Milwaukee's best Italian restaurant, 2018
After years of Ristorante Bartolotta holding the crown, a new king of pasta has been crowned. It isn't exactly new, though, as winner Tenuta's Italian Restaurant has been a Bay View staple since 2003. If you want authentic Italian in a quaint neighborhood setting, this is your place. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, and staff and service are s...
Congratulations to Cristina Fontanelli
Congratulations to a longtime friend of NIAF whose singing has enlivened many NIAF events, Cristina Fontanelli, for receiving the Best Actress Award in Comedy in a major NYC Film Festival on October 21. The film “Santino” was directed by DJ Higgins, a former NIAF grant recipient for the Russo Brothers Film Forum. “Santino” was among the 60 films sc...
Life, Love & Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy
The Frist Art Museum (919 Broadway, Nashville, TN) presents Life, Love & Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy, an exhibition that offers an intimate view of life in the Renaissance through art commissioned to celebrate marriage and family. Drawing on a selection of outstanding marriage chests, panels, and a variety of domestic objects belonging to...
Paladar 511: an excellent Italian restaurant takes root in New Orleans' Faubourg Marigny
Creole-Italian restaurants blessedly still thrive in New Orleans, with their red gravies and Gulf seafood, but they’re no longer, as they were just a decade ago, the only games in town. Paladar 511 is the most recent perfect expression of the alternative that’s emerged. I call the cooking Italian because a sizable percentage of it takes the form of...
America ships more and more Italian with Ferretti Group
Ferretti Group once again conquers the American audience at the 59th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, scheduled from October 31st to November 4th, with its magnificent fleet of 18 boats, including 2 premières for the American market. The United States, which has always been an area of strategic importance for the Group, has been char...
Finding a home in the Italian countryside: a survivors' guide
It didn’t all start with Frances Mayes. Yes, her 1996 blockbuster Under the Tuscan Sun made owning a house in the Italian countryside seem like nirvana with better food. But mankind has sought Italy’s rolling green hills, vast meadows and sunny skies ever since the Ancient Roman aristocracy built villas in the Alban Hills outside Rome. The idea of...
Ultimate Guide: The best Italian restaurants in San Francisco
What’s your favorite Italian restaurant? Since I fell into the world of food writing, that’s probably been the most common question I have received from readers and new acquaintances. Like burritos and burgers, Italian food is universal in our region, both in restaurants and homes, and lord knows everyone has an opinion on their favorite Italian pl...
Associazione Regionale Abruzzese Delco pays tribute to Amoroso Family, Dr. LaVerne Harmon and Dave White
The Heritage Ballroom on MacDade Boulevard was packed Sunday evening, when the honorees’ friends, colleagues and family members joined Ciao Delco groups and their guests, to pay tribute to Dan Amoroso and family, owners of Amoroso Baking Company, Dr. Laverne Harmon, president of Wilmington University, and Dave White, owner of DWD Mechanical Contrac...
Catching Up With New Jersey's Bad Boy of Comedy: Mike Marino
Comedian Mike Marino, "New Jersey's Bad Boy of Comedy," is one of Scotch Plains's greatest ambassadors. The comedian, who has performed at major comedy clubs across the country and is currently on a tour called “Make America Italian Again” that recently brought him to Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Las Vegas. No matter where he goes, Marino is proud...
New Italian eatery Il Pallino debuts on South Shore
A new Italian restaurant has opened its doors in the neighborhood. Called Il Pallino, the fresh addition is located at 4916 Arthur Kill Road on Staten Island's South Shore. The restaurant has indoor bocce courts, a full bar and a 75-seat dining room.The menu features classic Italian dishes, such as octopus Bolognese di nero with squid ink linguine,...
Veneration schedule set for St. Pio relics’ visit
Organizers of the local visit to the relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina — Padre Pio — to Maui and Oahu this month have released more details of the tour including a parish veneration schedule. Six relics, which have been touring the United States since last year, will be at Holy Rosary Church in Paia on Nov. 8 and at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lad...
Live cooking demonstration & dinner coordinated by the Italian Chef Mimmo Bei Casagrande
Thursday, November 15, 2018 – 6:00pm-9pm. Great Lakes Culinary Center – 24101 W Nine Mile, Southfield, MI 48033. Ticket price include cooking demo, dinner, and wine. Dante Alighieri Society Members $55.00 – Non Members $60.00. Limited space, reservation is required in advance! “The Extraordinary Italian Taste, III Settimana della Cucina Italiana ne...