A Three-Day Trek Along Prosecco Road Is Italy's Bubbliest, Best-Kept Secret
There has never been a better time to get into bubbles. Sommeliers almost universally love Champagne, and, across America, our collective thirst for Proseccois growing at record speed. Sales of Prosecco are expected to surpass both rosé wineand “discounted Champagne” by 2020, according to Vinexpo CEO Guillaume Deglise. This presents a compelling ca...
Nick L. Girimonte: 1920 – 2017
As a young boy growing up in Dunsmuir during the Great Depression, Nicola “Nick” Girimonte helped put food on the family table by selling fruit to Southern Pacific railroad passengers. That initiative, work ethic and an early understanding of customer service emerged as hallmarks of Nick’s long and productive life. Nick, who partnered with his brot...
Puccini and Bechet in parlor
At the Millbrook Library last Saturday Millbrook Arts Group in conjunction with Catskill Jazz Factory presented Puccini Meets Bechet: Parallels in Opera & Jazz with Aaron Johnson Trio. The parallel dimensions of jazz and opera collide with this condensed chamber group featuring operatic vocals, piano, clarinet and soprano saxophone. Multi-instrumen...
Città Sant'Angelo super star: ecco perché secondo Forbes è una delle 10 al mondo dove andare a vivere
Quali sono le città del mondo dove si vive meglio e con poco? Le mete per le quali vale la pena «mollare tutto e partire»? La rivista americana Forbes ha redatto una top-ten per scoprirlo, e a sorpresa, dopo località ben più blasonate come Lisbona, Cali (in Colombia), Bali, Belize (sul mar dei Caraibi) e Linguadoca (in Francia), al sesto posto c’è...
L’atmosfera della Dolce Vita, i sapori della tradizione: a New York torna Tartina
L’atmosfera che vuole ispirarsi alla Dolce Vita di Fellini, i sapori autentici della cucina italiana, la qualità degli ingredienti della tradizione. Dopo l’avventura che l’ha visto protagonista a Midtown, il ristorante italiano Tartina ha deciso di cambiare location. Sempre a Manhattan, ma un po’ più in alto: lungo l’Upper Westside, a cavallo tra l...
Ben Laurenzo, Founder of Laurenzo's Italian Market, Dies
The guy behind South Florida's best market — and that is saying something — left this world recently. Ben Laurenzo, the genius of Laurenzo's Italian Market in North Miami Beach, died of a liver ailment January 15. A half-century ago, the man who at the age of 15 entered the military and survived a hydrogen bomb explosion at Bikini Atoll, founded th...
The Extraordinary Renaissance Court of Malatesta
The conference comemorates the six-houndredth anniversary of the birth of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-1468), Lord of Rimini, who occupied a central position in the history of the Italian Renaissance. Organaized by Massimo Ciavolella (UCLA) and Bryan Keene (The J. Paul Getty Museum), in collaboration with the IIC Los Angeles. Advanced regist...
Jader Bignamini leads San Diego Symphony in sparkling concert of Italian music
The San Diego Symphony sparkled like spumante Saturday at the Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall. Italian conducting sensation Jader Bignamini led the orchestra in a scintillating program of music by his countrymen Respighi, Rossini and Martucci, along with some razzle-dazzle from Rimsky-Korsakov. Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio Espagnol” and...
Upscale Northern Italian Dishes at La Fontanella
I recently decided to revisit an old favorite, La Fontanella in Pelham. It has been in business for over 20 years and seems to improve with every visit. The management has changed through the years, but the Executive Chef Joe Palaguachi still heads the kitchen. For the last few years, Alfredo Salazar has led the management team. He worked in restau...
L’Italia verso il reshoring. Cresce il contenuto di qualità e il “Made in Italy” delle nostre produzioni
C'è una nuova forma di ritorno al territorio nell'industria italiana che esporta? Molti segnali vanno in questa direzione. Si è appena concluso un anno che potrebbe far registrare un ulteriore record nell'avanzo dei conti con l'estero. In attesa dei dati definitivi le ultime informazioni dell'Istat relative ai primi dieci mesi quantificano l'avanzo...
Local WWII veteran honored with flag display
A WWII veteran was recognized for his services at the American Italian Heritage Museum on Friday. Back in 2014, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy recognized Father Anthony Sidoti as the Albany County Honor-a-Vet for his service during WWII. On Friday, McCoy presented the flag flown in Washington, D.C. honoring Father Sidoti to the American Itali...
100 years, 7 fish: Cosenza’s maintains new and old world traditions for a century in Bronx’s Little Italy
Cosenza’s fish market is on a very short list of family-owned businesses that have lasted for a century. Come tomorrow, January 2018, this neighborhood cornerstone will be celebrating its 100th year in business. We recently visited and had a wonderful opportunity to hear about the origins of this family business rooted in a time that we can experie...