Where did our Favorite Foods at New Jersey’s Italian Festivals Come From?
Throughout the eastern United States, many communities where Italian immigrants originally landed began a tradition of hosting Italian festivals. The celebrations, often fundraisers for the local church or other organizations, often include rides, games of skill and, naturally, delicious food. New York’s most famous celebration is the Feast of San...
Bodybuilder, actor Franco Columbu dead at 78
Bodybuilder, former Mr. Olympia and actor Franco Columbu, one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s closest friends, has died, TMZ.com and the New York Daily News reported. He was 78, the Daily News said. Columbu died while swimming off the cost of his native Sardinia, according to reports in Italian media, the paper said. "I love you Franco,” Schwarzenegger...
Angotti to serve as parade marshal for WV Italian Heritage Festival Grand Feature Parade
Weston’s Frank Angotti, a U.S. Army veteran of the European Theater in World War II and retired businessman and state Division of Highways comptroller, is parade marshal for the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival Grand Feature Parade. The parade kicks off at 10 a.m. Saturday in downtown Clarksburg. Angotti was born November 21, 1921, to immigr...
Tiffani Faison Opens an Italian Restaurant in Boston for the Rest of Us
With a barbecue joint, Southeast Asian restaurant, and standing room-only adult snack bar all on the same block, one might assume that Tiffani Faison has quite enough to keep her busy. On Monday, the chef and Big Heart Hospitality owner out-Fenways herself by opening Orfano, a “subversive Italian-American restaurant that does not bow to tradition.”...
90 years of emotion with ACI and Ferrari
Two names that have made history in the motoring world, the Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) and Scuderia Ferrari are getting together for two important anniversaries. In the afternoon of Wednesday 4 September, in Milan’s Piazza Duomo, ACI will celebrate the 90th Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza and, for the occasion, by special...
Biba dies at 82. Her restaurant introduced a dining renaissance with a welcoming soul
Biba Caggiano, a seminal figure in the Sacramento food scene whose midtown Italian restaurantbearing her first name put the state capital on the culinary map, died Thursday morning at her Fabulous 40s home surrounded by her children, her husband Vincent and other loved ones. Caggiano was 82 and had lived with Alzheimer’s disease in her final years....
Dante Alighieri Society of Virginia presents: Viva l'Italia!
A Celebration of All Things Italian, and you are invited! Friday, September 20, 2019, 5:00 – 7:00 pm, Riverviews Artspace Gallery, 9th Street, Lynchburg, VA. The event, sponsored by the Dante Alighieri Society of Virginia in partnership with Riverviews, is open to the public without charge, but please let us know you are attending: dantealighieriv...
Goodbye ‘catenaccio’: Serie A turns up the flare
A seven-goal thriller won by never-say-die Napoli over full-throttle Fiorentina. An entertaining six-goal draw between Roma and Genoa. Inter Milan's authoritative 4-0 shutout of Lecce in Antonio Conte's debut. And not a single scoreless draw. If there's anything to be learned from the opening weekend of Serie A, it's that free-flowing, attacking fo...
Geja’s Café Debuts Giro d’Italia - A Tour of Italy Wine Festival
Chicago’s oldest wine bar, Geja’s Café, perfectly nestled at 340 W. Armitage Ave, is welcoming the upcoming fall season with the debut of its three-month wine festival Giro d’Italia, beginning Sunday, September 1st through Saturday, November 30th. Throughout these three months, wine enthusiasts of all calibers will have the opportunity to enjoy sel...
Pannese from Cape Cod to Italy celebrate Feast Day of the Blessed Mother
There were several mighty milestones celebrated Sunday inside Our Lady of Grace Church in Johnston. First and foremost, the Pannese Society – which dates back to 1909 and was founded on Providence’s Federal Hill by an Italian immigrant named Giuseppe Anzevino – held its annual Mass and Breakfast Buffet in honor of La Madonna del Bosco, the patrones...
Yachters Close to Volcano Eruption in Italy Capture Footage of Lava Spewing as They Rush to Safety
Boaters enjoying what was supposed to be a sunny day on the southern Sicilian coast in Italy had to flee for their lives when the Stromboli island volcano erupted on Wednesday — sending gas, rock and volcanic ash several hundred meters into the sea. “We were sailing at a safe distance as per ordinance, when all of a sudden we heard a loud bang and...
Italian People's Bakery continues legacy fifty years after fire gutted the Butler St. business
On August 29, 1969, something burned at Italian People’s Bakery on Butler St. — and it wasn’t the bread, cakes or cookies created at the famous business. Bread turned to toast and cookies crumbled that infamous day as an early-morning fire fully engulfed the building. Several families lived above the bakery, including owners Joseph Guagliardo, his...