Parella to Open in Calhoun Square this Summer
by Joy Summers Macdonald has been biding his time for the right restaurant opportunity since moving back to Minneapolis after a winning hearts and stomachs in New York City at Willow Road, Cru, and Bouley. It's been over a year since returning, but the opportunity wasn't right until now. He will open Parella along with Michael Lar...
5 Italian restaurants with impressive wine cellars
As a starting point, in a restaurant nowadays it is not sufficient to just have an important chef, a unique cuisine on offer, or a high level of quality in order to be considered "excellent", because both restaurant and wine cellar service are key elements for achieving the highest scores in the guidebooks. For this, in a selection of the...
Italian Train Experience: how to re-evaluate Italian beauties on wagons
A couple of days ago the project Italian Train Experience (ITE) was launched in Piedmont by Studio Nespolo. The main idea underlying this initiative is to use Italian railway network – as one of the most widespread in Europe, to promote the territory, improve brand equity and fidelize the travellers. Among the 2.190 stations, only 120 are...
Celebrating the Papa Manteo Sicilian Marionette Tradition
It is with Great Pleasure that The Italian American Cultural Society of New Jersey Proudly Invites Our and Your Friends, Family, Colleagues and Loved Ones to Award-Winning TV, Producer-Writer-Director Tony De Nonno's enchanting "Celebrating the Papa Manteo Sicilian Marionette Tradition"Dinner Theater Celebratio...
Rep. Bill Pascrell: Yogi Berra should be awarded Presidential Medal
by Herb Jackson President Obama should award a Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, who is turning 90 years old, Rep. Bill Pascrell said Tuesday. In a letter to Obama, Pascrell recounted Berra's background as the son of Italian immigrants and touted his service in the military, record as a most valua...
More Italian — this time in Uptown — headed to Minneapolis
By Rick Nelson It's official: 2015 is going to go down in local culinary history as the Year of the Italian Restaurant. Two are opening next month in downtown Minneapolis: Monello launches June 1 in the Hotel Ivy, and Il Foro is coming in for a mid-June landing in the historic former Forum Cafeteria space. In Uptown, Parella is aimin...
St. Francis Feast to return to Ambler this Sunday
By Samantha Goodman The St. Francis Society of Ambler will host the traditional St. Francis Feast Sunday, June 7. Since 1918, this free public event has celebrated St. Francis, the patron saint of the town of Maida, Italy, where many borough residents trace their heritage to and where the festival began. "Cicerata," the official...
2015 Dean Martin Festival – Steubenville, OH
Dean Martin was a beloved American entertainer who was so filled with charisma and an incredible stage presence that he was nicknamed, "The King of Cool." He was born in 1917 in Steubenville, OH and actually started out with a passion for boxing. He gave that up though and started singing with local bands but it wasn't until he teamed up with comed...
Italian little Italies: Fagagna, Country of Storks
WTI Magazine #63 2015 June, 27Author : I borghi più belli d'Italia Translation by: The Fagagna village is actually made up of seven ancient and separate suburbs that construction development put together in a single urban centre over the last decades, extending spaces of the countryside to new buildings. Like other areas in the north...
Southington's Annual Italian Festival Coming July 24
By Bill Leukhardt The annual Italian-American Festival, revived in 2004, is expected to draw thousands to downtown later this month. The three-day event, from July 24 to July 26, features Italian-American performers and music, Italian-American foods, a children's show, a magic show and an outdoor Mass at 10 a.m. Sunday that e...
DOK Dall'Ava Week: a New York il sapore delle cosce più buone del mondo
Ne hanno fatte di cotte e di crude. E continuano a farne. Soprattutto crude e soprattutto cosce di maiale con il marchio DOK Dall'Ava. Infatti a San Daniele del Friuli la famiglia Dall'Ava fa prosciutti da oltre mezzo secolo. "Ma attenzione – spiega il titolare Carlo Dall'Ava - il prosciutto è solo crudo, perché è il prodotto della pr...
Select Italy Presents Its ‘How to Pronounce Italian Wines’ YouTube Series
Select Italy (http://selectitaly.com), the boutique travel company specialized in the Bel Paese, boasts an exclusive, high-end food & wine portfolio thanks to a partnership with distinguished and prestigious Italian wine brands. Select Italy's collaboration with Italy's finest wineries consists of vacation packages, winery visits, and exclusive...