Hartford's D&D Market Brings Decades-Old Italian-American Grocery To Suburbs
By Kenneth R. Gosselin As the third-generation steward of D&D Market in the city's South End, Daniel D'Aprile Sr. keeps close to tradition, right down to using his grandfather's recipe for homemade sausage. But D'Aprile isn't stuck in the past. On Thursday, the family-owned, Italian-American grocery store — founded in 193...
Meriano's Cannoli Truck: A Family's Sweet Mission
By Leeanne Griffin Andrea Meriano knew precisely how she wanted her Cannoli Food Truck to look, even borrowing her niece's crayons to sketch the exact design with hot pink and leopard-print trim. The truck's color scheme would also be reflected at her family's brick-and-mortar bakery, which was moving from Guilford to Madison. But...
Assumption College President Francesco Cesareo recognized for contributions to Italian heritage
By Michael D. Kane Assumption College President Francesco C. Cesareo is being recognized as a leader in preserving Italian culture in Massachusetts. Cesareo has received the Italian Heritage Month Committee's "Leadership in Education" award. Cesareo received the award Oct. 1 during the kick-off to Italian Heritage Month in t...
Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra Celebrates 30th Season with Italian Opera Gala
When: Saturday, April 30, 2016 – 6 p.m.Where: Dassault Systèmes, 175 Wyman St, Waltham, MA The Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra will celebrate its 30th anniversary with an elegant fundraiser, "Italian Opera Gala," on Saturday, April 30. This event will include a cocktail hour, Italian dinner, and performances by noted soloists from The Bostonians an...
You Are What You Pronounce
Robert Aiudi wants you to know that if you want to order bowtie noodles at an Italian restaurant, you may have to ask for farfalle. Or maybe strichetti instead. Aiudi, who goes online by the sobriquet the Language Chef, is on a mission to enable people not just to taste their meals in this foodie society, but to pronounce them as well. And...
Confusion reigns over fundraising efforts for Mount Carmel Church
by Tom Quinn For decades, Our Lady of Mount Carmel has served in the dual role of religious structure and Italian-American community gathering place. The Catholic Diocese of Worcester shut down the religious aspect of the building when it shuttered the damaged building in May, but the Italian Festival this year brought parishioners and oth...
Medford High School Italian Students Awarded Scholarships
Complimenti, Joshua Crespo and Leena Ziane! The two Medford High School AP Italian students were awarded $1,000 each in scholarship money at the Federazione Associazioni Abruzzesi – USA gala last week. The event, held at Filippo's Restaurant in Boston's North End, was one of several Italian-American Heritage Month celebrations highlig...
E' arrivato "Tutti in Classe"! Numero 6!
The recent podcast of school news of the Italian Consulate in Boston has reached the 5th episode by now. Its name is Tuttinclasse! (It means "Go to class!") It is produced by the Educational Office of the Consulate General of Italy in Boston and it can be listened on your own cell phone or computer. In just a few minutes, you'll hear last school a...
Patron saint honored with procession
by Ken Borsuk On Wednesday, the focus was on food, dancing and fellowship. On Sunday, celebrants of the annual St. Roch's Feast will march through the streets of Chickahominy to honor their namesake and patron saint. The traditional procession, led by The Society Morrese and accompanied by a brass band, will begin at St. Roch...
La Zingara: Contemporary Italian Cuisine
by Elizabeth Keyser The gypsy might have settled down, but after 12 years in Bethel, La Zingara Ristorante still has an adventurous spirit. Before she was a restaurateur, executive chef and owner Lisa Tassone was known to her family as La Zingara because she loved to travel. Family background — mother born in the northwestern...
88th Annual St. Joseph Feast Begins Friday
by Becca Manning The 88th annual Saint Joseph Feast is coming up this weekend in the North End, with parades, music, entertainment and, of course, lots of delicious Italian food. The festival, organized by The Saint Joseph Society of Boston, celebrates the patron saint of the town of Riesi in Sicily and has been going on in the North End...
Weekly Story: He Discovered Money
“ONLY a few months ago he was a dishwasher. A man untaught in finance shows Wall Street and the greatest financiers in the world that they are pikers. Whether Ponzi’s bubble bursts or not, the American people will have to take off their hats to a man as clever as he is.” So the Rochester Times-Union sums up a good deal of the nation-wide e...