This New Rochelle Joint Is Giving Traditional Italian Some Modern Flair
Looking at the menu of Maria, one of the latest Italian spots to open in Southern Westchester, I paused. The usual suspects didn’t make up most of the New Rochelle restaurant’s menu. My eyes were drawn to the cauliflower-kale fritters, acorn squash risotto served in a honey-glazed squash bowl, and salmon with jasmine rice. I’d never even heard of c...
Craving pizza? Here are the top 4 options in Yonkers
Looking to sample the best pizza around town? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top pizzerias in Yonkers, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to find your next perfect pie. 1. La Lanterna Restaurant & Caffe Topping the list is La Lanterna Restaurant & Caffe. Located at 23 Gray Oaks Ave. in Nepera...
The Italian Cultural Institute wraps up a 2018 full of events
“The new year will open with an Italian evening organized by the LA Clippers in collaboration with the Institute and dedicated to the NBA champion Danilo Gallinari, on the occasion of the game against the Utah Jazz. This event will be followed by the Filming Italy film festival, and numerous meetings dedicated to Leonardo Da Vinci, in celebration...
Lamborghini: Urus sbarca in America con un test mozzafiato in California
Dai tornanti che dominano la Coachella Valley al deserto attraverso la faglia di Sant’Andrea. Sono gli scenari mozzafiato della California del Sud a fare da cornice al primo ‘test drivè ufficiale della nuova Lamborghini Urus negli Stati Uniti. Da quando è arrivata nel mercato Usa, nel mese di ottobre, sono 400 i Suv venduti dalla Casa di Sant’Agata...
It’s Christmas Time! A Guide To The Italian Holiday Traditions
Santa Claus is finally coming to Italy! December 25 is near and Italian kids, just like many other children all around the world, are looking forward to waking up on Christmas morning to see if they have been good enough to deserve some presents from the misterious man in red they call Babbo Natale. However, Santa is not the only protagonist of our...
The Field Guide To Italian Sparkling Wine
The world's sparkling wine drinkers may be, essentially, divided into two camps: those that inadvertently call all sparkling wines Champagneand those that abhor that erroneous practice. No judgment here, but learning a few simple traits and indicators about bubblies from regions outside of Champagne is low-hanging fruit when it comes to wine apprec...
Our traditions in food and festivity
The trees are shaking off their browned leaves, there is a distinct chill in the air, everything is peppermint and gingerbread and all about Santa Claus. It feels as though our hands are always cold. The pinkness in my cheeks, chapped lips and transition to warm cups of coffee has me nostalgic. I’m not sure if it feels the same for you, but for me,...
SoHo fa da palcoscenico all’eccellenza del design made in Italy
È nel cuore di SoHo che Artemest – luxury italian marketplace fondato nel 2015 dalla rinomata jewelry designer Ippolita Rostagno e da Marco Credendino – ha scelto New York per presentare la magnificenza della creatività italiana plasmata a mano, tra arredi, illuminazione, decor, oggetti e incantevoli lavori in vetro e ceramica. «Gli artisti italian...
Antica Barberia Giacalone: Deco Art in Genoa’s alleyways
Antica Barberia Giacalone is a historical barbershop in the city center of Genoa, a stone’s throw from the San Lorenzo Cathedral. It is a gem, wrapped in the narrow alleyways of the Ligurian city. Established in 1882, it was renovated over a century later, in 1992, by the owner’s son Italo – also thanks to funding from the Amici del FAI association...
Sample la dolce vita at Caffe Marche
Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette made a much-celebrated stop at the James Pharmacy building in Old Saybrook in 1824. Picture his surprise if he were to wander in today and see the chic Italian coffee house now situated in it. The building’s latest incarnation as Caffe Marche (and its sister business, the James Pharmacy Bed & Breakfast) a...
This Is Ralph Lauren’s Barber
Clemente Dimonda climbed into the barber chair, explaining how he came to operate a barbershop in Manhattan, and to cut the hair of a generation of men’s wear executives, including Ralph Lauren. “I used to work on Jamaica Avenue,” in Queens, Mr. Dimonda said. “One of the old men, Sicilian guy, he used to work in the shop where I used to work.” In t...
When barbarians ruled the Big Easy
It was nearly midnight on Oct. 15, 1890, as David Hennessy, the young New Orleans police chief, walked home in a drizzle after a late meeting of the police board. Hennessy was without his usual armed escort as he approached the Basin St. house he shared with his widowed mother. The chief had use for bodyguards. In New Orleans, he was the face of...