Noted distillery’s delights come with a side of World War I history in Bassano del Grappa
In a place with as much history as Italy, it’s common to encounter firsts, whether it’s the first bank, the oldest university or even the first espresso machine. In Bassano del Grappa, about 20 miles from Vicenza at the base of the Monte Grappa hills, you’ll find the first grappa distillery. Farmers had long made stronger alcohol out of grape pomac...
Chef to open Mamma Luca pizzeria in Portsmouth: 'We cook like grandma'
The sweet aroma of Sunday sauce drifting through his family’s home made a young Mario LaPosta certain he’d wind up owning a restaurant one day. Years after first dreaming of opening his own place, the pizza expert and well-traveled chef is joining the Portsmouth culinary scene with oven-fired pizza and Italian cuisine born from family recipes. Mamm...
Why Sardinians in Italy live so long
Antonangelo is 91. Farming and his sheep are his life. His age doesn't stop him from working every day. "If I stop doing this, I'll die. It's my passion, it keeps me alive. Should I sit in an armchair at home, growing old?" he asks. Remaining physically and mentally fit in old age is more the rule than the exception here in the mountain villages of...
L&B Spumoni Gardens Has Finally Opened Its Long-Awaited Dumbo Location
L&B Spumoni Gardens has been in the works to open 46 Old Fulton Street, between Elizabeth Place and Hicks Street, for years. Now, according to an Instagram announcement today, it has finally, finally opened in Dumbo. The South Brooklyn pizza legend first announced plans to expand five years ago. Since then, the restaurant had long appeared ready fo...
Hills, Olive Groves, And Slow Tourism Define The Breathtaking Italian Birthplace Of Da Vinci
To see the "Mona Lisa," you need to take to your tiptoes to peer over the swarm of admirers in her hall in the Louvre. Standing before the "Last Supper" requires loitering in a painfully long queue snaking out of Milan's Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Marveling at the "Vitruvian Man" means battling your way through the densely congested canal...
Baltimore’s Little Italy enhances safety with new security measures
Baltimore’s Little Italy neighborhood has new security measures in time for the holiday season. The goal is to increase security, reduce crime, and make residents and visitors feel safe in the neighborhood. This includes installing more outdoor lighting, fresh paint on street signs, additional cameras, valet parking and a license plate reader on Pr...
Itineraria, Ancient Rome's way to travel
In an era dominated by GPS and digital navigation, it’s difficult to imagine a world where long-distance travel was possible without modern maps. Yet, the Romans, masters of engineering and logistics, managed to build and maintain a sprawling empire spanning Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia, all without the convenience of scaled, geographica...
Fiasconaro Panettone Heads to New York
From Sicily to the conquest of the United States: this year, Fiasconaro panettone will be featured in Washington at the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Atlantic Council, the influential American think tank that in September honored Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Fiasconaro panettone will also make its way to New York for the Hol...
Italian wine exports continue to grow: +5.6% in value in the first 9 months 2024 compared to 2023
There are still good signs coming for Italian wine exports. In fact, the Italian wine export amounts to 5.9 billion euros in the first 9 months of 2024, up 5.6% on the same period in 2023 and also improving on the last monthly survey, referring to August (+4.6%). Also in positive territory is the result indicating volumes with 1.6 billion liters, +...
Webuild, Lane get USD152 million contract for works in US
Webuild Spa announced Tuesday that it has been awarded a USD152.0 million, EUR137.0 million contract, through its subsidiary USA Lane, to upgrade Interstate 77 in South Carolina, USA. The project, commissioned by the South Carolina Department of Transportation, supports the development of the new plant of Scout Motors, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, i...
Divine intervention to bring Angels’ Samuel Aldegheri and Ducks’ Damian Clara to Anaheim, California on April 9, 2025?
50% of Americans believe that the supernatural is involved in determining the outcome of sporting events. That includes Americans who pray for God to help their team (26%), think their team has been cursed (25%) or more generally believe God is involved in determining who wins on the field or on the ice (19%). Overall, half of Americans fall into o...
In Padua, the world's first beating heart transplant
In Padua, Veneto, the world's first totally beating-heart transplant from the donor, both during harvesting and at the time of implantation in the recipient patient. The record-breaking operation was performed in the Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, by the team of the Cardiac Surgery UOC directed by Prof. Gino Gerosa. The operation took place two wee...