'Lost Child' Wraps Up Ferrante's Neapolitan Series With 'Perfect Devastation'
by Maureen Corrigan If you don't know Elena Ferrante — and judging by conversations I've had, many readers still don't know her books — it's partly because Ferrante herself doesn't want to be known. "I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors," Ferrante declared in a letter to her publisher in 199...
Italian-American eatery to open at The Joule
by Korri Kezar Over the next several months, some of Dallas' most well-known chefs and restaurateurs are opening a diverse set of new concepts. From antipasti to steamed ginger shrimp dumplings, the eateries are slated to appeal to a wide set of diners. Upscale Kansas City-style barbecue restaurant 18th & Vine plans to open at...
Little Italy's 21st annual FESTA! kicks off
by Ashley Jacobs Little Italy's FESTA! is shaping up to be bigger than ever this year. Since 1994, FESTA! has been a dream come true for Italian Americans in the San Diego community. It has marked the annual celebration of Little Italy's culture and heritage as an official neighborhood. Now, 21 years later, San Diego's Little...
Jersey City's soon-to-close Thirty Acres scooped up by buzzy chef Ryan DePersio
By Vicki Hyman Kevin Pemoulie's ambitious — maybe too ambitious — Thirty Acres in Jersey City will be closing up in November, but another acclaimed young chef will be taking over the space: Ryan DePersio of Montclair'sFascino, Jersey City's Battello, and Nico Kitchen + Bar at Newark's NJPAC. The space itself needs little work, so...
Palio, at the Italian American Museum
Friday, October 30th, 6:30 P.M. - Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) - New York, NY 10013. The Italian American museum presents: Palio. A Documentary Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NGAIKMtvxY - Directed and Written by Cosima Spender, Produced and W...
Monica Bellucci, 51, looks every inch the Bond girl as she shows off her toned curves in a pastel pink pencil dress to promote Spectre in New York
by Helena Turnbull Monica Bellucci put on a sartorially stunning display as the Spectre promotional trail continued in New York City on Thursday. The Bond Girl was pictured leaving her hotel in the early hours of the morning dressed up to the nines for her appearance on the Today show. The Italian actress - who is the oldest actress to portr...
It Took a Tough Woman to Make a Tender Home
By Cookie Curci Our Santa Clara Valley is known the world over as Silicon Valley, where high-tech companies spring up overnight and blossom and grow to unbelievable heights. But long before the computer companies began to grow, the Santa Clara Valley was known for something else—fruit. Thousands of acres of fruit trees flourished a...
An IACE Photography contest at Eataly New York
The Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) and Eataly New York invite students in the Italian language program to participate in the initiative "Food in Focus," a photography contest. IACE students are encouraged to submit photos taken with a smartphone. The image should depict Italian cuisine, from simple, quality ingredients to b...
Disco by Design: Radical Italian Clubs From the '60s & '70s
by Patrick Sisson In their earliest incarnations, discos and clubs such as The Loft and Paradise Garage in New York and elsewhere were about musical and societal liberation. A new exhibit at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, Radical Disco: Architecture and Nightlife in Italy, 1965-1975, looks at how an earlier generation of nightlif...
Southern-style dishes at Italian Grill are top notch
Italian Grill in the shopping center on the north-east corner of 58th Avenue and 20th Street was one of the first restaurants we visited upon moving to Vero Beach several years ago. Coming from New Jersey, we newbies derived comfort from the familiar taste of tangy tomato sauce found in its southern Italian-style dishes. But there was more to...
Carretti Siciliani: The Painted Carts of Sicily
The wheel has been around for at least 6000 years... from Mesopotamia in the Middle East all the way to central Europe. No one really knows when it was "invented". Wheels move people, wood for making fires and the construction of useful items, animals, and products of the harvest. The first wheels were wooden disks... the first spoked wheels came f...
Former FBI Agent Pays Homage to Italian Immigrant Heritage in Book ‘784 Broadway’
James Ring, author of the 5-star terrorist thriller Necessary Assets, has shifted genres with his second book, 784 Broadway, where he brings to life his immigrant Italian heritage by recounting summer visits to his family's small greengrocer store in New York's Hudson Valley. Ring's stories, rich with humor and wisdom, span nearly three decade...