Flagstaff welcomes a new Italian fine dining restaurant. Here's what to expect at Teatro
As I’ve said before, to anyone who’ll listen, I love Flagstaff and I’m excited about its blossoming food scene. Roll your eyes if you must, but I’m telling you, for a mountain town overrun with college kids and a population hovering just under 80,000, Flagstaff rocks, culinarily speaking. And with the opening of Teatro — pronounced tay-AH-tro — a b...
Sicily sees first journey of new Blues train for Trenitalia
THE Blues train built by Hitachi Rail for Trenitalia, recently exhibited at InnoTrans 2022 in Berlin, is to enter service in Sicily, making it the first tri-mode (battery, diesel and electric) train in regular passenger operation. Hitachi has a framework agreement with Trenitalia to supply 135 Blues trains with a total value of €1.2bn. Of that orde...
Italo-American Lodge expands social nights and honors leadership
During a recent and special social night highlighted by an exquisite five-course meal and open bar, members of the Italo-American Lodge in Merced honored some of its leaders, as well as announced a whole new, expanded lineup of Social Nights for the 2023 new year. Lodge President Michael Bandoni received an award for his leadership of the organizat...
'Prepared Perfectly': Restaurant Praised For Authentic Italian Cuisine In Pound Ridge
DiNardo's Ristorante Italiano, located in Pound Ridge at 76 Westchester Ave., is known for homemade pasta and pizzas, as well as an extensive collection of wines, according to the business's website. Fresh ingredients such as seasonal produce, Italian cheeses, meat, game, seafood, and fine Italian olive oils feature in the restaurant's dishes. Ope...
Two Works by Lavinia Fontana Come to Getty
Now, two of these, a small painting on copper and a preparatory drawing for it, have come to Getty. Together, the artworks provide insight into the artist’s creative process. A small painting on copper, Fontana’s The Wedding Feast at Cana was acquired earlier this year and marked the first work by the artist to enter Getty’s collection. The prepara...
Netflix adapts Elena Ferrante novel The Lying Life of Adults into new series
Netflix has adapted Elena Ferrante's bestselling novel La vita bugiarda degli adulti (The Lying Life of Adults) into a six-part series set for release on the streaming platform on 4 January 2023. The coming-of-age story, set in Naples in the 1990s, revolves around the young Giovanna who sets out on a quest to meet her estranged aunt Vittoria and un...
Owners of city's No. 1 restaurant opening pizza joint in East Austin
How do you follow up a year in which your restaurant was named the best in the city in the Austin360 Dining Guide? The answer for L'Oca d'Oro co-owners Adam Orman and chef Fiore Tedesco: Open a pizza joint. The restaurateurs and founding members of Good Work Austin, which has stayed busy feeding at-risk communities and supporting locally owned rest...
Aspirational Italy—How To Really Enjoy An Italian Road Trip
The land of food, wine, art, culture, stunning landscapes and dangerously active volcanoes, Italy makes for a bucket list destination. Sicily and Tuscany are, broadly speaking, two of Italy’s most iconic destinations and bringing them together in one trip offers the enviable opportunity to combine Sicily’s rustic and pastoral countryside with the r...
Man, 100, works out at the gym every day: 'Exercise is better than medicine'
For anyone who needs motivation to exercise, meet 100-year-old Les Savino who drives himself to the gym most days of the week for a three-hour workout. “I don’t feel like going now that I’m 100, but I still go. I know that it’s necessary if I want to enjoy life. Most people at 100 no longer enjoy life. My days are just as normal as when I was 30,”...
Wine Review: Alto Adige of Italy worthy of mention in wine world
Sauerbraten, bratwurst, spaetzle, kartoffelpuffer and sachlich all are great examples of fine Italian cooking. No, I have not gone mad. These and many more Germanic foods are the usual fare of the Italian population of northeastern Italy’s Alto Adige. Once part of Austria, the area was ceded to Italy as reparations after World War I, but, like the...
8 Great Pastries to Try at Veniero’s
When Veniero’s Pasticceria & Caffe opened nearly 130 years ago on 11th Street in the East Village, it was a pool hall serving pastries to its patrons in a mainly Italian neighborhood. The founder was Sorrento native Antonio Veniero, who soon realized he ought to import bakers from Naples, and after he did the shop reached its current high level of...
Bologna to open branch of UN climate university
The city of Bologna in Emilia-Romagna is to be the latest location for the new United Nations University dedicated to using big data and artificial intelligence to manage changes in the human habitat, officials said Wednesday. Emilia-Romagna Governor Stefano Bonaccini said the Emilian capital would house the 12th branch of the university to open ar...