Rockland Sons of Italy Crown Meatball Cook Off Winners
On May 12th, Senator David Carlucci hosted the second Italian American Dinner and Meatball Cook Off at the Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge 2176. More than 90 people attended the event which included an Italian buffet dinner of spaghetti and meatballs as well as an enormous sheet cake featuring the Italian and American flags. After the dinner,...
14th Century Painting Depicts Limb Transplant That Occurred 1,500 Years Ago
Researchers say they have found the earliest representation of transplant surgery in a painting that depicts a scene from somewhere around the 5 th century AD, at least 1,400 years before modern medical practitioners first theorized transplantation. The 14 th century painting, which is in the North Carolina Art Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina, U...
Cooking the Italian Provinces – Napoli
The Province of Naples is a mixture of colors, culture and history. The beautiful islands that dot the blue waters of the Mediterranean are like jewels in a necklace. In a sea so blue that it blends with the sky, three islands can be found: Capri, Ischia and Procida. Mt. Vesuvius overlooks the city and the beautiful bay. The sites of Pompe...
Festival Napa Valley brings a taste of Italy to V. Sattui
A concert of Italian love songs and dinner by an Italian chef were the highlights of Serata d'Amore, a Festival Napa Valley event held Monday at V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena. Festival Napa Valley is a 10-day series of more than 60 musical, dance and theatrical events held at wineries and other venues throughout the valley. Monday ni...
“Mamma mia dammi cento lire, che in America voglio andar”
Parla di emigrazione e strada ferrata, l'ultimo lavoro di Luca De Ceglia, finanziato dalla Confcommercio Bisceglie ed ora in distribuzione gratuita. «Inserito nel suo ormai pluriennale lavoro di studi sulla storia e sulle tradizioni locali – scrive il presidente Confcommercio Leo Carriera – questo lavoro di Luca De Ceglia si occupa di un i...
Journalist discovers stories behind US cities and towns with Italian names
By Amy Kellogg Did you ever wonder, why NAPLES, Florida? Or MILAN, Ohio? One Italian journalist turned this puzzle into an enlightening voyage across the United States, from Venice, Calif., to Verona, N.J., and six other towns or cities in-between. Alberto Giuffre, who works for Fox's sister network Sky Italia in Milan, talks abo...
New record for La Festa's cannoli eating contest
Coney Island is known for its hot dog eating competition and Philadelphia is known for the Wing Bowl but Scranton may be the capital of the cannoli eating competition. For the fifth year, a cannoli eating competition was held as part of the annual La Festa Italiana celebration. Seven people vied to be named champion. As they down...
Local Man Receives Ambassador Award from Italy
Vincenzo DiPiazza, former President of the Sicilian Cultural Association in St. Louis MO, received an Ambassador Award from the International Meeting of the Italians at Home and Around the World. The meeting took place in August 2016 in Gangi, Sicily. Vincenzo and wife Lillian are both past presidents of the Sicilian Cultural Association and contin...
Finding the best wines of Italy
There is so much to love about Italy. There's the food, the art, the music, the people – and, of course, the wine. For centuries Italians have been making wines in regions stretching from Piedmonte to Umbria. Like elsewhere in Europe, the people take great pride in producing wines special to their region and using grape varieties unique to their cl...
Parade celebrates Italian roots of Stamford residents
Italian Americans should teach their children about the immigrant journeys of their ancestors, Connie Scarella Stevenson told a crowd in downtown Stamford Sunday. Stevenson spoke in Columbus Park after leading the city's Columbus Day parade as the first female grand marshal in the event's history, which dates back more than 60 years. "To the...
Brunello Italian Kitchen opens in Deer Park
Brunello Italian Kitchen has opened in the Deer Park Avenue building that used to be Ludlow Bistro. Chef-owner Domenick Maresca ran the kitchen for more than 25 years at Vinnie's Mulberry Street in East Islip; his partner here is Vincent Palmieri, who used to own Vinnie's. Maresca's extensive (and reasonably priced) menu mixes classic Ital...
UNICO member honors Columbus with display at Clark Library
In observance of October's Italian American Month, Clark UNICO member Henry Varriano set up a display at the Clark Library. It included a handmade model of the Santa Maria, Columbus' ship. Also on display were a statue of Columbus, dolls in their native dress representing various regions of Italy and Italian themed books, which were donate...