Nancy Luce, la “signora delle galline” nell’America del 1800
Oggi vi porteremo a conoscere Nancy Luce, soprannominata anche la “donna delle galline” e addirittura da qualcuno la “Madonna delle galline”. Praticamente sconosciuta qui in Italia, in America è famosissima e proprio in questi giorni abbiamo letto che ad Hollywood (moltissime star hollywoodiane amano le galline) stanno pensando di realizzare un fil...
Youngstown versus Italy in the boxing ring
Youngstown's favorite Italian American boxer and lightweight champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is organizing a match between amateur boxers in Youngstown and Pittsburgh against the motherland Italy. The event "Youngstown Versus Italy" will be at the Covelli Centre October 5 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Organizers said that proceeds will benefit...
Things you didn’t know about Italian food
If you think Italian food is all about pasta drowned in sauces or thin crust pizzas overloaded with toppings or Caesar salad, then you are in for a jarring surprise. Most of the Italian food that we eat at QSRs or restaurants are American versions of the real deal. We dispel some of the popular misconceptions about Italian food. Italian food isn’t...
Bellaire Sons of Italy Donates To Alzheimer’s Research
For six years, Phil Pata watched as Alzheimer’s disease slowly took his wife away from him. Looking forward to a day when families won’t have to deal with that pain anymore, Pata and his fellow Bellaire Sons of Italy members donated $1,000 to the Alzheimer’s Association during a check presentation held Wednesday at the lodge. Pata and Larry Seibie...
Saugus Barber Shop is 115 years young
George’s Barber Shop has been styling customers for 115 years, and now it’s sporting a new look of its own. The shop is run by Mike Moriello, a fourth generation barber who followed in the hair-clipping footsteps of his father, grandfather, and great grandfather — all of whom were named George. His great-grandfather opened the Jackson Street busine...
Springfield Pasta Company updates look, plans on more changes in coming year
Customers who stop by Springfield Pasta at 186 Saxer Ave. this summer may be in for a delightful surprise. The store’s updated open-air look, expanded inventory and variety of new offerings add more modern convenience to its old-world charm and more reasons than ever before to shop there when in the mood for “homemades” and other Italian specialty...
OSIA to honor Chef Abate, Rep. DeLuca at Columbus Gala
The Order Sons of Italy in America’s Grand Lodge of Illinois and Wisconsin will honor Chef Bruno Abate as Humanitarian of the Year and State Rep. Anthony DeLuca as Columbus Patriot at their 93rd annual Columbus Banquet on Oct. 7 at Villa Brunetti in Franklin Park. (708-403-7822) Born in Naples and raised in Milan, Chef Abate has a passion for food...
Italy's misterious garden of monsters
As I stepped through the nearly 500-year-old stone archway, I was engulfed in silence. Stairs meandered into groves where trees filled with newly opened leaves spilled over onto the path, the branches blocking the view of the Lazio region’s shrub-peppered hills. Nestled near the quiet Italian town of Bomarzo, about 92km north of Rome, the Sacro Bos...
Louie Bossi: From Salumi To Antipasti, Dry-Aged Meats To Cannoli’s, Regions Of Italian Cuisine In Boca Raton
From the expansive outdoor patio seating to the ambiance of its long-legged bar and warm toned comfortable indoor dining enclaves to the eye-appealing finest meats dry-aging in the line of sight to the tastiest Italian dishes and oh so much salumi, Louie Bossi’s is enorme. Located on the first floor of Boca Raton’s first downtown hotel, the Hyatt P...
Mass honors La Madonna Del Bosco
Some three years ago, the statute of La Madonna Del Bosco – the patron saint and Protector of Panni – was recovered inside a church on Providence’s Federal Hill. The hand-painted statute, which was brought to Rhode Island from Italy in the early 1900s, was then accepted – and moved – to its permanent home inside Our Lady of Grace Church located at...
Star Naples Pizzaiolo Opens NYC Flagship Next Month
Super-famous-for-Italy pizzaiolo Gino Sorbillo of Naples is preparing to open his pizzeria Sorbillo NYC (334 Bowery) by late September. It’s his second New York restaurant but more of a U.S. flagship than Zia Esterina, the fast-casual pizza fritta restaurant he opened in Little Italy earlier this year. The pizzeria will have approximately 60 seats,...
Forget the Amalfi Coast: Sicily Is the Italy Beach Destination of the Moment
When you mention you are going to Sicily, people will most often respond with a comment about the Mafia, or maybe the famous Godfather tour. But the largest Mediterranean island off the southern coast of Italy has a rich history as a nexus of global trade (dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks). Sicilian culture, from the food to the fashio...