Sinatra memorabilia, jewellry on sale in New York
A sweeping range of Frank Sinatra memorabilia and jewelry owned by his fourth and last wife Barbara goes on sale in New York on Thursday, likely to be snapped up by mega fans and aficionados all over the world. The single most expensive lot, the enormous 20-karat diamond engagement ring that Sinatra gave Barbara in a champagne glass has already sol...
Indici e reputazione dell’Italia: più coordinamento senza dimenticare la dimensione culturale
Mentre si lavora ad interventi fondamentali dal punto di vista tecnico e legislativo, è però altrettanto importante investire sulla dimensione culturale e sociale della reputazione dell’Italia. Culturale non significa teorica. Iniziative rivolte a studenti stranieri e italiani (non dimentichiamo il tema dell’autopercezione), a italiani all’estero,...
People are freaking out about NYC’s new Milanese bakery
Midtown resident Sam Chapnick loves visiting Milan so much that she wears a custom-made necklace of the city’s skyline. “That’s how into Milan I am,” the 49-year-old butter sommelier — a job that includes consulting with restaurants and teaching classes on different types of butters — tells The Post. So when she learned that Princi, a Milanese bake...
Babbo Italian Eatery collecting toys for Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix Children's Hospital and Babbo Italian Eatery are joining forces to spread love this holiday season. They're collecting toys for all of the children who are sick and recovering at PCH this Christmas. All of the toys that are donated will be wrapped and given to the children at a special party. Anyone who wants to donate can drop off a bran...
Best Italian restaurant in CNY: See the finalists, vote for the winner
Italian food is serious business in Central New York, where the options to dine are rivaled only by the level of loyalty and rivalry diners have to their restaurant of choice. We were searching for our Final Four--the four finalists that our judges would visit and rate and you, the reader, would vote on to determine the readers' choice winner. We t...
Paolo Uccello's counter-clockwise lock in Florence
In 1443, Paolo Uccello – a Tuscan painter and mosaic artist who played a major role in Florence’s 15th-century art scene – painted the face of the clock on the counter-façade of the Florence Cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore. He included four heads colored in fresco at the corners, as Vasari wrote, whose identity is still the object of debate amongs...
Family keeps Del Rio going for 95 years
Del Rio, a near-century-old Highwood dining tradition, was originally inspired by Dolores Del Rio, the dazzlingly beautiful Mexican actress who became Latin America’s first crossover Hollywood star in the 1920s. During that era, when Latin was all the rage, Del Rio, in Highwood, was a dance hall. After a couple of months, the owner sold it to an It...
Prime 1024, steakhouse with Italian cuisine, slated to open in Roslyn
Prime 1024, a major steakhouse that also will serve Italian fare, is slated to open on Saturday in Roslyn. The opulent establishment takes over the former site of Barto on Northern Boulevard, Nassau's main artery for devotees of red meat. "We will be open every day for dinner," said owner Christos Spyropoulos, who also is a partner in Limani in Ros...
Godfather of Gore: The 5 Most Influential Lucio Fulci Horror Films
Herschell Gordon Lewis earned the moniker “godfather of gore” in the early ‘60s when he created the splatter subgenre in horror with Blood Feast. But it didn’t take long before another director would earn and share the title; Italian maestro Lucio Fulci. Fulci began his film career as a documentary director before switching gears and shifting into...
Francis, Frederick and the Rocca Maggiore in Assisi
In 1198, when the people of Assisi revolted against the Emperor who had ruled over them since 1173 and plundered the city’s fortress, Saint Francis was sixteen years old and Frederick II was only four. At that moment, the future emperor – who would be crowned in Rome by Pope Honorius III in 1220 – lived in Assisi with his mother Constance, Queen of...
Anthony’s Italian Eats Brings Delectable Comfort Food to Clayton
It was time for Anthony Gianino to get his own place. Growing up in the restaurant business, toiling away at his family's many properties, he'd seen them named after just about everyone. Bill Gianino's and Billy G's are his dad's namesakes; Frankie Gianino's and Frankie G's are named for his grandfather. Even his longtime friend and business partne...
Botteghiamo, Rome and the soul of Italian heritage
Today, I feel like to write about Rome and Italian heritage, but for once - our regular readers may be aware of my penchant for classical history - I won’t delve into the depths and beauties of the Empire, but focus on the Rome of today. At least in part, let us say. Our breathtaking capital has been going through a bit of a rough patch, as many of...