It's All About the Guest
Chef/CEO Steve DiFillippo is the consummate restaurateur. With his award-winning Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse brand firmly established in Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill, Lynnfield, and Foxborough—with Manhattan opening October 2013—DiFillippo has tackled the modern Italian restaurant. Now he shares his successful busin...
Cugino’s Italian Specialties in Pennington Offers Wide Array of Fresh Food Choices
"Italian food is comfort food. It tastes good. I could eat it seven days a week!". Ben Sanford, manager and co-owner with chef Joe Egitto, of Cugino's Italian Specialties in Pennington, loves what he does. "I just like the idea of food. I've been in the food industry for 14 years, and we are very enthusiastic about Cugino's." The Ital...
The Abruzzo Molise Heritage Society (AMHS): September 28
AMHS of the Washington DC area, a non-profit organization which holds events to promote the cultural, social and educational heritage of the Abruzzo and Molise regions of Italy, and that of Italy in general, is sponsoring its next general Society meeting on September 28 at 1:00 in Casa Italiana. There will be a luncheon with fabulous Itali...
Bocce Ball Comes to Clark
More than 30 members of Clark Unico joined the Clark Recreation Department in christening a newly installed bocce court on Sept. 26. The celebration included pizza, desserts and Italian music as guests learned the game and played against each other. The court was donated by The Keith W. Dolan Memorial Fund and was installed by Steve Patern...
DeSimone to be named Italian-American of the year
By Bob Shryock Retired Assignment Judge Samuel G. DeSimone may have been honored more times than anyone in Gloucester County history. But the award he receives Oct. 22 at Auletto's from the Gloucester County Italian Heritage Commission - 2015 Italian-American Citizen of the Year - may mean the most to him. Because "Gentle Sam" feels...
Oral History Collaboration Announcement
The NJ Italian Heritage Commission has recently begun a project to record the oral histories of Italians and Italian Americans in New Jersey. The Commission will be collaborating with the Rutgers Oral History Archive (ROHA). The Commission and ROHA have already begun selecting interviewees and will begin recording interviews in January, 2016. The...
Italian Restaurant to Open at Former Hogarth’s Bar and Bistro Site
The building that used to house Hogarth's Bar and Bistro, which closed in January, at 5201 Center Street in New Town has a new tenant who plans to turn the space into an Italian restaurant. Neal Clarke, who moved to Williamsburg from Arlington in 2010, is planning to open his new restaurant, Capriccio Ristorante, in March. Clarke has...
Trip to Operatic Italy
When: June 9 at 7:00 pmWhere: The Center for Italian & Italian American Culture (CIIAC), 411 Pompton Avenue, Suite 5, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 United States Join us for a presentation by Lou Barrella, Music Educator & recipient of the Dr. Leonard Covello Lifetime Achievement Award from The Italian Teachers' Association...
25th Anniversary of the National Education & Leadership Awards (NELA) Gala
Join the Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF) on Thursday, May 23, 2013, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the National Education & Leadership Awards (NELA) Gala. The signature Washington event returns to the elegant National Building Museum to honor Sergio Marchionne, General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), Robert F. Corrao, and Gary Sinise. We wil...
Gli Scambi Commerciali Transatlantici Diventano Globali
di Michael J Boskin STANFORD – Hanno preso avvio le trattative tra gli Stati Uniti e l'Unione Europea sul trattato commerciale, potenzialmente il più grande accordo regionale di libero scambio della storia. In caso di successo, coprirebbe più del 40% del PIL mondiale e potrebbe contare su grandi quote di commercio mondiale e di investiment...
Eat, Pray, Love Italian Style with Pasta, Vino and Italian Football
Roughly 17 million Americans have ties to Italy and will be celebrating their ancestry during October's Italian-American Heritage Month. With a strong influence in cooking, fashion, sports, movies, television and the arts, being Italian influences all aspects of life. Appreciating all things Italian is easy, but marrying into an Italian family can...
Facci Turf Valley Brings Italian Cuisine to Northwestern Ellicott City
By Andrew Metcalf Facci Turf Valley is the first of four restaurants to open at the new shopping center anchored by Harris Teeter in the northwest corner of Ellicott City. It's the second restaurant of the same name opened by owner Gino Palma, 37, a Columbia resident, who came to America from Naples, Italy in 1996. The first Facci opened in Fulto...