Buffalo-Based, Family-Owned Rosina Food Products Inc. Celebrates 60 Years of Real Italian Style
From its roots as a small, store-front sausage business to international prominence and market leading manufacturer and marketer of frozen meatballs, pasta and eggplant cutlets, Rosina Food Products, Inc. is proud to begin the celebration of its 60th year on March 9, 2023 – appropriately, National Meatball Day. The Buffalo, New York-based, family-o...
Top Museums in Venice: Explore History, See Great Art, & Navigate the Seas
Are museums your thing? Then Venice is your kingdom! In addition to its well-known attractions, such as gondolas, a world-famous carnival, and amazing restaurants, Venice has an impressive number of museums. Venice is home to hundreds of museums and, to be honest, it can be a bit overwhelming trying to decide which ones to visit. If you only have a...
Memories of Easters past
With the frigid temperatures (hopefully) a distant memory, we can now set our sights on the warmer months to come. The one pleasure of surviving a Chicago winter is planning to make the best possible use of the coming good weather. Right now, we’re in the midst of Lent which began on February 22, and we’re looking forward to our Easter celebration...
The hidden underground treasures of the Trevi Fountain
It is a secret of thousands of years, a real feast for the eyes that has been hiding right under the noses of millions of tourists. Rome is not unjustly characterized as an "open-air museum" as in addition to its magnificent and imposing monuments, it also hides great treasures hidden under the ground. One of Rome's most famous landmarks, the Trevi...
Some Of The Most Mouthwatering Pepperoni Rolls In The West Virginia Are Served At This Unassuming Local Gem
The secret is out: pepperoni rolls are where it’s at. They’re filling. They don’t need refrigeration. And, of course, they are delicious. Invented in West Virginia in 1927, pepperoni rolls have since achieved nationwide fame. To keep up with the growing, nationwide demand, Italian bakeries across the Mountain State keep busy cranking out the best-t...
The world premiere of Italian Renaissance Alive opens at Biltmore on March 3, 2023
Prepare to be transported to one of the greatest artistic periods in history during the exclusive world premiere of Italian Renaissance Alive, created by Grande Experiences and hosted on the grounds of Biltmore in Asheville, N.C. Vivid large-scale displays set to a powerful operatic score celebrate Italian culture, architecture, sculpture, and lite...
Beyond Romeo and Juliet In Valpolicella, a new generation tries to move on from the feuding
Some folks may object heatedly to me saying this, but Romeo and Juliet is not a love story. If two crazy kids in Verona, Italy, had simply become smitten centuries ago and gushed in sonnets and iambic pentameter, who would really care? What made Shakespeare’s tale tragic was the blind closed-mindedness of feuding families (in the bard’s words, “the...
Shattering the Jarred Pasta Sauce Stigma
I've often found that my appreciation for a store-bought jar of pasta sauce can be considered slightly controversial. “Just make your own,” my friends who are most likely to go full Dan Barber when setting up a dinner party will scold me, condemning me for spending my time making something they’ll say is better because it’s “fresh”—as if I don’t do...
Italian Amateur Astronomer Discovers Dwarf Galaxies
Between January and June 2020, as COVID-19 was sweeping the world, an amateur astronomer living in the province of Brindisi in southern Italy made a series of exhilarating discoveries. Giuseppe Donatiello was poring over images made public by the Dark Energy Survey (DES), which had scanned the southern sky from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Obser...
Treachery, greed fuel early opera ’L’incoronazione di Poppea’
A new staging of the opera L’incoronazione di Poppea, or The Coronation of Poppea, is set to debut this weekend at the Anderson Center’s Chamber Hall. Leading the Binghamton University production are music director Julius Abrahams and stage director David Carl Toulson ’97. Based loosely on the life of Emperor Nero (referred to as Emperor Nerone in...
Watch The Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato Tackle The Italian Alps
Tackling adventurous terrain aside from its Urus sibling, the all-new Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato presents an offroad-driven appearance that introduces a completely unique sector for the Italian supercar manufacturer. Since the Huracán Sterrato's dramatic unveiling at Miami's Art Basel week, Automobili Lamborghini decided to document its rigorous...
Italian Trade Agency introduces INSPR Italia innovations in style. Showcasing Italian artisan brands in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas and Atlanta
It was announced today the Italian Trade Agency (ITA), in collaboration with Confindustria - the main association representing manufacturing and service companies in Italy - is supporting Italian design by debuting its first-ever fashion “roadshow”, INSPR ITALIA Innovations In Style starting in March in Los Angeles, CA. The roadshow will then move...