The arcades of Bologna are the Italian candidacy for the list of UNESCO World Heritage 2020
The arcades of Bologna will be the Italian candidacy for 2020 to the UNESCO World Heritage List. This was decided by the Governing Council of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, which met this morning at the headquarters of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage. The arcades of Bologna will be the Italian postcard, a “nomination” on which the Mu...
Best Of Houston® 2020: Best Italian
Time spent in Italy as a child, and with years after that continuing to mold and develop Italian cuisine in Houston, at Giacomo’s Cibo e Vino, chef-owner Lynette Hawkins clocks in every single day to see to the food, the wine, the business, all of it. It’s in her bones, which translates to fresh pasta; stuffed, baked, al dente, and well-handled. Te...
In Scena! 2020 To Feature Special Performance By Italian Star Paola Minaccioni
The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italiana and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU will present the eighth annual In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, a festival of Italian theater taking place in all five boroughs of NYC (participating venues to be announced), April 27-May 11, 2020. Admission to all show...
The Mouth of Truth
Long before the modern lie detector and its harmlessly jittering graphs and wires were invented, the superstitious and untruthful faced a much more severe fate between the jaws of the Bocca della Verità, or Mouth of Fate, an ancient carving which is said to bite the hands off of liars. While no one is exactly sure when or why the frieze was created...
Here are Oakland's top 5 Italian spots
Looking for a mouthwatering Italian meal near you? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian spots around Oakland, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to satisfy your cravings. Looking to pop in to the latest popular spots? It's a good time now, since consumer spending at restaurants...
Paul Loparco to lead state OSDIA lodge
Paul Loparco has been elected president of the Illinois-Wisconsin Grand Lodge, Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America. A member of OSDIA since 1999, Loparco served as trustee, vice president and president of Leone D’Oro Lodge #2700 before ascending to the state presidency. “It’s a big step for me and I still have a lot to learn, but I’m certa...
Hidden in the Rubble: Finding A Family's Past in Poggioreale, Sicily
“We would not be who we are today without the grit and grind our ancestors endured,” says Sarah Campise Hallier, whose story we’re featuring on this month’s episode of our Back to Your Italian Roots series. Along with her mother and siblings, Sarah traveled to her ancestral town, tiny Poggioreale in western Sicily, for the first time last autumn....
Italian Street Food & Beer Fest
Start the new year off right and join us for our first storewide event of 2020! Get ready for unlimited bites and sips at Italian Street Food & Beer Fest on Sunday, February 16 at Eataly Las Vegas. Some of the best Italian food is what you can get from the little man with the carrettino, or "little cart," off the side of the road in small towns and...
Miami: onorificenza a Maria Padovan
Il Console Generale d’Italia a Miami Cristiano Musillo ha consegnato nei giorni scorsi l’onorificenza dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia che il Presidente Mattarella ha conferito a Maria Padovan, fondatrice della Metropolitan International School of Miami. Padovan è stata nominata Cavaliere per il suo contributo alla diffusione della lingua e della...
Making Coffee with a Moka – Step by Step
The moka is an easy and inexpensive tool for preparing coffee. Its name comes from the city of Mocha in Yemen, an area best known for the production of coffee, especially Arabica quality, but its use is 100% Italian. Making coffee with a moka is a sacred ritual, to be followed to the letter for a good result, with an intense taste and irresistible...
Inizio on Elmwood ignores quantity in favor of fresh, quality pasta
Lots of eaters weigh the attractiveness of Italian-American pasta houses by the vastness of their servings. Acres of mozzarella, mountains of meatballs, and more macaroni than a marathoner can manage. Diners like personable servers and a mint with the check, but in Buffalo, nothing brings them back like a doggy bag that takes two hands. So it was i...
Federazione Associazioni Campane negli USA. Trombetta rieletto Presidente, succede a Rocco Manzolillo
Nicola Trombetta rieletto Presidente delle Associazioni della Campania negli Stati Uniti d’America. Originario di Solofra, in provincia di Avellino, Nicola Trombetta era già stato Presidente dell’importante associazione italiana negli USA fino a due anni fa, lasciando successivamente il posto al Presidente del Club San Cono di Brooklyn Rocco Manzol...