Biosphera 2.0: la casa del futuro installata ai piedi del Monte Bianco
di Carolina Saporiti "Una sera ero al Bivacco Amici della Montagna di Lagoscuro (sotto il Presana, in Trentino), che è un posto molto poco ospitale, e ho cominciato a pensare al progetto che poi sarebbe diventato Biosphera2.0" inizia così il racconto di Mirko Taglietti, CEO di Aktivhaus e "papà" di questa casa del futuro a energia zero, presentata...
Bobby's Deerfield is an American bistro with Italian influence
To answer what is no doubt your first question, no, Bobby Arifi, owner of Bobby's Deerfield, is not an obsessive Al Pacino fan who created a theme restaurant devoted to what widely is considered to be the Oscar-winner's worst film (the 1977 film "Bobby Deerfield," about a race car driver). "I haven't even seen the movie," Arifi admits. Ari...
Artisanal Food’s Brett Ottolenghi to Launch Food Expo
Brett Ottolenghi, one of the Valley's top gourmet food authorities, wants to expand his sphere of influence. He's long supplied top restaurants with luxury ingredients including truffles, caviar and foie gras. And his popular retail outlet Artisanal Foods recently expanded to include a small café and catering company in partnership with aw...
Italian land and nature: The Murgia National Park
WTI Magazine #78 2016 April 15Author : italia.it Translation by: The Murgia National Park was established in 1990 with the name of Parco Regionale Archeologico Storico Naturale delle Chiese Rupestri del Materano (Natural Historic Archaeological Regional Park of the Rock Churches of the Matera region). It has been included in the UNESCO...
A 38,000-Square-Foot Italian Food Hall is Coming to Brickell City Centre
Food halls are popular all over the country (Eataly, anyone?) but the trend hasn't really made it's way to South Florida — until now. Today it was announced that the almost open Brickell City Centre will house a three-story, Italian dining space when it makes its grand debut. The 500,000 square-foot shopping center currently being built ou...
Mancuso’s to open in downtown Phoenix
Mancuso's Restaurants and RED Development announced Tuesday one of the Valley's favorite Italian-American restaurants, Mancuso's, will open a new location at Collier Center this August. Mancuso's will continue its 40 plus year tradition of fine Italian-American cuisine in a new, approximately 8,700 square-foot space on the upper level of t...
My evening with the Queen of Italian cinema
Even though I was born in the early '60s, I was brought up in a World War II household. My dad was an 18-year-old sergeant in the U.S. Army fighting Hitler's brigade in Anzio, Rome and Southern France. My mom was born in Florence, Italy, and watched American tanks roll by her house on a daily basis. By the time I came along 21 later, the w...
Italian Grilling Recipes To Start The Summer Off
The keys to good Italian grilling are the use of olive oil and fresh herbs. The fresh herbs play a large role because they help bring out the full flavor of the dish. The Italian grill also uses a lot of skewered meatsl, which is great for parties. So, if you're looking for something a little different when planning your next cookout, you...
Mt. Carmel Church to celebrate 123rd feast
The Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church will celebrate 123 unbroken years of devotion to the Blessed Mother from July 14 to 17. Festivities will culminate on July 17 with a 9 a.m. Solemn Mass in Italian in the church, a morning procession to a noon field Mass and a second procession following the Mass. A street festival will run from July 14 to 17,...
Great American-Italian slices, strands, sweets
WHEN it comes to Italian food, the first few dishes that come to mind are pepperoni pizzas, garlic bread, chicken Parmesan, and the like. But what most people don't know is that these dishes are actually American-Italian hybrid dishes, created by Italian immigrants who used ingredients available in the United States to do their cooking. In Cebu, w...
Ustica: ha 30 anni la prima riserva marina protetta italiana
di Maria Laura Crescimanno Trenta candeline per Ustica, la prima riserva marina d'Italia, paradiso per i sub, che emerge dal blu a circa 30 miglia dalla costa palermitana. Ormai adulta, inizia a raccogliere i frutti di un lungo e non facile cammino che l'ha vista, da pioniera, sperimentare il turismo sostenibile e subacqueo in Italia. L'A...
Morelli's: Cheap liquor and red sauce nirvana
Every liquor store parking lot is busy. Two things human beings will always need and and will always spend money on: dentistry and liquor. You can't go through life with a sore tooth and most of us can't go around without at least the occasional day-ender. But Morelli's parking lot is busy in a way that others are not. The driving is espec...