Italian quality holds ground at Winter Fancy Food Show
Italian food makers presented quality, new ideas and natural, organic products at the Winter Fancy Food Show 2018 in San Francisco, the most important trade event in North America dedicated to the specialty food industry. The Italian pavilion organized by Universal Marketing with the key support of the Italian Trade Association (ITA, or ICE) was ag...
Vandalism of Trenton’s Columbus statue upsets Italian community
Dr. Gilda Rorro Baldassari and John Scarpati, Sr. saw red last week. Both proud U.S. citizens of Italian-American descent, expressed anger and concern after someone vandalized the statue of Christopher Columbus inside the Hamilton Ave. park which bears the controversial explorer’s name. Red paint covered several areas of Columbus’ body while the ba...
The Italian Cultural Center: Join us for an exclusive night on February 8th
Get ready for this year's Italian Film Festival and join us on Thursday, February 8th, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm, at the Tek Box in Minneapolis. You will enjoy Italian specialties (Antipasto, Frappe - tasty Carnevale treats - , Torta della Nonna - a classic Tuscan-born tart- ... just to name a few) with great wines and live music performed by Talking St...
Wilton resident Anthony F. LoFrisco brings his family cookbook to Ridgefield Library on Jan. 30
The LoFrisco Family Cookbook is part cookbook, part memoir. The author, son of Sicilian immigrants in the early 1900s, shares not only his mother's time-tested simple and delicious recipes, but he brings them to life by embracing them with endearing family stories of growing up in an Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn. LoFrisco intersperses...
Teresa Fiore: “Credere in un’Italia come laboratorio d’immagi-nazione”
Lo scorso dicembre ho avuto la fortuna di partecipare alla presentazione di Pre-Occupied Spaces. Remapping Italy’s Transnational Migrations and Colonial Legacies, l’ultima fatica critica di Teresa Fiore uscita per la Fordham Univeristy Press. I lettori de La Voce di New York non sono nuovi al nome della studiosa — le sue interviste per la nostra te...
Italian wine bar opening in Lakeview, plus other restaurant news
After working in New York wine bars for the last 20 years, Lauras Grigaliulas decided that he wanted to bring a cozy neighborhood wine bar to Chicago, and thus, Lago Wine Bar was born. The rustic Italian restaurant in Lakeview features “cicchetti,” or Venetian tapas, small-plate dining meant to be enjoyed with a glass of Italian wine. “We have smal...
Italian players making impact for Bishop Gibbons boys' basketball
His introduction before home games at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons is the only one that includes a nickname. When it’s announced, ND-BG boys’ basketball senior Lorenzo Cavallaro — sorry; the “Italian Stallion” — can’t help but smile. “It’s funny,” Cavallaro said. “I’ll take it.” This season, the ND-BG team has had plenty to smile about during its 11-2...
La Rotonda: A rare example of an octagonal Catholic church
Dubbed “La Rotonda” because of its unique architecture, it is a rare example of an eight-sided Catholic church. Construction began in 1594, and it’s believed the architect, Francesco Zamberlan, chose the octagonal shape for the symbolism of the number eight in the Christian religion. The structure is actually composed of two polyhedrons: the churc...
Viewpoint: What Columbus means to Italian Americans
As a first generation Italian-American, to me and to many like me, Christopher Columbus represents the idea that you can voyage far away from home, and with a dream, and perseverance and sacrifice, and faith and hard work, you can find a better life and enjoy the freedom with which we are blessed to have in this awesome country we call the United...
SmartIsland: when innovation involves agriculture
SmartIsland is the new innovative startup based in Sicily (Italy) that develops high-tech products and services for agro-food industry. The company was founded in Niscemi (Caltanissetta) and was launched with the support of the business incubator Digital Magics Palermo. The latter purchased 10% of SmartIsland’s social capital and it is helping the...
Let Grassona’s Italian Be Your ‘Spiritual Italian Grandmother’
Fairsted Kitchen bid farewell to Brookline on New Year’s Eve, but owner Steve Bowman has already replaced his beloved restaurant with a new one: Grassona’s Italian. It’s not that Bowman didn’t still love Fairsted — he loved it very much — but rather he felt it was simply time for a change. “Some restaurants — like the French Laundry, for example —...
'We will become a Ferrari' - Federico Marchetti on his Yoox Net-a-Porter ambitions
For a man who has made his millions from being light years ahead of the rest of the fashion crowd, it’s only mildly surprising that Federico Marchetti has now set his sights on the moon. The founder and boss of the world’s largest online luxury fashion retailer, Yoox Net-a-Porter, whispers in his Milanese office that his next frontier involves “t...