Oppi’z Italian Restaurant Opens on Santa Barbara’s State Street
Pizza with "real Italian flavor" has arrived on State Street at the site of the former Palazzio Italian restaurant. Owner Guido Oppizzi has opened Oppi'z (OH-peas) Bistro and Natural Pizza at 1026 State St. Oppizzi, who grew up in Pavia, Italy, about 20 miles south of Milan, opened the restaurant in mid-July. He says he wants to bring Santa Barbara...
Il food attrae anche turisti millennials, 46% a caccia di esperienze gourmet
Se fino a poco tempo fa il turista enogastronomico ‘tipo’ era un soggetto di media età ad alto reddito, oggi sono i Millennials, ovvero i nati tra il 1981 e il 1998, a farla da padrone. Un segmento in forte crescita nell’ultimo anno in Italia, che testimonia una maggior propensione a intraprendere esperienze enogastronomiche in linea con i coetanei...
Lagonia Named Grand Marshal of Yorktown Feast of San Gennaro
Every year since 2015, a procession down Commerce Street has signaled the start of the Yorktown Feast of San Gennaro, a now five-day Italian heritage festival with food, carnival rides, live music and a festive atmosphere. Hundreds participate in this yearly tradition, during which the statue of Saint Gennaro, on loan from New York City’s Most Prec...
Experts in Pompeii Have Discovered a Female Sorcerer’s Mysterious Arsenal of Charms
Archaeologists have discovered an incredible array of amulets, gems, and lucky charms in Pompeii. Researchers think that the mysterious trove belonged to a female sorcerer who could have been a victim of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius more than 2,000 years ago. The experts found more than 100 miniature objects in a wooden crate that ha...
Charles Santore, illustrator of children’s books, dies at 84
Charles Santore, an illustrator known for his richly detailed and whimsical interpretations of classic children's books has died, his daughter said Friday. Christina Santore said her father died Sunday after a brief illness in Philadelphia, where he was born, raised and worked. He was 84. He spent over three decades reimagining classic children's t...
Italian classics go modern at new Great Gold restaurant in San Francisco
The team behind San Francisco’s successful Flour + Water, Trick Dog and Salumeria restaurants is launching a new Italian concept this Friday in their former Foxsister space in the Mission district. Called Great Gold, it’s being billed as a “Modern American Italian Kitchen,” with partner/co-owner David Steele envisioning this as a marriage of Califo...
Columbian Club event to showcase hot wheels
If you’re a fan of vintage and exotic cars, you’re going to LOVE the Columbian Club of Chicago’s latest event. Dubbed Coffee & Chrome, the outing will allow unprecedented access to the Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville on Sept. 14. The “condos” are actually garages built at great expense to showcase luxury autos the likes of Ferraris, Lamborghin...
How an Italian farmer found a better way to grow tomatoes – without soil
The Italian tomato is prized around the world, but its reputation has soured in recent years over reports of mafia infiltration, slave labour and toxic fires that poison water sources. Southern Europe's biggest hydroponics farm is out to change all that, by growing pesticide-free crops in environmentally friendly greenhouses -- and getting bees to...
No Harm in Asking
My father, Henry, paid a price for working at the Westinghouse Plant in Lester, PA, for over 40 years. The constant pounding of his drop forge hammer had cost him most of his hearing. He was “old school” and happy to have this job that kept my mother and him fed and warm during their 65-year marriage. Suing the company was out of the question for a...
Italian coffee shop Illy Caffe to open in Merchants Square this fall
You’ll be able to find coffee, pastries and more at Italian coffee shop Illy Caffe when it opens in part of the former Binn's building on West Duke of Gloucester Street this fall. Illy, an Italian coffee roasting company, has more than 160 of its coffee bars in 34 countries, according to its website, but the Merchants Square location will be its fi...
Felice Gimondi dies aged 76
Felice Gimondi, three-time Giro d'Italia champion and winner of the 1965 Tour de France and 1968 Vuelta a España, died on Friday afternoon. The 76-year-old was swimming in the sea off the coast of Giardini Naxos in Sicily, southern Italy, when he suffered a heart attack. Gimondi took 14 stages across his five Grand Tour victories, and is one of onl...
Four Italian Tenors to take Armstrong stage
Making their United States debut, the Four Italian Tenors will perform an evening of operatic tenor hits at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Armstrong Auditorium to begin the 2019-20 Performing Arts Series. “This group represents some of the finest talent in the newest generation of world-class tenors,” Armstrong Auditorium Concert Manager...