The Beloved Characters in A Tuscan Series Enter the 1990s
Father Lorenzo, Ezio and Donna, Dino and Sofia, Lucia and Paolo—all the beloved characters are back with new challenges and adventures in the sixth, and last, of Paul Salsini's sweeping "A Tuscan Series."The new book is "The Fearless Flag Thrower of Lucca: Nine Stories of 1990s Tuscany," and it brings the people of the fictional village of Sant'Ant...
Cynthia Pacillo, chef and owner of Cyndia's in Totowa, knows how to satisfy her loyal customers
Cynthia Pacillo grew up in an Italian-American home, married an Italian-American man and, nearly three years ago, opened Cyndia's, a popular Italian-American breakfast-and-lunch spot in Totowa, the small borough in Passaic County that has the seventh-highest percentage of Italian residents of any municipality in the United States and the second-hig...
Amorino to Open U.S. Flagship at The LINQ Promenade
Life at The LINQ Promenade will be a little sweeter this summer. European gelato brand, Amorino, is bringing the magic of authentic traditional Italian ice cream to The LINQ Promenade in July, with the opening of its flagship U.S. location. Amorino is known for their unique flower shaped cone, with unlimited flavors available on each creation. Eac...
Italian-American Club Crowns Miss Columbus
The Italian-American Club of Mahopac held its annual competition for Miss Columbus and Little Miss Columbus titles on June 3 and an array of lovely young ladies came out to show off their talents. The compeititon was open to girls throughout Putnam County and the surrounding communities. Little Miss Columbus was for girls ages 5-9; Miss Co...
140 years ago, the lights were turned on in San Francisco for the first time
By Katie Dowd July 4, 1876 was the grandest day San Francisco had ever seen. For weeks, the city prepared for the young nation's centennial. They draped American flags and bunting on every doorway and balcony in town. In glowing terms, the San Francisco Bulletin reported that huge paintings of Revolutionary War heroes were placed in "...
Sons of Italy prepare for Italian Festival
The Bellaire Sons of Italy are celebrating their 100-year anniversary by doing what they do best: making a ton and a half of sausage (that's 3,000 pounds) for the annual Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival set for this weekend. President Doug Hartlieb says it takes nine days and nearly two dozen volunteers to get this massive operation off...
Mama knows best at Caffe Margherita in Newark
THE PLUMP, tender meatballs and the generous panini sandwiches from Caffe Margherita have become the talk of Gateway Center. The lawyers stop for lunch, the laborers stop for lunch, and, at certain times of day, folks jam up the hallway like so many airplanes on the runway. "I'm no restaurateur by any means," says Frank Ambrosio, who opene...
Lidia Bastianich Takes Us Inside Her New York City Kitchen (and Garden!)
by Ana Calderone The kitchen is Lidia Bastianich's ship and she is the captain. For our exclusive video series What I Really Cook for Dinner, the cookbook author and restaurateur takes PEOPLE inside the New York City home she's been cooking in for over 35 years. Fans may recognize the sprawling space as the backdrop for many of her ea...
Tony Bennett at 90 transcends the passage of time
Tony Bennett is not 90 years old. Oh, sure, he was born nine decades ago as of Aug. 3. But the man who sang from memory roughly two dozen songs — depending on how you count medleys — with hardly a pause Saturday night at the Ravinia Festival looked and sounded like an artist just beginning the autumn of his years. As for his ener...
From Faustina to Stanza, an old favorite gets a sophisticated transformation
By Anne Wilson Faustina was once a pretty regular hangout of mine: The food was reliably good, the service was friendly and the ambience was comfortably cozy. The news that it would undergo an extensive renovation and "rebranding" was better than if it had closed for good, so I looked forward to the rebirth. To be honest, my first glimpse...
Italian American Reconciliation to Open This October at Cal State Fullerton
Cal State Fullerton's production of John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation is directed by Professor Maria Cominis and runs October 7-30, 2016 in the Hallberg Theatre on campus. Italian American Reconciliation is a tale about Huey, a man who is safely divorced from his shrewish first wife (who shot his dog), but he feels he cannot r...
Call for Papers Italian as Communication and Literacy: Bridging languages and cultures in the modern classroom
Rutgers University will host the conference Italian as Communication and Literacy: Bridging language and culture in today's classroom on January 13th, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick . The conference will explore recent developments in Italian teaching methodologies and approaches. Keynote speakers:· Andrea Dini (Professor of Itali...