Balsamic Vinegar of Modena Convinced the American & Italian Chefs
After the debut of last year, here is a great success for the second edition of the “Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, the Original” project at Fancy Food Show in New York. The Show is the largest for specialty food in North America, featuring exhibitors from 54 countries as well as the United States and continues to attract top buyers eager to make new...
Feast, Carnival return after two years
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is bringing back its annual feast and carnival this month. The annual event hosted by the Pine Street church — which merged with Immaculate Conception church on North Fullerton Avenue in 2016 to form one parish, St. Teresa of Calcutta — will be held from Thursday, July 19, through Sunday, July 22. The event was put o...
Arte, porti e turismo della Campania di scena in California
Un porto tecnologicamente avanzato, da cui apprendere la capacità di sviluppare metodi per abbattere l'inquinamento. Dall'altro lato, scali virtuosi nella gestione di passeggeri e merci in un territorio frastagliato e compresso, con waterfront molto vicini se non incassati nelle città. Con queste premesse, i porti di Los Angeles e quelli di Napol...
Historic Sparkling Italian Wine Spritzer Infused With Botanicals and Fruit Juice Debuts in United States
Sprizzerí, Italy's original wine spritzer, is making a splash in the United States in time for summer gatherings. Downright delightful, is a refreshing sparkling wine spritzer that is infused with herbs, flower blossoms and fruit juice. Originating in Northern Italy in 1934, the brand's popularity led to its significant growth and expansion across...
A nonna in Puglia has become Europe's oldest woman
Giuseppina Projetto, born on March 20th, 1903 and dubbed the "grandmother of Italy", became Europe's oldest living person last December, and was the world's second oldest person when she died at home last Friday. She had said eating chocolate every day and keeping positive were the keys to her long life. Now Maria Giuseppa Robucci, known locally as...
A Parmigiana Oasis Arrives in the North End
Woburn-based Italian restaurant TreMonte has opened an outpost in the heart of Boston’s Italian dining neighborhood. The new North End restaurant at 76 Salem St. took the place of Limoncello 2 and kicked off business earlier this month serving a full menu of antipasti, pasta, parmigiana, and more. Owner and chef Antony Contarino operates the origin...
Air Italy eyes Milan as new flight hub
Milan, once a central nexus for air-travel, may regain that distinction thanks to the efforts of Air Italy. Formerly known as Meridiana, nearly half of Air Italy was purchased by Qatar Airways in 2017. Qatar Airways is one of the world’s top-ranked airlines. With a hub in Milan, Air Italy is taking steps to re-center the city as an international tr...
Da Vinci Exhibit Explores Engineering & Mechanical Genius
Leonardo Da Vinci is known as one of the greatest painters of all times; however, he was also a master inventor who thought well ahead of his time. Many of his drawings and ideas wouldn’t come to fruition until hundreds of years later. Da Vinci’s genius is on display at the Da Vinci X- The Machines & You Exhibition. The private exhibit has partnere...
Il Molo Puts Creative Spin on Nostalgic New England & Italian Dishes
The North End Waterfront’s seafood restaurant, il Molo, has reinvigorated its offerings for the summer by adding some of the most nostalgic summer dishes from New England and Italy to the menu, which are enhanced by Executive Chef Pino Maffeo’s unique flair. The menu showcases exceptional, locally sourced ingredients – including Cape Cod clams and...
“Home movies!” all'IIC di San Francisco
Una serata speciale lungo il viale dei ricordi, un viaggio tra gli spezzoni di film di famiglia, una piacevole nostalgia da condividere insieme. Per riviere le emozioni del passato e scoprire come preservare questi tesori in pellicola l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di San Francisco ospiterà martedì prossimo, 17 luglio, “Home movies!”. Appuntamento...
'The Sacco Gang' is a Sicilian Western
During the 1960s, what was once an essentially American institution, the Western motion picture, was pretty much taken over as a thriving Italian movie industry churned out numerous box-office hits that came to be called Spaghetti Westerns. So what, you might ask, does this have to do with Andrea Camilleri's short novel, "The Sacco Gang," as transl...
Talking to: Archaeologist & Rome Expert Darius Arya
Darius Arya loves the rooftop terraces of Rome because they make you see the Eternal City’s monuments from ever new angles. Even after 18 years of living in Rome, the U.S.-born archaeologist and professor still gets excited every time he walks out the door, be it to lead an educational program for the American Institute for Roman Culture, which he...