Buca di Beppo and Buffets Collide at Buca Cafe Italiano
by Susan Stapleton The worlds of Buca di Beppo and buffets collide when Buca Café Italiano debuts at Bally's Las Vegas today. All day long, from breakfast to dinner, pick up the traditional Italian dishes Buca is known for along with different buffets all day long. Robert Earl, chairman and CEO of Planet Hollywood International is...
Italian Cortina to undergo more than a facelift ahead of 2021 World Ski Championships
by Barbara Ganz After losing to the Swedish city of Åre the 2019 World Ski Championships, Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the province of Belluno, in recent days was designated as the host of the 2021 World Ski Championships. The World Ski Championships are events that can attract tens of thousands of visitors. The estimates predict a...
D'Amico family celebrates 40 years in restaurant business
By Valerie Sweeten It's been a labor of love for the D'Amico family as they've served the greater Houston scene for 40 years. What began in 1975 in Huntsville when Nash D'Amicoand his cousins Tony and Damian Mandola launched their first family restaurant, Damian's Fine Italian Food, turned from the humble beginnings of pizza and sandw...
Sons of Italy to host dinner and dance benefiting Ukiah Senior Center
On Saturday, July 25, the Ukiah Sons of Italy will be hosting a dinner and dance benefit featuring popular local band Will Siegel & Friends, with all proceeds going to support the Ukiah Senior Center. The dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. in Bartlett Hall at 495 Leslie St. in Ukiah, with the dance to follow from 7 to 10 p.m. Sons of Ital...
Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchens on Oahu seeks to add more Hawaii restaurants
by Darin Moriki The owner of Hawaii's sole Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen in Ewa Beach is looking to open up at least two additional locations on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big island over the next 12 to 18 months. "With Hawaii's growing economy and room on the islands for more of our authentic Italian options, the state offers access...
The spectacular Lame Rosse
The Lame Rosse ("Red Blades") are mountains and badlands in Marche, part of the Sibillini Mountains massif. Usually, travel guides describe the local landscape saying it looks like a place on Mars, Colorado's Grand Canyon, or some Saharan region. Those are indeed the closest comparisons. The red hue of the badlands and mountaintops, w...
It took a village, San Jose, CA
by Cookie Curci Between 1901 and 1910, nearly nine million immigrants came to the United States. Many of the arrivals were young Italians from the small town of Tricarico, 80 miles east of Naples. About 10 percent of the Italians now living in the Santa Clara Valley of California are from Tricarico. Unfamiliar with the language and custom...
The Italian Homemade Company Opens In Cow Hollow, May Expand In North Beach
Italian deli and market The Italian Homemade Company, which quickly became a North Beach favorite after opening a year ago at 716 Columbus St., has now opened a second location in Cow Hollow and is seeking to expand its original store. The storefronts adjacent to The Italian Homemade Company, from 718 to 722 Columbus St., are currently vacant: Nor...
La Mia Strada – My Road Documentary Exploration of Italian American identity
Youngstown History Center of Industry and Labor - 151 West Wood Street, Youngstown, Ohio 44503. Screening - September 24 @ 5pm: La Mia Strada – My Road. Documentary Exploration of Italian American identity. Director, Michael Angelo DiLauro La Mia Strada (My Road) is a compelling exploration of ethnicity and cu...
“I think he is the greatest scholar of American culture” - Fred Gardaphe on Don DeLillo
by Ronan Breathnach In an interview with Maria Nadotti in 1993 Don DeLillo said, "I'm a novelist, period. An American novelist". Over an impressive career he has written novels looking at everything from global terrorism and economics to maths, art, and language. Given this wide range of subject matter covered in his books th...
WWII and the day Papa Vincenzo had to surrender his beloved radio
by Cookie Curci As a young Italian American, my childhood was filled with stories, stories that boasted colorful characters, lively dialogue, wonderful settings and, best of all, each story taught me a valuable lesson. Children's story books you say? No. Although I did my share of reading the fanciful illustrated fairy tales and...
Q+A: Celebrated Italian restaurant Carbone is ready for Las Vegas
By Robin Leach One of the most eagerly awaited new restaurants of the fall is set to open Monday at Aria. Food critics and fans alike have described Carbone's original New York location as the best Italian-American restaurant of all time. Named the restaurant of the year and the decade, Carbone has received nothing but five-...