Love of Italian culture, food, brings Amici Club together
by Judy Buchenot Len and Fran Morgan and their daughters always enjoyed their Sunday dinners. "Every Sunday for 30 years, we went to dinner at my in-laws. My father-in-law cooked the most amazing Italian meals lasting three hours. He told us the same stories about World War II each week. I had heard them all before but I didn't ca...
NEW! AL MERCATO: in search of tasty Italian foods at Whole Foods
Join us as we learn about Italy's bounty – frutta, verdure, formaggi e salumi – available at Whole Foods. Discover the names, the origins and products' usage in today's Italian cuisine in a fun and relaxed environment. On Sunday, October 4th, 2:00 – 3:30 PM, Italian native Mirella Heimpel will lead a small group through the store aisles and fi...
Coming Up: 71st Annual Columbus Day Parade
Join us on Monday, October 12th as WABC-TV presents the 71st Columbus Day Parade, sponsored by the Columbus Citizens Foundation. Our coverage of the march up Fifth Avenue begins at 12:00 p.m. with hosts Maria Bartiromo, Joe Piscopo and WABC-TV's Ken Rosato and Michelle Charlesworth. You can watch our live streaming coverage of the parade h...
New Italian Eatery Opens In Caldwell
by Eric Kiefer On Columbus Day, Caldwell saw the opening of a new eatery in its borders: Fresco Market and Catering. Located at 115 Bloomfield Avenue - the former home of Luce restaurant - Fresco features a completely renovated interior and exterior designed by Comito Associates, and will feature weekly specials prepared by Chef Saver...
Celebrating Italian Heritage
To celebrate October as Italian Heritage Month, the Wakefield Sons of Italy hosted a screening of a portion of the PBS documentary series The Italian Americans at the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield. Members and guests enjoyed coffee generously donated by Honey Dew Donuts, and a lovely selection of homemade Italian cookies. The...
From Assisi to Philadelphia: U.S. premiere of Italian cantata celebrating the extraordinary life of Hildegard von Bingen
by Henrik Eger Philadelphia is in for a musical treat: HILDEGARD VON BINGEN: BAMBINA MISTICA (the mystical child), an Italian cantata, with music by Italian composer Mariano Garau and Hildegard von Bingen; a libretto by Philadelphia's Karen Lauria Saillant, director of International Opera Theater, based on original writings of Hildegard; a...
Italian-American Crooners
by Mark Chilla From 1947–1954, there were 25 Italian-Americans who had chart-topping hits in the world of American Popular Music. You may say that the Great American Songbook was shaped, at least in part, by these Italian interpreters. On this episode, we'll salute the Italian-American crooners, like such artists as Frank Sinatra, Louis Pr...
Italian gardens: Natural Regional Parco delle Serre
WTI Magazine #73 2015 November 27Author : Italian Botanical Heritage Translation by: The Regional Natural Parco delle Serre in Calabria covers an area of 17,687 hectares (211,534 square yards) and also includes the area of Lake Angitola. Slopes and hills covered with forests characterize the landscape. Between the mountains, the park en...
Ancient village hidden in Italian cave
If you blink, you could miss it. An ancient village in Sicily is nestled largely inside a cave -- in a natural opening between two rocky mountains. The piazza of the village of Grotto Mangiapane can be found at the opening of the cave, where geese are right at home in their coop. The opening is about 260 feet high, and the village ext...
Lo Stella Ristorante in Denver's Golden Triangle
By William Porter I don't know if Alessandro Polo knew about the extensive history of Italian immigrants in Denver when he moved here in 2013, but he certainly brought plenty of his own. Polo, who owns Lo Stella Ristorante in the Golden Triangle, is an eighth-generation restaurateur from Portofino, a seaside city near Genoa that is ne...
#FerranteFever: What’s fueling the passion for these captivating novels — and turning their secretive creator Elena Ferrante into a superhero?
by Elizabeth Mitchell The mysterious author who goes by Elena Ferrante first discussed her idea for a novel that would become the now-legendary Neapolitan series with her Italian publishers over a lakeside lunch on a sunny summer afternoon in 2009. "She told us that she wanted to write the story of two friends, middle-aged, and in Naple...
Gino Bozzi Family: American Dream
by Laureen Diephof Gino's Fine Italian Food restaurant in Salinas recently celebrated forty years serving generations of customers. Gino's has enjoyed a reputation for southern Italian food, local and fine imported wines, and friendly ambiance. "The secret for our success comes from three ingredients: God, family and hard work," p...