Expo aims to increase Italian-American collaborations
What color drone would you like with your new car? That could be a dealer's question if a group of Wayne State University students working with drone developer Skypersonic LLC and other companies have their way. Nearly 20 college students are working on a drone-car prototype that could communicate with each other to show camera images...
Chef's creations make pizza a finger food
John "Guido" Magnacca has put a new twist on an old classic. Magnacca, executive chef at Pinnacle Golf Club in Grove City, said his Italian Twisty Rolls are available for retail sales. "The world's first and only finger pizzas," as Magnacca describes his Italian Twisty Rolls, consist of three Italian meats and cheese wrapped in pizza doug...
Slim Manicotti is ALWAYS cookin’
by David Witter What do you get when you mix an Italian kid from Baltimore with classical music, Motown and jazz and add a little marinara sauce on the side? Timoteo Camponeschi, better known as Slim Manicotti, aka Slim Man. A singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, cook, author, TV personality and all around Renaissance man, Camponeschi has recorde...
Italian American Festa serves up favorites
The 84th annual Italian American Festa will take place from noon to 7 p.m. Aug. 11 at Hickory Grove Park, 12403 Hickory Grove Road, Dunlap. There will be spaghetti and lasagna dinners; meatball, sausage and Italian beef sandwiches; Italian desserts and beer and beverages for sale. Read more Source: http://www.pjstar.com &nb...
85 Years of Bringing Italy to Chicago
When Alfredo Capitanini, Sr., and his wife, Ada, opened the Italian Village in 1927, it was, simply, about good food. We are the same here at the Italian Village today. We are about good food, making every customer feel at home, and we respect tradition while not being afraid to innovate at the same time. A quote from a program produced fo...
Italian American Association names Hall of Fame recipients
By Valeri DeCastris Publicity Chairman, Greater Rockford Italian American Association (GRIAA) Annual Hall of Fame awards were recently bestowed upon members of the Italian American community at Franchesco's Restaurant in Rockford. Sponsored by the Greater Rockford Italian American Association (GRIAA), the awards recognize community...
A colorful Italian-American approach at The Boot
The first time I ate at The Boot, the very first thing I ordered was the fried mozzarella. Yeah, I know what you're thinking: Seriously? Mozzarella sticks? Any foodie worth his Maldon salt knows they're on a restaurant menu for one of two reasons – to soak up booze or to keep the kids happy while the grownups eat real food. And he calls himsel...
School of Music brings ‘frat boy’ Don Giovanni to Ohio State
"It's an opera of the now," said director A. Scott Parry. "It's real human beings going through real experiences on stage in real time. It's geared heavily towards entertainment. I would love for people to forget everything they think they know or associate with opera before they attend." "Don Giovanni" is the Italian opera based off the legend of...
Church will be a focus of Italian Festival again in 2016
By JoAnne Viviano With the 2015 Columbus Italian festival now in the record books, organizers and participants say they hope to bring back a couple highlights that were new to the festivities this year. Chief among them is making the St. John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church building a bigger part of the celebration that it sponsor...
Bar Roma, Andersonville’s New Meatball Mecca, Could Open This Week
by Ashok Selvam Ever wonder why Chicago has so many Italian restaurants? Julia Zhu, the owner of Bar Roma, the upcoming casual Italian restaurant in Andersonville, said it's because they're recession proof. That's the advice gleamed from her boyfriend, restaurateur Howard Davis, who's kept Gioco Italian open in the South Loop while saying goodbye...
Carrettino Italian Market & Wine relocating to Saugatuck-Douglas from Grand Rapids
The owners of Carrettino Italian Market & Wine announced they will relocate their family-owned gourmet store from the Town & Country Shopping Center in Grand Rapids to the Saugatuck-Douglas area in the late spring of 2014. "My family and I have decided to relocate our business to the Saugatuck-Douglas area because it draws the type...
Corsi di italiano "on line" alla Indiana University
La prossima estate, l'Indiana University offrirà per la prima volta un corso base d'Italiano interamente "on line" con cui si potrà imparare la nostra lingua secondo orari flessibili e senza dover essere fisicamente presenti nel Campus universitario. A darne notizia è il Consolato italiano a Detroit, sottolineando che il corso è aperto non...
