How to prepare the perfect Italian aperitivo: charcuterie board, cheese and drinks
It is probably thanks to the distiller Antonio Benedetto Carpano, who created one of the first types of vermouth in Turin in 1786, that the beloved aperitivo was born, even though the habit of drinks before meals as we know it today began to spread only in the second half of the 18th century. Aperitivo is a huge part of Italian culture, a moment to...
Few People Know The Iconic Blessed Virgin Mary Statue In Maryland Was Actually Imported From Italy
There’s no shortage of landmarks in Maryland. From historic buildings, to forts, and more, the Old Line State is full of things to see (and do). The following landmark has been and iconic fixture in Maryland for decades, but not many people know that it was actually imported from Italy. Read on to learn more about this remarkable statue and conside...
Visitors can see famed Florence baptistry's mosaics up close
Visitors to one of Florence’s most iconic monuments — the Baptistry of San Giovanni, opposite the city’s Duomo — are getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see its ceiling mosaics up close thanks to an innovative approach to a planned restoration effort. Rather than limit the public’s access during the six-year cleaning of the vault, officials buil...
Italian cocktail lounge replaces Lou’s Food Bar, brings in staff from Green Russell
The staff behind Green Russell wants to breathe some new life into an old corner. Last week, Bonanno Concepts opened Salita, a new Italian cocktail lounge, in the former Lou’s Food Bar space at 701 Grant St. in Governor’s Park. It will be staffed with the beverage team from the former Larimer Square bar, which closed on the last day of 2022. “We’d...
Helps regulate diabetes - Basil the Italian super-herb.
Basil is used to treat worm infections, warts, intestinal gas, kidney problems, fluid retention, and stomach spasms. Insect and snake bites are also treated with it. Basil is sometimes used by women before and after childbirth to encourage blood flow and to begin the flow of breast milk. The Italian super-power herb is so popular in the U.S. that H...
Pininfarina grows its U.S. footprint in early bid for EV hypercar market control
Automobili Pininfarina has announced today that it is again expanding its dealership network in the United States as it looks to take advantage of the small number of electric hypercars currently on the market. With Pininfarina’s relationship with Ferrari essentially coming to an end in 2017 with the release of the Ferrari-designed La Ferrari, it w...
Focaccia Di Recco: The Most Addictive Italian Food
Admittedly, it’s nothing like the golden, pillowy, dimpled focaccia you associate with the name. This delicacy is something entirely different, unleavened, hardly even focaccia at all in the traditional sense of the word. Yet it is the most decadent version of them all. If you’ve never been to Liguria, specifically to the area around Recco, you’ve...
Italian Immigrant Miners and the Rise of the Pepperoni Roll
Four million Italian immigrants arrived to America’s shores during the “Great Arrival” from 1880-1920, and they moved across the country in all directions to earn money for their families. Immigrants headed to New Orleans to work on sugar cane plantations, others stayed in NYC, filling factories and construction sites, many moved west to Cleveland,...
Italian Wines by Region: The Veneto
The Veneto is primarily the land area just opposite Venice, but it includes Venice and the other islands. It is an area that has known great wealth and power in past times and today includes some excellent wine producing areas. Let’s first talk about the grapes in the Veneto. The white grapes found here are the well known Prosecco and Pinot Grigio...
Italian Neighborhood Guide: Cleveland, Ohio
In the 50 years from 1870 to 1920, it’s estimated that more than 20,000 Italian immigrants ended up in Cleveland. The city was on its way up, filled with mills and factories looking for cheap labor, and Italian immigrants were more than willing to pitch in, settling in enclaves within the city. Today, a century later, vestiges of their work and cul...
What to do in Ferrara like a local: 5 travel tips
Charming, welcoming and... tailor-made for cycling! Ferrara is one of the most important cities of the Italian Renaissance and deserves to be fully explored, on foot or on two wheels. The hand of the Estensi shaped to this medieval jewel: this powerful family made Ferrara an essential center for politics and culture in medieval Italy. There is so m...
New Italian Café Brings Old-World Authenticity to Berwyn
Open softly for a few months, Caffè della Volpe is bringing the experience of an authentic, old-world Italian café to Berwyn, writes Caroline O’Halloran for SAVVY Main Line. All the offerings — including breakfast and lunch sandwiches, baked goods, salads, smoothies, and gelato — are made on-site from scratch. “There wasn’t a place that married the...