New Easton area pizzeria brings Italian favorites back to familiar spot
A longtime destination for calzones, cannolis and calamari marinara is continuing to dish out Italian favorites under a new name in Northampton County. Amore Pizzeria, a family-run eatery offering made-from-scratch Italian cuisine, opened Nov. 14 at 3502 Greenway St. in Palmer Township. The BYOB, full-service restaurant replaces Jimena's Pizza & Re...
A Taste of Ligurian Food and Wine
Ligurian food and wine are unique: They derive from a spectacular region’s unique geography, history, culture, and traditions. This post describes the region of Liguria, Italy, its cuisine, and lists a sampling of popular Ligurian foods, dishes and wines. If this post whets your appetite and you can’t wait until your next trip to Italy, several lin...
Why I love Cher’s performance in Moonstruck
Love, transformation and mysticism play key roles in Moonstruck, and at the heart of this offbeat romantic comedy released 35 years ago is Loretta Castorini (Cher), navigating Italian-American family dynamics, a marriage proposal, an unexpected turn of events, and metamorphosis—while the biggest celestial body closest to Earth affects the character...
Selinunte, the Italian heart of the ancient Greek world
Selinunte did not exist for long, just over two centuries. Yet, the mark she left in the history of the Mediterranean is great and she, just like a beautiful ancient goddess, keeps of giving and surprising, as very recent archaeological discoveries demonstrate. Selinunte was known to the Greeks, who founded it, as Selinus, which came from selinon, ...
What’s a Feast of the Seven Fishes?: An Intro to an Italian-American Christmas Tradition
Many Italian-Americans today trace their heritage back to the Italian immigrants who arrived on Ellis Island back in the late 1800s. Along with their luggage, they brought their language, traditions, and food. These days, Italian food is so ubiquitous in American culture that some countries may recognize pizza and, to a lesser extent, spaghetti as...
Furlane: From Gondoliers' Waterways to Red Carpets and Runways
Growing up, I was pretty convinced that my mum had magical attributes. In Italy, that’s quite a common conviction to hold about one’s mamma. In the endless list of her superpowers, her ability to appear behind my back–particularly at times when I would have thankfully avoided her gaze–was quite high up. Her voice, coming unannounced from an indefin...
Stanley Tucci confirms that Searching For Italy is done at CNN and is being shopped to other networks
Another day, another devastating blow to programming under the Warner Bros. Discovery umbrella! Following the news earlier this week that HBO Max will be dropping Minx, Love Life, Westworld, and The Nevers, David Zaslav’s merciless rule has now come for Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy. While the dining and travel series hosted by the Big Night s...
Inside Look at the Italian Cruise Ship Coming to Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line is bringing over an Italian cruise ship from their sister line Costa Cruises. Costa Venezia will join Carnival’s fleet in 2023 and sail year round from New York City. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to take a cruise on Costa Venezia and it quickly became one of my favorite ships I have ever sailed on. It is a Vista c...
“Il Monello” Reopens in New York: Turtle Bay Rediscovers Italian Cuisine
Those who have lived in New York for many years have one name etched in their memories. It is “Il Monello,” an Italian restaurant that opened in 1974 and has remained for more than three decades a symbol of Italian-American cuisine in the United States. Today, after being closed for a long time, Il Monello has reopened its doors to the public at 33...
Måneskin reveal album tracklist and release new single in Italian
Måneskin have revealed the tracklist of their upcoming 3rd studio album “RUSH!“, and with it they also answer the question whether Måneskin frontman Damiano David will continue to sing in Italian, the band’s mother tongue, or switch completely to English. So far, Måneskin‘s studio albums have always been bilingual, with about half the songs in Engl...
Venetian Renaissance on display at the National Gallery of Art
The exhibition "Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice," at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, has opened. The exhibition focuses on the figure of Vittore Carpaccio, a Renaissance artist who lived in Venice between the 15th and 16th centuries, and is part of our all-out effort to promote the masters of Italian paint...
Italy's Barilla buys Back to Nature from B&G Foods
Italian pasta maker Barilla said on Friday it had entered an agreement to acquire Back to Nature food brand from B&G Foods (BGS.N) to grow in the U.S. bakery market. "The acquisition of Back to Nature is consistent with Barilla's long-term strategy to build a strong multi-brand bakery platform in the United States", the Italian group said in a stat...