I got gout in my 30s, so I put myself — and my restaurant — on a diet
By Hailey Eber Read almost any article on healthy eating and it will tell you: If you want to clean up your diet, cook at home and don't eat out. Wily restaurant chefs are using unhealthy tricks that you can't even fathom to make their food taste great. But chef Marco Canora is out to change that. "There's a lack of transpare...
The Sordid Story of Puttanesca, the Prostitute Pasta Sauce
by Dan Gentile Prostitution has different connotations around the world, but there's only one place where it's inspired a sauce. That place is Italy and the stuff is puttanesca, which translates roughly to "lady of the night." Some sources call the sauce Roman (The Oxford Companion to Italian Food), but it's more commonly associated...
Giulietta, sfila a NY ma pensa a Firenze Sofia Sizzi
Vive da anni a New York e in questi giorni è una delle protagoniste sulle passerelle della settimana della moda con il suo brand, Giulietta, marchio di abbigliamento femminile fondato nel 2011 dalla stilista fiorentina Sofia Sizzi. La sua è una storia di successo: in pochi anni ha conquistato un mercato vasto e articolato come quello americano, imp...
The celebratory week of Filippo Mazzei
In the two-hundredth anniversary of the death of Filippo Mazzei (Poggio a Caiano 1730 -Pisa 1816) the club named in his memory has prepared, in collaboration with the Municipality of Pisa and organizations, cities and organizations that have shared the intent, a week of celebration, "The Friendship Week about Philip Mazzei", as a moment of consecra...
Michéal Castaldo Releases “Everything Happens for a Reason” as a New Dance Club Remix Digital Single
Vital Records—in partnership with Tony Moran's label, Mr. Tan Man Music—is proud to announce their #1 Dance Club digital single of "Everything Happens for a Reason – Una Ragione," performed by Michéal Castaldo. With this digi-release (remixed By Tony Moran & Warren Rigg), Castaldo goes beyond his many Classical Crossover achievements a...
Pavoncello Presents Italian Politics
by Evan Graziano On Thursday, Ramapo welcomed Franco Pavoncello, the President of John Cabot University in Rome and a professor of political science, to lead a presentation in the York Room on "Lessons Learned from Contemporary Italian Politics." The discussion focused on the United States' standing as a world super power and the politica...
Bust of former Springfield state Rep. Anthony Scibelli stolen from South End memorial
by Brian Steele The bust of former state Rep. Anthony M. Scibelli that stood outside the Mount Carmel Society social club was stolen over the weekend. The bronze likeness of one of the longest-serving lawmakers in American history, who died in 1998, was taken from outside the Italian-American club on Winthrop Street in the city's Sout...
Queens Week 2016: Meet Frank Carrado, The Mayor of Long Island City
Everyone seems to know Frank Carrado, who at 86 is arguably the most popular resident in Long Island City. "I got to know all of the politicians," says Frank Carrado. "I got to know all of the police department. The whole police department knows me." Denizens of the neighborhood call him the 'Mayor'. It's a title he says not even Mayo...
Mike Marino Presidential Comedy Tour 2016
With all the political drama in this years United States Presidential campaigns, it is good to see a fresh face running for office that can actually get things done, by getting the families to work together...umm, we mean parties... Democrats and Republicans. And who better to get the USA's respect back in the world, than an Italian from Jersey run...
In Memoriam: Dr. Luisetta Chomel
The AATI mourns the loss of Dr. Luisetta Chomel, Professor Emeritus of Italian at the University of Houston. Luisetta Chomel, age 84, passed away on Friday, the 20th of May 2016, at her home in Houston, in the company of her family and friends. She was born on the 26th of May 1931, in Torino, Italy, to Erberto and Severa Manacorda Elia. Lu...
Parducci The Man Who Made Detroit Beautiful
Detroit Area Art Deco Society. Saturday, June 11, 2016 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT) Join the Detroit Area Art Deco Society as we closeout Detroit Modernism Week with our premier viewing of the Official 2016 FREEP Film Festival selection "Parducci, The Man Who Made Detroit Beautiful. When architectural sculptor Corrado Parducci arrive...
Tonno Opens Today With Homemade Pasta and Fine Fish Dishes
The North Shore has a new dining spot as of today — Tonno is ready to debut its menu of coastal Italian seafood in Gloucester after months of extensive remodels to the restaurant space. Tonno is the work of Anthony Caturano, the noted North End restaurateur behind the 16-year-old Prezza. Caturano crafted the menu around his favorite Italia...