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...
Marie Lacobelle to be honored Friday as West Haven’s Italian-American of the Year
Marie Lacobelle will be honored Friday as West Haven's Italian-American of the Year. Lacobelle, the daughter of an immigrant father from the Campania town of Cerreto Sannita in the province of Benevento, Italy, and a New Haven-born Italian-American mother, is known for her civic-mindedness and her propensity to give back to the city. ...
Italian culture and history: Venice's Historic Cafes
WTI Magazine #70 2015 October, 16Author : italia.it Translation by: When it comes to historical Italian coffee, you can not help but talk of Venice. It is in this lagoon city that the tradition of coffee was born, that due to its position and its trade relations with the Arab world, which then spread to the rest of Italy. The first "...
Lidia’s Meatloaf and Ricotta in 'Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine'
by Margaret Morgan On October 27, Lidia Bastianich's latest cookbook "Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine" subtitled Everything You Need to Know to be a Great Italian Cook, will be released by Random House. What Julia Child brought to the kitchen with her"Mastering the Art of French Cooking" Lidia Bastianich has done with her late...
Nissoli (PI): Strategico l'accordo Italia-USA sulla cooperazione nell'esplorazione spaziale
Deputata eletta in Nord America, Fucsia Nissoli (PI) è intervenuta oggi nell'Aula di Montecitorio per dichiarazioni di voto, tutte favorevoli, su alcune importanti ratifiche di Accordi internazionali a nome del suo Gruppo parlamentare. In particolare, sull'Accordo di cooperazione con gli Usa sulla esplorazione spaziale, Nissoli ha sottolineato com...
Veterans museum to screen great film for a great cause
The Italian American Veterans Museum will screen the Oscar-winning film "Mister Roberts" at 7 p.m. on Monday, December 7. The screening will benefit Hines Veterans Hospital. Admission is alcohol free toiletries and other items, such as aftershave, mouthwash, shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrushes, shaving cream and disposable razors, combs, and...
At Monteverde, a Spiaggia alum brings passion to pasta
by Marissa Conrad Pasta and prosciutto butter toast await in the West Loop. "I'm getting my second espresso right now," says Sarah Grueneberg with a laugh as she bustles around the kitchen of Monteverde, her new Italian restaurant in the West Loop. It's a busy morning: Besides the typical dough prep — most pastas on the menu...