Padre Pio Prayer Group to host Italian Cultural Festival at La Salette
The Padre Pio Prayer Group of the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette at 947 Park St. announces the 2nd annual Italian Cultural Festival on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Shrine. The day will be packed with cultural and religious events kicking off the day at noon with a 2-hour dance party featuring classic Italian songs an...
This fourth-generation Italian Market coffee shop isn’t worried about Starbucks, Wawa
The tour group walked past where Anthony Anastasio’s great-grandfather parked his seafood pushcart more than 100 years ago, and where coffee, chocolate, and gelato businesses now thrive. “We stop here because of that family history,” the tour guide said. “I love that it’s a family business that has evolved with the times.” Of all the shops on the I...
La moda italiana sul tetto d’Europa per valore aggiunto
L’Italia, con il 46,9% di valore aggiunto, si aggiudica il primo posto tra i Paesi europei nella top ten del Sistema Moda a dimostrazione di un comparto che si conferma come uno dei pilastri dell’economia nazionale, su cui pesa per il 9,5% sul valore aggiunto del manifatturiero e dà lavoro a circa 500 mila addetti. È quanto emerge dall’Industry Boo...
Pomellato Builds on the Popularity of Its Nudo Rings
Pomellato’s iconic Nudo ring has been a runaway bestseller for the Italian fine jewelry brand and is a cult favorite of luxury jewelry consumers. Nudo, “nude” in Italian, refers to the collections’ prong-free setting, which showcases every angle but the bottom of a gemstone, revealing what Pomellato calls the stones’ “naked splendor.” During Las Ve...
In An Ancient Italian Wine Region, Tenute Rubino Combines Tradition With Innovation
When Luigi Rubino established Tenute Rubino in 1999, the idea of producing 1.2 million bottles of wine using estate-grown indigenous grapes annually seemed light-years away. However, fast-forward 20 years and that is exactly what he is doing, along with his wife and business partner Romina Leopardi and their winemaker Luca Petrelli. Rubino’s father...
Why you should visit Puglia
Summer is here, and there is still time for you to plan a holiday and visit Europe. If you are still wondering about where to go in Europe, and you are considering Italy, Puglia is the answer! The heel of Italy, the eastern gate, the Tuscany of the South, are just three names to talk about the same ancient magical place: Puglia. The easternmost reg...
Bensonhurst’s last Italian record store tells the story of a community
Ilario Bianchi opens the door of S.A.S. Italian Records and heads straight to the back of the store to snag a copy of his favorite weekly Italian magazine: Cronaca Vera. At the counter, Louise Baslie is naming all her family members who need cornicelli, Italian amulets that protect against the evil eye. Italian opera from surrounding speakers is se...
Review: Italian-American restaurant San Morello a downtown Detroit hit
Just as chef and owner Andrew Carmellini intended, San Morello in the Shinola Hotel is a neighborhood Italian restaurant. Only the neighborhood is the buzzy, busy, scooter-infested community that is downtown Detroit. While it's on the ground floor of the Shinola, San Morello has an identity beyond "hotel restaurant." With an entrance right on Wood...
Forget Milan: 6 places in Italy that are off the beaten tourist track
Tourism in Italy is a growing industry. The country was a holiday destination for 420 million visitors in 2017, smashing records by 4.4 per cent compared to the previous year. According to Istat figures, this is 5.3 per cent above the European average. Rome remains the most popular destination, attracting almost 27 million of these visitors, or 6....
Battista Performance Tests Begin as Automobili Pininfarina Prepares to Present Future Design Vision at Monterey Car Week
As the Battista's wind tunnel and simulation development program picks up speed in Italy under the guidance of Development Driver Nick Heidfeld, Automobili Pininfarina has confirmed that the world's first pure-electric luxury hypercar will make its Monterey Car Week public debut at The Quail on 16 August 2019. As part of a series of exclusive prese...
Nearly 100 Years Of Tradition At Defonte’s Sandwich Shop
In 1922 in Brooklyn, Italian immigrant Nick Defonte bought a corner store for $100. That store became Defonte’s Sandwich Shop, a Red Hook icon. Today, his grandkids run the original deli along with a second Staten Island outpost. At Defonte’s, staff and longtime customers bring all the boisterous conviviality of a family reunion. “You walk in here,...
Can a Small Italian Village Point the Way to More Livable Modern Cities?
Artena, Italy is approximately 25 miles from Rome. Despite their proximity to each other, Artena is a much sleepier, old-world village, not encumbered by Rome’s foot traffic or consumerism. The beauty of Artena is in its organic simplicity, and its rebellion against the capricious whims of technology that have influenced city planning and developme...