South Austin Italian Truck Is Opening a Downtown Restaurant Full of Pasta and Burrata
South Austin Italian food truck trailer Il Saporis is opening a new restaurant in downtown Austin this year. Sapori Italian Roots will be found at 800 Brazos Street, Suite 215 starting sometime in late June. The new Sapori’s menu will offer most of the same dishes found at the food truck, with Italian American dishes including house-made pasta and...
The rare white olive tree used for sacraments in Southern Italy
Olive plants have long played an important role in Christian symbolism. It was an olive branch that marked the end of the flood in the biblical episode of Noah’s ark, and in Psalms 51:10 the fruit of the olive tree stands as a symbol of the blessings of God in the lives of believers. But not many of us may know that a rare white olive tree, also k...
Stolen Cincinnati sculpture being remade in Italy
The disappearance of an important Cincinnati sculpture remains a mystery. Work is underway halfway around the world to replace it. Artists in Italy are making a new Capitoline Wolf statue. Last June, someone stole it from Eden Park. The white stone pedestal sits empty in Eden Park. On top once sat a gift from Rome in 1931, a mother wolf nursing the...
Planning A Trip To Italy This Summer? She’s Showing You How To Order Coffee Just Like You’re Italian
If you’re planning a trip to Italy this summer and want to learn how to act like a local, TikToker Rachael (@trippingmillennial) is teaching you how to order coffee like a true Italian. Before getting into the ways of Italian café culture, she added a disclaimer that the experience might differ based on what region of Italy you’re in and what coffe...
Out to Eat … at Grano in Schenectady
Grano brings fresh, local ingredients to its menu unique Italian dishes and more in downtown Schenectady. Grano’s motto of. “Fresh. Local. Simple.” is seen in practice throughout the wide variety of dishes it serves. Located at 426 State St., right by Proctors Theater, the theater’s shows drive a lot of business to Grano, but what keeps them coming...
The Ancient Roman Roots Of Pesto
Whether you add it to your chicken, throw it on a sandwich, or eat it straight from the jar with a cracker, there's no denying that pesto is delicious in all its simplicity. Requiring only a handful of basic ingredients, most pesto recipes are accessible and simple for even the most novice of home cooks. If you have pine nuts, basil, parmesan, and...
Extraordinary Italian Jewelry at the 2023 Las Vegas Jewelry Shows
The biggest jewelry shows in the United States are set to begin and Italian jewelry companies will have the biggest presence with more than 130 manufacturers and brands. It is the largest representation of any country, and these companies are ready to do business with U.S. retailers. They will come from the world’s most important jewelry districts...
An Italian Cowboy: The remarkable story of 1960 Olympian Battista “Tita” Pordon
For Battista “Tita Pito” Pordon, being named to the 1960 Italian Olympic Team was a dream come true. As one of Europe’s top young ski racers, it was a golden opportunity to make his mark on the world’s grandest sporting stage. The allure of skiing on an unknown mountain, nearly 6,000 miles away in Northern California, added to the prestige of the...
Mario’s Italian Lemonade Has Been Helping Chicagoans Enjoy Summer for Almost 70 Years
There are a few things in Chicago that mark the end of winter and the arrival of our cherished warmer weather. Robins chirp outside windows, flowers start to bloom, and come May 1, lines form on Taylor Street as customers wait for invigorating Italian ice from Mario’s Italian Lemonade. The business started in 1954, when Mario “Skip” DiPaolo was six...
Castell'Arquato: Between history and taste in the lands of Piacenza
Castell'Arquato, nestled in the verdant hills of the province of Piacenza, is a historic village that preserves many of its medieval structures intact. This charming town offers visitors a unique experience of immersion in the history, traditions and authentic flavors of the lands of Piacenza. A walk through the alleys and squares Passing through t...
Marco Cappelli, Sophisticated Musician Between Naples and New York
Marco Cappelli, the Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer, makes music that is beyond category while remaining connected to Southern Italy. He has founded a new label, 41st Parallel Records, to distribute his genre-bending works. Cappelli, a musician from Naples, lives in a walk-up apartment, in a building with an Italian American landlord, in the...
Sicily's Arab Identity
Less than two miles off the coast of the Italian mainland, Sicily is the largest and most celebrated island in the Mediterranean. We all think we know Sicily. Its romanticized landscape, its exotic culture, that it’s Italy… but at the same time it’s not. The Sicily of my grandparents’ folklore, of The Godfather, and even more recently, The White L...