Feast of Saint Mark offers food and family fun
Get ready for a day of fun, games and food as the Feast of Saint Mark Italian Food Festival returns for a fourth year on Saturday, April 25 at Saint Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church. The annual event falls on the Catholic feast day of Saint Mark, and brings authentic Italian culture to North Shelby. "We try to keep it as authentic...
Savannah native brings coastal Italian cuisine to Pacci
By Kim Wade Restaurant: Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar. Chef: Dusty Grove. Cuisine Type: Coastal Italian. Restaurant Bio: Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar is a convivial neighborhood eatery nestled inside The Brice, a Kimpton Hotel, near Washington Square. Specializing in coastal Italian cuisine, Pacci has an extensive bar program,...
An Intimate Italian Evening Featuring Sustainable Seafood in Downtown Charleston with the South Carolina Aquarium
To celebrate the end of summer, Good Catch is bringing the spirit of Italy to the Lowcountry with a delicious, sustainable and truly Italian evening at local treasure Pane e Vino. The restaurant will host the next South Carolina Aquarium Good Catch dinner on Monday, Aug.31 starting at 7 p.m. The evening will include a four-course dinner us...
Dolce Italian opening for dinner on Friday
by Bob Townsend Dolce Italian, winner of Bravo's "Best New Restaurant" hosted by Tom Colicchio, will begin dinner service on Friday, with lunch service planned in the coming weeks. This is the second concept from LDV Hospitality in the Buckhead Atlanta development, following Corso Coffee, which opened in December 2014. Another LDV concept, Am...
Roberto M. Dainotto Explores the Making of the Mafia Myth
by George De Stefano Roberto M. Dainotto's The Mafia: A Cultural History offers something unique in the somewhat overcrowded category of books about the Mafia and its pop culture representations: a Sicilian intellectual's historically informed yet personal perspective on the enduring appeal of organized crime stories. Dainotto is...
Russo’s New York Pizzeria Brings a Taste of Italy to Clearwater
Finally, a place you can feel proud to take Nonna! Russo's New York Pizzeria is debuting its first restaurant in the Clearwater area, opening its doors mid-November. Offering authentic New York-style pizza and traditional Italian dishes made with high-quality, fresh ingredients, local Clearwater and Pinellas County residents will finally e...
Andrew Carmellini’s Trufflepalooza at The Dutch Miami. One Night Only!
I love The Dutch at the W South Beach Hotel & Residences, from the blue chip art collection to the culinary heaven on the property. All summer long they had themed dinners that I would attend with Katya Segovia Abouarab. The food was incredible. Now, in lieu of White Truffle season, the Chef/Owner Andrew Carmellini of The Dutch will br...
Italian-American Greenville artist recalls capturing space history in paintings
Renato Moncini's face lights up as he recounts his experiences painting iconic moments of American history, such as the moment Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon. His paintings are displayed in the Upcountry History Museum, and he is known as "the first artist of space." "It's a pretty glamorous title, I don't know if I deserve...
Oak Hill to showcase exhibition of bird paintings by Athos Menaboni
Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum will present "Menaboni's Birds: Georgia's Own Artist as Naturalist," an exhibition of 37 paintings by Italian-born Georgia artist Athos Menaboni. The exhibition will run from May 16 through Sept. 12 in the Berry College museum, located on the estate of Martha Berry, the college's founder. Menaboni was bo...
Voltaggio Brothers reveal guest-driven concept for Monger at Central Fare
Celebrity chefs Bryan and Michael Voltaggio recently announced additional details about their Florida debut and collaborative restaurant, Monger by the Voltaggio Brothers, which will be located in Central Fare, the first true Miami food hall that is part of MiamiCentral, the expansive downtown development featuring retail, office, residences and th...
Looking for a job in Atlanta?
A new Neapolitan restaurant, opening in mid December in Midtown, is looking for personnel for pizza/oven assistant, pastry chef, bus, runners, waiters, cashier, receptionist and wine-bar tender. Italian natives, first generation, or Italian looking preferred. Requirements are: basic Italian (or an accent), over 18 years of age, affability of charac...
Miami Book Fair: Poet and Publisher Jonathan Galassi on Coming Out as Gay in His New Book
Like most poets, Jonathan Galassi is also the president of one of the world's most renowned publishing houses and is the foremost translator of Nobel Prize-winning Italian poet Eugenio Montale. He probably also has a cat. Galassi runs Farrar, Straus and Giroux, which has Montale and 21 other Nobel laureates on its roster, as well as a phalanx of a...