Debutta a Washington DC, USA, la Dante Alighieri Legacy Association celebrando il 750mo anniversario della nascita del Sommo poeta con una ceremonia al Meridian Hill Park
Debutta a Washington DC, USA, la Dante Alighieri Legacy Association celebrando il 750mo anniversario della nascita del Sommo poeta con una ceremonia al Meridian Hill Park, dove viene deposta una corona di fiori ai piedi del monumento eretto nella capitale. L'imponente statua (104,4 pollici per 45,6 su un piedistallo di granito 77 pollici per 50) e...
Uncle Giuseppe's Italian Marketplace To Open In Ramsey Friday
Gourmet Italian grocery store Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace will host its grand opening Friday. The 50,000-square-foot location in the Triangle Plaza will open at 9 a.m. The store will feature a fresh seafood department, bakery, a gelato counter with chocolate fountains, a fresh cheese department, bread from Arthur Avenue in the Bronx,...
Norristown lawyer honored at Sons of Italy convention in King of Prussia
You usually can't get a loftier recognition in any field than being honored with an accolade that pretty much says it all. As the Gold Medal Award co-honoree at the 52nd Biennial Convention of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania's Sons of Italy, which was held this week in King of Prussia, Francis Recchuiti was aware of a certain irony as he a...
Italian American Festival Begins This Week in Freehold
by Adam Hochron The Freehold Raceway Mall will transform into a little bit of Italy over the next few nights as the Italian American Festival comes to town. From 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday there will be rides, food, music and other entertainment in the parking lot near Dick's Sporting Goods. For $20 on Wednesday nigh...
Italy's envoy in Philly pushes to improve business ties
For all Philadelphia's claims of being an "international city," the last of its once-grand corps of European diplomats almost pulled out last year. World diplomacy is shifting to the vast cities of Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Aging nations need to make new trade ties in those places. Canada shut its Philly consulate in 2012. Italy was rea...
Italian Contributions to Knowledge
Italian history seems animated by the desire to cross the borders of the peninsula and to establish Italianness within a global horizon, bringing it face to face with other societies and different local realities. From Marco Polo's adventurous voyage to the heroic era of geographic discoveries, from Galileo's cosmic exploration to the dias...
The 2014 NJIIAHC Congress: "Achievements of National Italian American Organizations"
November 8 (Saturday) 8:30 am - 12:30 pmThe 2014 NJIIAHC Congress: "Achievements of National Italian American Organizations" Several national Italian American organizations will be presenting their major achievements in preserving and promoting the Italian and Italian American Heritage.The New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commissio...
Lou Di Palo visits Via Umbria
Joining us on Tuesday, December 16th for one special evening from New York's Little Italy, meet Lou Di Palo, beloved owner of New York's beloved neighborhood food shop Di Palo's Fine Foods. Gastronome, food educator and now author of the fascinating book "Di Palo's Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy," Lou -- described as "one of the preeminent e...
Italian gastronomic traditions showcased in Washington
Washington is hosting Thursday and Friday two conferences on Italian cuisine by award-winning food historian and TV host Francine Segan as part of initiatives organized by the Italian embassy ahead of the food-themed Expo world's fair opening in Milan on May 1. Segan, a leading expert on Italy's culinary traditions, will be talking about t...
2015 Italian Heritage Festival; 11 am – 4 pm, September 19th, the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn
Back for a sixth year celebrating rich, colorful, Italian culture, is the annual Festival that honors the Feast of St. Gennaro, as celebrated by the Italian-American Club of Hilton Head (IACHH). Saturday, September 19th from 11am to 4pm, join the fun outdoors at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn. Offering something to please everyone, the...
Momentum builds for Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade
The Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade Committee will host its Honoree Dinner Gala at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Nanina's in the Park in Belleville. For tickets, call Barbara Freda at 973-650-3849 or Melissa Matturro at 973-661-9234. The awardees being honored in this year's parade are as follows: Vincent Micco, Grand Marshal; Me...
Erba stella can be harvested at any time
By Paul Barbano Italian food can have funny names such as spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, meaning string, twine, or manicotti from the Italian, plural of manicotto, muff or sleeve, because it is a sleeve stuffed with cheese. Penne pasta got its name because it looks like the quill or a pen. Orzo, meaning barley, because it looks like a...