Sal’s brings Neapolitan-style pizza eatery to Smithfield
Sal’s Pizza may be new to Smithfield, but it’s been around awhile. This Neapolitan-style pizza eatery originated in 1990 in New Hampshire. The magic, however, started in the 1940s on Boston’s North Shore where Sal’s grandparents sold pizzas. Today you can find Sal’s Pizza in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, California, Arizona and now, Smithfield. The...
Remembering Catalano's Lounge & Restaurant in Wormleysburg with riverfront views, Italian-American food
Catalano's Restaurant and Lounge was the place to go, long before the hustle and bustle on Harrisburg's Second Street. The Italian-American restaurant and its sister establishment, Angelina's Ristorante, operated in Wormleysburg along the Susquehanna River for three decades. (Check out the video, above, for a look back at the restaurants.) Vince an...
What kind of impact can Francesco Baddocchi have for UVA Basketball in 2018-19?
Malcolm Brogdon, Devon Hall and De’Andre Hunter are a few of the players who gone from redshirt to stand out under Tony Bennett at Virginia. Could Francesco Baddocchi, aka Frankie, be next on that list. His high school coach sincerely believes so. Baddocchi, a native of Milan, Italy, who attended high school in the Kansas City area, was an under-th...
Muriale's Italian Kitchen continues decades of tradition
For decades, Muriale’s Italian Kitchen has been a staple of Fairmont and Marion County, and it’s still carrying on the same traditions and recipes that has made the restaurant a success for nearly 50 years. Muriale’s opened after the family bought the one-building restaurant, once known as Dick’s, in the late 1960s. With an official opening date of...
Charleston bakery takes modern approach to making fresh pasta
Mark Chatfield remembers when his Italian mother and grandmother would make pasta by hand mostly on special occasions, like Easter and Christmas. They would create a mountain out of flour, then form a hole in the center like a volcano. After pouring eggs in the middle, they would begin to combine the two, slowly, as the walls caved in. “You work it...
Influence of Renaissance Prints on Maiolica and Bronze Explored at the National Gallery of Art, April 1–August 5, 2018
The first exhibition of its kind in the United States, Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, brings together some 90 objects to highlight the impact of Renaissance prints on maiolica and bronze plaquettes. Accompanied by a publication that provides a comprehensive introduction to different aspects of the phenomenon—from the r...
US premiere of the documentary film I Siciliani with the Italian star actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta (The Postman)
American premiere of the documentary film "I Siciliani", will be screened at the Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, New York, on April 9th. "I Siciliani", is written and directed by Francesco Lama featuring among the most famous Sicilian artists such like Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Leo Gullotta, Tony Sperandeo, Ninni Bruschetta , Pietrangelo Buttafuoco,...
Italian Club hopes to bring awareness of Italian heritage to the college
As Italian-Americans and part of the Italian Studies program at Lafayette, Marissa Bocchiaro ’20 and Adrianna DiMarco ’20 founded the Italian club to bring the richness of Italian culture to campus. Music professor and Italian Studies program coordinator Anthony Cummings is the official faculty adviser for the club. Cummings said that there are a l...
US State Department honors Italian nun as a 'Woman of Courage'
An Italian nun working in war-torn parts of Africa was honored at the U.S. State Department’s International Women of Courage award ceremony last week, commended for her dedicated service to the poor and to internally displaced persons.“Sister Maria Elena is being honored for her service to counter hatred, injustice, and war-related horrors,” said H...
Bill of Fare: Newest De Lorenzo's a 'hop, skip and a jump' across the river
A mix of Pennsylvania and New Jersey license plates can be found in the parking lot at the new De Lorenzo's Tomato Pies in Yardley, Pa., as both old and new customers make their way to the new location. Despite a quiet opening last month, word spread quickly that the legendary tomato pies that had their beginnings in the 1940s on Trenton's Hudson S...
Appetite: Old Trattoria Is New Again in Alexandria
Sometimes, all it takes to infuse an Alexandria institution with new energy is just a little TLC. At least, that was the case for La Trattoria, the new butterfly emerging from the cocoon of the venerable Trattoria da Franco, one of Old Town’s most historic and beloved Italian eateries. Blending modernization with the Trattoria’s existing old-world...
Modern Languages Professor Invited to Present a Workshop at Princeton University
Dr. Enza Antenos, Assistant Professor of Italian, will lead a workshop at Princeton University Tuesday, March 27th at 2:00 PM entitled, "Made in…: Exploring Contemporary Narratives in the Teaching of Foreign Languages." Making languages relevant to higher education is key. A paradigm shift is needed in our foreign language curricula to meet the con...