San Marzano Vs. Roma Tomatoes: What's The Difference?
There is a wide variety of canned tomatoes available to us at the grocery store. Some are diced, others pureed, while whole peeled tomatoes remain a favorite among chefs and home cooks. Both San Marzano and Roma tomatoes are among the most common types used for canning. So what is the difference between these two tomatoes? Well, the first thing to...
Primo’s replacement serves tasty Italian dishes
Passaggio has some pretty big shoes to fill. The new flagship restaurant of JW Marriott Tucson Star Pass Resort and Spa replaced the award-winning Primo in early October. Primo, which opened in 2005, was a concept by executive chef Melissa Kelly, a two-time James Beard award winner. David Fransua, executive chef and food and beverage director, has...
Italian Christmas songs: 10 tracks for the music of your holidays
Every year, with the coming of autumn, the shortening of the days and the weather getting colder, from north to south many people keep only one thing in mind: Christmas is coming! It is a magical moment for all the enthusiasts and everything around reminds of the holidays approaching leading us from the old to the new year. We already think about g...
On this day in history, Dec. 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi sends first transatlantic radio message
Irish-Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi ushered in a new era of global communications, sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean on this day in history, Dec. 12, 1901. The message was merely the letter "s" in Morse code (dot-dot-dot). But it proved after years of advances by Marconi that radio could make the world a smaller pl...
The Italian Restaurant Chugging Away at Montclair’s Train Station
Earlier this year, chef Giuseppe De Falco and his wife, Sandra, opened their first restaurant together in what was once the waiting room of Montclair’s Walnut Street train station. At Antica Stazione, De Falco’s recipes are inspired by his time in Avellino, Italy, where he went to culinary school and worked until coming to America six years ago. He...
Consul General of Italy and descendants of Giuseppe Garibaldi attend event to benefit Rosebank museum: Six honored for community service
When the board of directors at the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum contemplated planning its annual fundraiser luncheon and joined forces to brainstorm ways to ensure its success, thoughts on how to showcase the Rosebank museum’s deep-rooted Italian heritage came to mind. When it was confirmed that Maria Gabriella Garibaldi and her brother, Alessandro Gari...
Italian inventions: the crosswords
Who isn’t familiar with – and tried to solve – the ubiquitous crosswords? It is traditionally believed that they were invented at the beginning of the 20th century either by a Brit, Victor Orville, or an American, Arthur Wynne. The first would have come out with the idea while imprisoned in a South African jail; the second had his “word-cross puzzl...
Crews remove box around Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia
Crews removed the box surrounding the Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia's Marconi Plaza on Sunday night. Only Action News was there as crews began the removal process around 8 p.m. The box has surrounded the statue for two years. On Friday, a judge ruled it needed to be removed. Attorney George Bochetto, who represents the statue's...
Stanley Tucci Weighs In On The Mystery Of Italy's Many Food Rules
Stanley Tucci knows a thing or two about Italian food — and about Italy and Italians, too, for that matter. Tucci was born and raised in Westchester County, New York by parents who had emigrated from the southern Italian region of Calabria. Tucci grew up eating his mother's incredible cooking and acquired, quite naturally, a great appreciation for...
Geno Auriemma coaches UConn women's basketball team days after mother dies
UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma coached the Huskies Sunday at No. 20 Maryland just three days after losing his mother, Marsiella. Marsiella Auriemma, who turned 91 in June, died on Thursday, according to a UConn spokesperson. Auriemma's father, Donato, died in 1997 during the Big East Tournament and associate head coach Chris Dailey to...
Chris Antonetti named MLB executive of the year
Italian American Chris Antonetti, Guardians President of Baseball Operations, was named Major League Baseball Executive of the Year. He was recognized at the General Manager meetings in November. “There were so many teams, so many organizations, so many executives that were incredibly deserving,” said Antonetti. Fellow Italian American Jerry Dipoto...
This Island off the Amalfi Coast in Italy Is Shaped Like a Dolphin
No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you and this isn’t the work of Photoshop—this island has the distinct shape of a dolphin. In yet another example of nature being amazing, this island in Italy—located between Capri and Positano—is part of a cluster known as the Sirenusas or the Gallos. This specific, dolphin-shaped mass of land is the biggest island o...