Massa Pizza in Scotch Plains Named as “Best New Food in New Jersey” by Top Food Critic
Billing itself as the only pizzeria in Scotch Plains and surrounding areas that specializes in artisanal Roman Square Pizza, Massa Pizza (Park Ave., Scotch Plains) offers “a curated selection of imported Italian specialties in a small but casual atmosphere,” according to its website. Since its opening, the eatery has received many rave reviews, but...
Perry Como: The Man Who Invented Casual
What made him successful? Was it dazzling special effects? Booty-shaking dance routines? Ear-splitting guitar riffs? No, it was the warm, relaxed manner of the man Bing Crosby dubbed “the man who invented casual.” With his soft and inviting baritone, wearing his unassuming cardigan, Perry Como characterized popular music of the 1940s and ’50s on ra...
Hypnosis used to operate on atrial fibrillation
Hypnosis has been used to operate on atrial fibrillation, a heart condition, for the first time in Italy. Hypnosis was used for analgesic or painkilling purposes, doctors said. Doctor Luca Bacino used it in the electrophysiological room of the San Paolo Hospital in the northwestern city of Savona. Bacino has introduced hypnosis into clinical practi...
Food Find: Pizza by family tradition at Vinny’s in Newport News
Tasty discovery: Italia white pizza Destination: Vinny’s Pizza and Pasta, 748 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. in Newport News (also locations at 332 Oyster Point Road in Newport News, and at 4350 George Washington Memorial Highway in York County) Cost: $11-$21.50 depending on size and style Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Saturday Inf...
Rossignol opens New York Boutique
Opened on December 12, the New York store focuses on a ‘mountain-to-city’ après-ski-themed aesthetic and offers a wide variety of the 112-year-old brand’s apparel offering. Inside, customers can shop Rossignol’s full range of clothes and accessories, including technical equipment, skiwear and urbanwear, the brand’s ‘Sport Chic’ and ‘Après Ski’ appa...
Villa Michelangelo – a Tuscan dream even without the connection to the famed artist
If you dream of life in the Italian countryside a la “Under the Tuscan Sun,” here is an opportunity with some unique history. Among the famous landscape and picturesque tranquillity of Tuscany, sits a gorgeous villa which dates back to the 11th century. The masterful stone villa is surrounded by Chianti vineyards and views in every direction of the...
Balistreri brothers plan to open BB's On North, a new pizza place, in Wauwatosa this month
BB’s On North, a new pizza restaurant in the old Irie Zulu building at 7237 W. North Ave., is set to open this month. The restaurant, which was originally to be called Cello's Pizza, will provide dine-in, take-out and delivery pizza and pasta along with a selection of wines. Brothers Pietro and Mario Balistreri, who are both second-generation piz...
Snaidero USA's Elegante bespoke Riquadro Sideboard System wins 2019 Good Design Award
ELEGANTE Bespoke RIQUADRO - Snaidero USA’s luxury sideboard system designed by renowned Italian design studio, Mario Mazzer Architects - is a winner of the 2019 GOOD DESIGN™; the prestigious award bestowed by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. RIQUADRO is the first freestanding furniture piece in the company’s product line an...
Aer Lingus: Boston and New York via Brindisi, Italy
Aer Lingus will begin flying from the Apulian city of Brindisi to the two US destinations of Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York, twice weekly. This will enrich the summer schedule by connecting Brindisi to Boston and New York from May 2020. In addition to the new routes that will connect Dublin to the Italian cities of Brindisi and Alghe...
Sommelier says: 6 Southern Italian wines to try at new Dallas pizza spot
Wine lists can be intimidating. The grapes, places, producers, styles and vintages create a knot of information that can seem impossible to untangle, especially when on the spot in a restaurant. As a sommelier, I’m on a mission to dive into the wine lists at North Texas restaurants and untangle the vinous knot. For Italian wines, Chianti and Barolo...
North Beach: An Italian American Neighborhood?
Several months ago I was given a ride from an Italian woman who lives part time with her husband in a small town in Istria, but who works in a hospital in Trieste. As we made our way to the train station, one of us mentioned that the Chinese were investing in this or that feature of the city, probably the harbor; it is funny that it was one of thos...
Il Molise si prende la rivincita: il New York Times lo incorona «meta dell’anno»
Il New York Times mette il Molise fra le 52 mete da visitare nel 2020 ed è la rivincita della Regione che ha il record negativo in tutte le classifiche sul turismo, oltre che su natalità, disoccupazione, spopolamento. Finora, la fama non era granché. «Il Molise non esiste» è addirittura un refrain complottista che gira sul web con teorie strampalat...