Iron Chef Judge Mario Rizzotti to visit Jake's in Old Town Saginaw
Iron Chef America judge Mario Rizzotti is coming to Saginaw, bringing his "4 the Love of Italian Food" tour with him. The tour, which visits a different state every month and stops at eateries along the way, was designed to show Americans how to eat themselves into good health through authentic Italian cuisine, according to organizers. Rizzotti wil...
No more kebabs: Venice cracks down on takeaway food
Venice's council has banned any new takeaway food shops from opening in the lagoon city, in an effort to preserve its "decorum and traditions"."It is urgent to fight degradation in the city, considering that Venice is a Unesco World Heritage Site," councillor Francesca Da Villa, who proposed the measures, told The Local. "There are tourists who eat...
High-end exports seen growing by 20% to 2022, with US in lead
Italy’s export of high-end fashion, food, furniture products to 31 developed countries could rise 20% to €70 billion in 2022 led by the growth in the United States, according to a study by employers group Confindustria and the Prometeia think tank released yesterday. The study looks only at what it calls “bello e ben fatto” ( BBF) products, referri...
This NYC Italian Spot Is Making Grown-Up Hot Pockets
Good news: You can finally stop searching for “adult Hot Pocket” recipes on Pinterest, because one Greenwich Village restaurant is serving up exactly that... only better. Mr. Panzerotto claims to be the first place in NYC to serve panzerotto, a popular Italian street food similar to a calzone, made by stuffing dough pockets with a number of sweet o...
7 of the Most Beautiful Towns and Villages in Umbria
Often referred to as the green heart of Italy, Umbria is a treasure trove of exploration. You couldn’t possibly ignore Umbria’s fertile landscape, olive groves or seducing vineyards. But it’s also easy to get swept up by the tourist traps. Once you’re taken in, it’s harder to discover the authentic finds in the region. We’ve been there before, so t...
Louie Bossi's brings authentic Italian to downtown Boca
Like its menu in Italian, the new Louie Bossi's Ristorante, Bar and Pizzeria intends to bring a new kind of authentic food and city vibe to downtown Boca. Three days after it opened its second location on the corner of Federal Highway and Palmetto Park Road, the place was humming inside and out. Large families with kids, couples, girls' night out,...
Ermenegildo Zegna moving corporate offices to 53rd Street
Even as luxury Italian men’s designer Ermenegildo Zegna prepares to open a new flagship store in the Crown Building at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, it’s moving its corporate offices out. Zegna has signed a 10-year, 20,132-square-foot lease for the whole seventh floor and part of the sixth floor at SL Green’s 10 E. 53rd St. Sources said the asking...
As more Americans search for 'premium' meats, US sales of Prosciutto di Parma grew 39% in last three years
Numbers from the Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma , a consortium of 150 producers producing 9 million branded hams under the EU’s Protected Designation of Origin, reveal that export volume to the US was at 623,000 hams, a 7% increase over 2015. It’s another year of export growth to the US, according to the consortium—packaged presliced ham sales...
New York’s Early Supercop
Talk about ethnic profiling. Early in the 20th century, the New York City Police Department’s highest-ranking Italian-American officer estimated that perhaps one-fifth of his fellow countrymen in Manhattan were involved in criminal activity. And no one was more determined to reform the image of his fellow immigrants than he. In “The Black Hand: The...
How My Mom Got Me off the Bench and in the Game
In 1955, I decided that I wanted to be a baseball player. My dad had taken me to my first Phillies game and I was enthralled by the smell of the grass and pure beauty of the game. Soon after, I joined my first baseball team, the Southwest Colts just before my 8th birthday. Back then, things were different. Teams played to win and actually kept scor...
7 Italian White Wines Under $20 for Summer
When it comes to bright, light, and refreshing white wine from Italy for summer sipping, the first grape that comes to mind is Pinot Grigio. The best examples typically come from Northern Italy and offer pure stone fruit flavors and tingly acidity. But these wines aren't the only refreshing Italian whites. I recently had lunch with winemakers Andre...
'Write Your Memoir - Five Minutes at a Time' May 20 at Long Hill Library
Residents are invited to write their memoirs – five minutes at a time – with Dr. Edvige Giunta at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, at the Long Hill Township Library, located at 917 Valley Road, Gillette. “Everyone has a story and your family would like to know yours,” the library said in a release. “Maybe you have been thinking about writing your me...