsville. Gabriel Murguia is the owner of the family-operated business. Murguia, who has lived in the Adairsville area for about five years, said, while attending the Great Locomotive Chase Festival in Adairsville last October, he fell...
Vi svelo com’è arrivato il Barbera in California
di Jennavave Barbero Sono di origine italo-americana, sono nata in California e poi da qualche anno sono tornata a vivere in Italia, a Milano perché non ho mai dimenticato le mie origini. Infatti piu' di 100 anni fa, come mi hanno raccontato in famiglia, i miei bisnonni Giorgio e Amelia Domenica Barbero sono immigrati in California partend...