Amaro, Ti Amo: Italian herbal liqueurs for sipping and cocktails
by W. Blake Gray We don't think of spirits as having terroir. Amari are a big exception. "Amaro" means "bitter" in Italian. These traditional spirits, flavored by roots and herbs, are drunk at the end of a meal in Italy to aid the digestion. For a long time in the U.S., an Italian restaurant might keep a single dusty bottle in the far reac...
Three people killed and at least 13 injured in head-on crash between Italian tour bus and tractor-trailer on Pennsylvania highway
by Sophie Jane Evans Three people have been killed and at least 13 others have been injured - three, seriously - in a head-on crash between a bus and a tractor-trailer on a highway in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountain region. The two vehicles - one of which was an Italian tour bus - collided in the northbound lanes of Interstate 380, nea...
Italian language: Marketing our beautiful language in the US
WTI Magazine #62 2015 June, 12Author : Berardo Paradiso Translation by: After the General Convention Of Italian Language in the World, held in the beautiful city of Florence in 2014, I felt the need to investigate more accurately the status and potential teaching of Italian language in the US. The subject is complex, so it will face...
Mario Biaggi, former congressman from NYC, dies at 97
By Karen Matthews Mario Biaggi, a former 19-year congressman whose career ended in disgrace after a pair of corruption convictions, has died. He was 97. Biaggi died Wednesday at his Bronx home, said Mortimer Matz, his longtime spokesman. A highly decorated New York City police officer prior to his political career, Biaggi was...
Gretna Italian-Open helps Cafe Hope
By Helen Williams Proceeds from the 2015 West Bank Italian Open were presented at a recent Italian-American Society meeting to Luis Arocha, executive director of Café' Hope, a restaurant training program in Marrero for at-risk youth. The presentation was made by the golf tournament's honorary chairman, Kenner Mayor Mike Yenni, and...
Loving Lardo: A Memoir of a Life in Italy
by Bonnie North After spending 17 years living in Italy, lardo (Italian for lard) was the only thing, food or otherwise, that Wendy Olsen did not fall in love with. She recently published her first book, titled Loving Lardo, chronicling her experience in the country she loves. Born in Orleans, France, and raised in Wisconsin, Olse...
Honoring culinary traditions at Caffe Paolina in Swampscott
by Elise Balzotti In the eyes of a passerby, the small Caffè Paolina, tucked discreetly in the corner of a quaint strip mall on Swampscott's main road, does not beckon customers in. Once inside, however, diners feel an unusual sense of comfort and welcome. Greeted by the proprietor, herself, in a true Calabrese fashion, with open...
Fabio Viviani on How Chicago's Food Scene is Very Different Than LA's
By Emma Sarran Webster Two years after opening, Siena Tavern is still one of the hottest restaurants in Chicago, and this summer, its star chef Fabio Viviani is proving that lightning can strike twice. Bar Siena, Viviani's newest restaurant with partners Lucas Stoioff and David Rekhson, opened its West Loop doors on July 25 to an already e...
Lord Midas men's boutique has Italian touch
by Patt Johnson Max Stanco wants to bring a bit of Italy to Des Moines. The New York businessman is opening an upscale Italian boutique in downtown Des Moines that will feature clothing, shoes and accessories, mostly for men. He has rented street-level space in the Des Moines Building, 513 Locust St., and will open a modern boutique that...
San Gennaro Feast 2015: 6 things Staten Island needs to know
by Pamela Silvestri Called the "Feast of All Feasts" by organizers, the San Gennaro street festival is ready to roll for 2015. The event, which attracts over a million revelers in a salute to the Patron Saint of Naples, Italy, is set for Sept. 10-20. 1. THE HISTORY Little Italy's San Gennaro festival began in 1926, a celebration...
Expo 2015: WAME & Expo2015
WTI Magazine #68 2015 September, 18Author : Expo 2015 Translation by: WAME & Expo2015 (World Access to Modern Energy)* is an initiative at Expo Milano 2015 designed to increase public awareness of a problem, that of exclusion from access to electricity by a large part of the world's population. It also aims above all to highlight the ve...
Altruda’s Italian Restaurant offers pleasant surprises, flavors
by Jessica Carr I will always be a tough critic when it comes to Italian food. No, I'm not Italian, but I did study abroad there last summer. There is nothing quite like eating a plate of spaghetti in Florence or stuffing your face with pizza in Venice. Wow, those were good times. Now that I'm back in the Knoxville, find...