15 Best National Parks in Italy
In addition to its world-renowned selection of artistic masterpieces, historic attractions, romantic towns, and bustling urban hubs, Italy is known for its dramatic landscapes and breathtaking natural beauty. One of the best ways to soak in this striking scenery is to visit a few of Italy’s national parks. When you visit a nature lover’s paradise l...
Acclaimed pizza maker opens NJ Italian market/restaurant
Sal Basile, celebrated Cooking Channel chef, restaurateur, and one of the country’s foremost authorities in Italian cuisine opened the doors to his first Sally Boy’s restaurant in Red Bank. “We set out to create something truly different, so we started with something truly amazing. We’re more than a pizza joint - we’re an experience,” says Chef Bas...
Rione Sanità: 10 things not to miss in Naples' liveliest district
The Rione Sanità is one of the most evocative and characteristic places in all of Naples and probably in Italy as well. Indeed, its tradition, folklore and colors have often attracted tourists from all over the world. It is a world suspended between the ancient and everyday, between the sacred and the profane, which has made it one of the city's ma...
‘I was the Spotify of the 1980s!’ The Italian pirate mixtape empire that brought pop to the people
In 90s Italy, the ultimate seal of approval on a tape wasn’t that of a cutting-edge record label or a stickered quote from a tastemaker publication: it was the varsity-style, hand-printed banner that read “Mixed by Erry”. It adorned everything from regional rap records to collections of Gregorian chants and birdsong, and the fact that it was far f...
Celebrating 50 Years Of “Mangia” With Mulberry Street Italian Food Center in Brick!
When my wife and I stopped by Mulberry Street at 474 Brick Boulevard in Brick this past Sunday, to pick up the radio station’s corned beef and cabbage order for parade day, little did we know we were walking into history! A half a century in the making…While filling our order, co owner Ralph Colasurdo informed us that Sunday was the exact 50th Anni...
Italian American author wins book award
Italian American author Jo-Ann Vega’s debut poetry collection, Wolf Woman & Other Poems, is a Bronze Medal Winner in the Poetry category in Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice Awards, 2022-2023. Started in 2005, Reader Views is one of the most prestigious and longest-running book award competitions on the indie publishing scene. Reader Views uses a thre...
Raffaella Valentini is the new Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles
As of last March 1, Raffaella Valentini is the new Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles. Roman, born in 1975, Valentini graduated in political science from the University of Rome and entered the diplomatic career in 2003. Her first assignment at the Farnesina is at the Directorate General for Development Cooperation. In 2008, the first mandate ab...
The Soave Sisters
As I drove up the steep northern Italian vineyard hills to meet three sisters of the Tessari family, I had one burning question about their Suavia estate: How do they do it? In Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2022, Suavia was the sole winery from the Veneto, Italy’s largest wine-producing region by volume. That was Suavia’s third time appearing o...
Murder in Matera: A Translation Voyage
The Translation Journey of Murder in Matera. March 15th, 5:30pm-6:45pm EST. Virtual Event; Registration Required. Members: $10. Nonmembers: $15. Trip To Puglia Participants: Complimentary. Register Here! Join us for a virtual event and discover how the NOIAW network helped one Italian-American journalist turn her nonfiction account of a true life...
North End restaurateurs add claims of white, male, Italian discrimination to outdoor dining fight
Five owners of restaurants in Boston's North End have added a new allegation to their feud with Mayor Michelle Wu's administration over outdoor dining: discrimination. The restaurateurs argue that this year's plan, which drastically limits outdoor dining in the neighborhood, harms the competitiveness of their businesses and that the policy was impl...
Mediterranean and MIND diets reduced signs of Alzheimer's in brain tissue, study finds
People who consumed foods from the plant-based Mediterranean and brain-focused MIND diets had fewer of the hallmark signs of Alzheimer's — sticky beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain when autopsied, a new study found. The MIND diet is short for Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay. In fact, people who most c...
Why Matt Harvey is playing for Italy in the 2023 World Baseball Classic
The World Baseball Classic's relaxed rules for country affiliation have created a few interesting pairings, including Lars Nootbaar and Japan, Marcus Stroman and Puerto Rico, and even Tommy Edman and Korea. In a tournament loaded with prominent names, one former major-league star is using the rules to his advantage and looking to make his pitch for...