Pasticciotto Leccese - the pastry of southern Puglia
Italian Enthusiasts know that every community in Italy comes with not only its own vernacular, but also its own pastry. For me, when visiting the provinces and towns of Italy, I am always equally as enthusiastic to visit the ancient churches as I am to taste the typical desserts, sometimes dating back hundreds of years. In southern Puglia, it is n...
Between Acceptance and Prejudice: One Hundred Years of Italian E/i[m]migration
Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 5:30-8pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - Queens College, CUNY - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036. The Comitato Società Dante Alighieri NYC invites you to the symposium Between Acceptance and Prejudice: One Hundred Years of Italian E/i[m]migration. This symposium takes its title from the Ital...
There are a lot of myths about Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus has been described as “paranoid, narcissistic and ruthless” by The New York Times. The Biography Channel claims he “enslaved and mutilated native people.” Not to be outdone, MTV News claims “Columbus was a genocidal rapist.” The problem with these claims is that they rely almost entirely on James W. Loewen, author of “Lies My T...
Paolo Galluzzi on Leonardo
When: Friday, May 31, 2019 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York This year marks the quincentennial of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Renaissance master who died in May 1519. Artist, inventor, architect, and all-around genius his works will be on display in dozens of exhibitions around the world. The I...
Tastes of the Mediterranean: Italian food before Italy
Although many people know the Folger Shakespeare Library for its holdings in early modern English literature, the library also has an extensive collection of early modern Italian books, including some of the earliest cookbooks ever printed. Italian food has evolved so much over the past 500 years that even so-called ‘classic’ Italian dishes—such as...
Experienced Duo Opening Italian Restaurant and Market in Highland Park
Eric and Vanessa Carrerra of i.e. Italian Eatery are expanding to Saint Paul’s Highland Park. The former Espresso Royal coffee shop is under construction and will re-open as a market and restaurant inspired by the mega-Italian market and restaurant complex Eataly. Unlike those hulking complexes in New York and Chicago, this spot, called Dué Focacce...
Gray Malin’s keen eye for Italy shines in new book
Though it was a series shot in Marfa that helped launch his career, these days, Dallas-born Gray Malin jet-sets to the world’s most beautiful destinations to photograph his signature aerials. But he has a special love affair with Italy (don’t we all), which he first visited while studying abroad in college. At the time, he stuck to major cities but...
Unexpected Italy - Doctor 3 at Family Theater
Danilo Rea (piano), Enzo Pietropaoli (double bass), and Fabrizio Sferra(drums) make up jazz trio Doctor 3, the three-time winner of Musica Jazz's Best Italian Jazz Group of the Year. Their daring improvisations and reimagined compositions are influenced by artists ranging from the Beatles to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Righteous Brothers to Stin...
Bandiere Blu: oltre 300 spiagge bellissime in Italia!
L’Italia, terra di buona cucina, ma anche di spiagge eccellenti e di località turistiche di alto livello: lo conferma la Fee (Foundation for Environmental Education), che ogni anno assegna le Bandiere Blu ai lidi che soddisfano i criteri di qualità relativi alle acque di balneazione e ai servizi offerti, tenendo conto della pulizia e degli approdi...
A new restaurant, big personality and lots of stars are in Tony Capasso’s orbit
There’s no corralling Tony Capasso, the effusive managing partner of Tony’s, his restaurant at the J House in the Riverside section of Greenwich. For years, he’s been known as the Trivia Guy, a man of a thousand questions. He first came on the scene in Riverside at Valbella, where he attracted almost the entire Yankees team to come and dine. Then h...
“Goodbye Irpinia” di Mike J. Pilla, un paper novel dedicato ai migranti
“La passione per l’italianità all’estero”. È ciò che muove ogni giorno l’informazione che unisce il nostro Paese con le eccellenze sparse per il mondo. E per raccontare queste storie ci vuole una voce e anche un faccia. Mike J. Pilla ci ha messo entrambe e da un anno ha fondato “Patrimonio Italiano Tv“, la web tv degli italiani all’estero, di cui è...
Bowling, Bocce Restaurant Coming To Norwalk Mall
Pinstripes, a dining experience that offers bowling and bocce, has announced plans to open its first Northeast location in the currently under construction SoNo Collection mall. Pinstripes, Inc. announced Thursday their partnership with Brookfield Properties to open three new locations, including one in Norwalk. According to a press release, the tw...