More to explore from Emilia-Romagna region than Lambrusco
In a nation that has pride in its cuisine, no region is more noted for its agricultural products and culinary traditions than Emilia-Romagna. Prosciutto di Parma and artisanal Balsamica di Modena. Culatello from Zibello and the pancetta of Piacenza. Borgataro’s unique mushrooms and Altelo’s asparagus. Even Coppia, a bread made in Faenza, is among 3...
A champion for women and girls
If she stands on her toes, she is probably 4 feet, 10 inches tall – maybe. For most of her life, she struggled to weigh in at 100 pounds. But when it comes to helping women and girls who are struggling, there is no one bigger or stronger. Linda Cavaioli was born in Leominster in 1954 into a hard-working Italian-American family. She went to the Univ...
A Bronx Tale to Celebrate Broadway Cast Album With Barnes & Noble Performance
Ghostlight Records will celebrate the cast album of Broadway's A Bronx Tale — The Musical with a special in-store performance and CD signing at the 150 East 86th Street Barnes & Noble on May 12 at 4pm. Barnes & Noble will welcome cast members Nick Cordero, Richard H. Blake, Bobby Conte Thornton, Ariana DeBose, Lucia Giannetta, Bradley Gibson and Hu...
With Arrival of Avocado Bar, Brooklyn Has It All
This innovative bar is the place for avocado everything: smoothies, salads and, yes, toast. Francesco Brachetti, a native of Florence, Italy, fell for avocados while living in Mexico. “They’re tasty and healthy, and I ate them every day,” he said. “We didn’t have them in Italy.” He persuaded a cousin, the chef Alberto Gramini, also from Florence, a...
Foreign tourist numbers in Italy head towards new record
Foreign tourism in Italy is heading toward a new record this year, with annual spending by foreigners approaching €40 billion, a report from the Bank of Italy shows. The study will be presented today in Venice during the annual conference organised with the Ciset research center of the Cà Foscari University. Between 2013 and 2015, the total moved f...
Sadie's Pearls Celebrates Three Generations Of Family And The Wisdom Passed From Mother To Daughter
In honor of Mother's Day, Sadie's Pearls: Timeless Lessons Worth Living (LMG Books) memorializes the heartwarming, sassy and spirited wisdom passed among three generations of Italian-American women in NYC while fulfilling the lifelong dream of Tina Serpico, who upon reading The Purpose Driven Life realized her aspirations of publishing her first bo...
Fiaschetteria Pistoia: A Brilliant Bit of Tuscany Lands in the East Village
In the 1990s, Tuscan cuisine blazed across the culinary firmament like a comet. Helped along by Frances Mayes’ book-turned-movie, Under the Tuscan Sun, Americans were besotted with the region’s simple and elegant cooking. We savored pungent pecorino and rustic salami as a first course, just-made pastas lightly sauced as a second, and third courses...
Exclusive Interview with Miami FC Coach Alessandro Nesta
Juventus are looking so strong this season, is this one of the best versions of the side you have ever seen? Not in terms of players. Just look at the past when there were people like Zidane...maybe they were better, then. But I do think that Juventus have a great chance of winning the Champions League. They have put together a strong defence...eve...
Beyond the Basement: Cultures Survive through Stories
When Niccolo Machiavelli penned his masterpiece, The Prince, Italy was a land divided and besieged by many foreign forces. In his last chapter, “An Exhortation to free Italy from the Hands of the Barbarians,” he calls for new weapons and formations to be used in warding off intruders and to prepare for new leadership of Italy. In many ways, the cur...
Little Italy From City to Strip: Rao’s Italian Brunch With Frank Pellegrino Jr.
Given the original Rao’s is over a century old in New York City and the Caesars Palace outpost just turned 10, the brand has become an American institution. You can even buy their famed pasta sauce across the country at most grocers. But there is always something about walking through the doors of Rao’s. And while the New York original may be the h...
The Best Is Yet To Come - The Paley Center For Media Celebrates 90 Years of Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett is truly a renaissance man. He has won 19 Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and three Emmys, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a 2005 Kennedy Center Honoree, a 2006 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Humanitarian Award winner, inductee into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, founder...
Missione Funzionario Itinerante a Rochester per la rilevazione dei dati biometrici ai fini del rilascio del passaporto italiano
Si informa la comunità italiana residente a Rochester nello Stato di New York che nei giorni 15 e 16 maggio 2017, sarà effettuata una missione itinerante per la rilevazione dei dati biometrici ai fini del rilascio del passaporto italiano. La missione avrà luogo presso i locali del corrispondente consolare italiano in Rochester – 2851 Monroe Avenue,...