Why Chinese tourists love Italy’s quaint rural villages
Forget about France, Germany or Greece — Italy is now the most popular European destination for Chinese tourists. Numbers are expected to continue growing in 2020, which has been designated the “Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism”, and next year will also mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. According to Ital...
Marco’s Pizza opened newest location in Poinciana
Marco’s Pizza has opened a new location in Poinciana. Situated at 3749 Pleasant Hill Road, locals can expect a Primo Italian pizza experience that uses the freshest, highest-quality ingredients, according to a company press release. The Marco’s Pizza location is owned and operated by Roger and Julia Mellen. Roger, a former chef and restaurant owne...
When South Medford was the hub of the Universe, Pt.1
Once upon a time, if you were growing up in South Medford and you lived in walking distance of Main Street, your world was complete. What did you need that wasn’t there? Why would you ever leave? Why would you even need a car? According to Anita D’Antonio, Louise D’Antonio, and Nancy Chito, South Medford from the 1920’s until the 1980’s was a very...
‘The Two Popes’ couldn’t film inside the Sistine Chapel. So Netflix built a bigger one
The Two Popes” stars Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce as Pope Benedict XVI and the soon-to-be Pope Francis, respectively. Directed by Fernando Meirelles, the Netflix movie imagines a number of enlightening conversations that may have taken place between them in 2012, months before their unprecedented transfer of power within the Catholic Church....
Ocean County Restaurant Named NJ's Best Old School Italian Eatery
When it comes to old school Italian restaurants, there is one in Ocean County that has been named the state's best and one of the best in the country, according to one publication. In a recent report at the website Cheapism, the best old school Italian restaurant in each state was listed, and the top restaurant in the Garden State makes it's home i...
Miami Marlins sign Team Italy switch-pitcher Pat Venditte to minor league contract with invitation to Spring Training
Last seen pitching for Team Italy in the Europe-Africa Olympic Qualifier against Israel and Kingdom of the Netherlands last September. Pat Venditte will be join Team Italy catcher Francisco Cervelli when pitchers and catchers report to Miami Marlins Spring Training in Jupiter, Florida on February 12, 2020. The Miami Marlins signed the 34-year-old a...
This Italian scientist has become a celebrity by fighting vaccine skeptics
In May 2016, Roberto Burioni, a virologist at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, Italy, was asked to appear on a popular TV talk show to face off against two opponents of vaccines—a former DJ, Red Ronnie, and an actress and TV personality, Eleonora Brigliadori. The host gave most of the air time to the Italian celebrities. Then, with jus...
Louisiana Lottery Partners With Kenner-Based Cartozzo’s Bakery to Offer King Cakes for a Year Second-Chance Prizes
The Louisiana Lottery is giving players a way to have their cake and scratch it too this Mardi Gras season. For the first time ever, the Lottery’s $2 Mardi Gras scratch-off game, aptly named King Cake Cash, will feature two second-chance drawings to win a Cartozzo’s Bakery king cake each month for a year, so the revelry can continue all year long....
George Mariano, longtime teacher at West Islip High School, dies at 82
George Robert Mariano, a Long Island educator who worked with local businesses to give West Islip High School students work experience, died Saturday. He was 82. “He taught us to be business-minded,” his daughter, Allison Mariano-Bonoff of Easton, Connecticut, said. “Not just to instill skills at a specific job but a work ethic.” Mariano grew up in...
The ritual of coffee
The noise of the machine and the steam coming out of it. Pouring it little by little until creating a little crema, cream, on top and here we are: il caffe’ e’ servito (coffee is served)! Every morning a strong scent can be smelt in the streets of Italian cafés where coffee pops up. This is not simply a drink but a ritual that Italians cannot miss....
Naples vs. Rome, The Great Pizza Battle
Italians are very serious when they talk about pizza. You may not know that there are two different pizza philosophies in Italy: the romana and the napoletana, one comes from Rome, the other from Naples. ARE YOU ROOTING FOR NAPLES OR ROME? Let’s start with the history. Even though Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans had some “prehistoric” pizzas, the bir...
Italian Mothers and Daughters: Writings from the Holocaust
On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC (USHMM), invite you to an evening remembering Italian mothers and daughters of the Holocaust. Although the Holocaust has been widely studied,...