Caesar’s Salad, a gift from Baveno, Lake Maggiore
Before pasta, there was Lady Salad. Today we can taste all kinds of spectacular insalatone or large salads, yet the first to prepare raw leafy vegetables drizzled with olive oil and seasoned with salt and cumin were the Ancient Romans. The root word of salad is sal, the Latin name for salt. And the Latin noun salata (salad) stands for herba salata ...
Italian Chef Creates Dining Experiences
Since he was a young boy, Giuseppe Letteri has been surrounded by food. He would help his dad in the butcher shop in early mornings before school back home in Italy. After going to culinary school, Letteri had a stint as a professional basketball star in Italy. He then decided to pursue a career as a chef, and after many years of being a head chef...
All’Italian Academy di New York l’evento dedicato al mito della Callas
La prestigiosa "Italian Academy" della Columbia University di New York sarà la location del grande evento dedicato al mito dell’Opera Maria Callas, nata proprio nell’Ospedale Terence Card Cook nell'Upper East Side di Manhattan. Il concerto evento, ideato e prodotto dal Presidente della Melos International, Dante Mariti, in collaborazione al diretto...
Think like Leonardo!
When: Saturday, December 07, 2019 From 4:00 pm To 5:30 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles Through special activities and games, authors Sonia Scalco and Carlo Carzan will guide children (6+) into Leonardo Da Vinci’s world. This playful and interactive learning workshop presented by “Così X Gioco” from Palermo, will investigate t...
Italy UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Lifeintaly has often dedicated articles to Italy’s UNESCO sites: UNESCO’s list is not only important because it makes the beauties of the world known, but also because sites within it are often entitled to receive financial support for their upkeeping and preservation. What many may not be aware of is that UNESCO does not only protect works of art...
Center for Italian Studies Presents 16th Annual Italian Cinema Festival
From neorealists De Sica and Rossellini, to modernists Fellini and Antonioni, to newly minted stars like Paolo Sorrentino and Alice Rohrwacher, Italian directors have left an indelible mark on world cinema. Continuing a tradition of bringing the latest Italian films to the Stony Brook community, the Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook Univers...
Eataly's Panettone Guide
In Italy, no holiday feast would be complete without a fluffy, sweet panettone served for dessert (and enjoy the next day at breakfast, too). With so many delectable flavors to choose from, we know it can be difficult to pick just one. Read on for our definitive panettone guide! The traditional panettone recipe dates back to the fifteenth century,...
New Italian restaurant Olivia opens in South Tampa next week
The latest project from three local restaurateurs — Chris and Michelle Ponte, of Clearwater's Cafe Ponte and Hyde Park's On Swann, and their son, JT Mahoney — makes its debut when a new South Tampa Italian restaurant, Olivia, opens next week. Olivia — located at 3601 W. Swann, where Carmel Kitchen closed in August 2018 — has been in the works since...
Verrazzano Bridge turns 55: Check out these amazing photos
Thursday marks the 55th anniversary of the completion of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which spans the New York Harbor, connecting Staten Island to Brooklyn. Construction began on Aug. 13, 1959. The upper deck opened on Nov. 21, 1964, and the lower deck opened on June 28, 1969, with costs totaling $325 million. Seven Staten Island friends were the...
Salvatore, l'angelo italiano degli homeless di New York: "Non diamo soldi ma dignità, cibo e sorrisi"
Lo spirito francescano nel sangue, la vocazione alla solidarietà e all’attività caritativa, sono sempre state nel dna di Salvatore Snaiderbaur. Siciliano cosmopolita, ex manager nel settore ospedaliero, consulente di impresa ed ex docente universitario nei college americani, Salvatore lascia l’insegnamento e nel 2017 fonda “One City Mission”, la no...
Gary Frugoli, former San Rafael councilman, dies at 72
Gary Frugoli, a former San Rafael policeman and councilman and the husband of Marin County District Attorney Lori Frugoli, died Saturday. Mr. Frugoli, 72, had been struggling for some time with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart issues. “It was not totally unexpected,” Lori Frugoli said. Frugoli said her husband was very supportive whe...
Thinking outside the box with Italian astronomer Galileo
The trial and house arrest of Renaissance genius Galileo Galilei by the Inquisition in 1633 because of his published views that the earth revolves around the sun, rather than vice versa, is one of the most notorious episodes in the intellectual history of the Roman Catholic Church. Galileo would remain under house arrest having been found guilty in...