Mona's 'American-Italian' fare is different for the Hill, but not better
The one dish at Mona’s I can recommend without reservation might also be the menu’s greatest mistake. The dish is an appetizer of bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with Gorgonzola ($7.95), a two-bite haute bar snack guaranteed to win you a return invitation to the coolest Super Bowl party in town. Can you tire of the contrast from crisp to chewy to cream...
Music and Culture: An Italian Perspective
When: Saturday, February 11 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Where: Musco Center for the Arts, Chapman UniversityCosts: *$8 General Admission The many pathways of Italy’s music, art and culture come together in a single event! Appreciate the harmony that inspired Dante’s immortal masterpieces, and explore the diverse voices of Italian music, from the Rena...
Olindo Melaragno, un molisano che diede voce agli italiani in America
Olindo Melaragno nacque a Forlì del Sannio (oggi provincia di Isernia) il 1 novembre del 1867 (il padre, Leonardo, morì l’anno dopo la nascita del piccolo). Sin da piccolo mostrò una intelligenza vivace ed una straordinaria capacità allo studio. Ma era soprattutto nella scrittura che eccelleva. In Italia assolse il dovere militare. Immediatamente...
In Honor Of the Italian Immigrants Who Came To The United States of America
In Honor Of the Italian Immigrants Who Came To The United States of America: Our 31St Annual St. Joseph Celebration. Thursday, March 16th. The business meeting will start at 7:00pm, followed by Prof./Cav. Philip J. DiNovo's presentation with slides of "St. Joseph Traditions." We will have the traditional St. Joseph Table and this year we will serve...
La Piccola Cucina: Carnevale Edition - Italian Cooking Class for Kids
Let’s celebrate Carnevale: Bring your kids to a fun Saturday morning to make mask-shaped shortbread cookies at the ICCC! Join us for La Piccola Cucina Carnevale Edition, a hands-on cultural culinary experience for children aged 3-10 years old. Children will wear chef aprons and toques and learn basic Italian language, metric system and culture whil...
La Masseria brings regional Italian eats to PGA’s dining drag
PGA Boulevard will get a fancy, regional Italian restaurant Saturday night when La Masseria hosts an invitation-only party to celebrate its debut. An outpost of a popular New York theater-district restaurant and its midtown Manhattan sibling, La Masseria opens to the public early next week on Palm Beach Gardens’ main drag. Located in the same wes...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 87
Ciao from Rome! Happy 2017!! This year will bring to us several big news, we are working very hard on them. Our book continues to be offered on Amazon with a discount, but soon we will publish a new one: "We the Italians in 2016". It will have both the English and the Italian version of the 24 interviews published in 2016, plus in the ebook there...
Italian culture and history: Ferrara and the House of Este
The city of Ferrara rises on the banks of the Po di Volano River, in the southern plain of Emilia. Over the centuries, this magnificent city has been able to maintain the great prestige it experienced during the era of the House of Este.
IT and US: (American) Football in Italy, an interesting story (#1 of 2)
On January 29, 1972 in the typical restaurant "Il Toro" in Sampierdarena (Genova) a table of sportsmen decided to found the first Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italian Football Americano, FIFA), with the desire and hope to be able to introduce in the peninsula the fascinating agonistic image of this stars and stripes sport.
Italian land and nature: From Tarvisio to Val Resia
At the point in which Italy, Austria and Slovenia meet, majestic mountain peaks lie in wait, proffering up innumerable paths that unwind for miles and miles and sometimes run through a forest of 23,000 hectares. From the heights of these peaks the topography swoops down into an extreme dip, that is into Val Resia, inhabited by an ancient Slavic com...
Italian cuisine: Veggie Balls
Fresh vegetables make these “veggie-balls” a perfect and colorful dish for vegetarians, but also for "carnivores" too. These can be served as a tasty main course, accompanied by a fresh salad, or as an appetizing starter and cocktail. Crunchy outside and soft inside, they are delicious and healthy as well, rich in good nutrients and easy to digest....
Italian report: Italy in 10 selfies 2017
To revive the economy and meet the world challenges we have to look to our strengths, while never forgetting our ancient problems and those of today. We can start from an Italy that looks confidently to the future because it does not deny its soul.