A town-to-town hike along the Ligurian Sea
When I was first asked about going to Cinque Terra, I didn’t have a clue where it was. “Northern Italy – on the west coast, north of Pisa,” I was told. “Not quite on the French border. At the top of the boot!” I consulted my iPhone Google atlas and read some travel essays. What first clicked, oddly perhaps, was that Cinque Terre was where Percy Bys...
Cleveland Italian restaurant Guarino's celebrates 100 years: Recipe for success
One hundred years ago, Cleveland was taking on an Italian accent. The city had five Italian enclaves bustling with immigrants, including the nascent Little Italy on Mayfield and Murray Hill roads between East 119th and East 125th streets. Stonemason Joseph Carabelli, the founder of Little Italy, saw the need for monument work at the nearby Lake Vie...
Little Italy Film Festival hopes to return in 2019 after a one-year hiatus
The Little Italy Open Air Film Fest, a beloved Baltimore tradition since 1999, will be on hiatus for the summer of 2018, organizers have announced. But they hope that a new and improved festival will return in 2019. “Next year will be the 20th anniversary of the festival,” said Mike Castino, vice-president of the Little Italy Lodge of the Order Son...
9th annual Festa della Repubblica set for Pompeii
Comitato Tricolore Italiani nel Mondo will host its ninth annual Festa della Repubblica on June 3 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii in Chicago. The event celebrates the birth of the Italian republic and bears the distinction of being the only such celebration outside of Italy to feature a parade through the streets. Festivities will begin with a...
Ian McNulty: With a famous Italian butcher, head to tail and the heart of Louisiana food
Sometimes traveling can inspire you to live a little differently back home. And sometimes, a visitor can help you see your own home in a new way. That was the case when a mentor and old master came to town recently. “I realized that through my life, I carried in my heart and on my palate the food I grew up eating,” said Dario Cecchini, the famous b...
From Persecution to Prosperity, the Rise of Italian America
“… and we cannot understand; all the way that God will lead us to that blessed promised land.” Thousands poured through the gates of Ellis Island, hopes high, as they left behind years of misery and poverty. Most were farmers from the southern regions of Italy where the land was rugged, harsh and unfit for farming. As they located mostly along Amer...
Insegnare l’italiano negli USA: l’AIAE spegne 21 candelinef
Che la lingua italiana sia sempre stata lo strumento più potente per riunire ministri, professori e italiani dalle diverse comunità italiana lo ha dimostrato il Consolato Italiano di New York venerdì 4 maggio al 21esimo anniversario dell’AIAE. All’evento, ministri e professori hanno parlato su come promuovere la lingua italiana dal Pre-k al all’AP...
Taste of Wine: Italian ‘StrEAT’ Wine & Food Comes to Encinitas
Encinitas has been embracing the Italian style wine and food of Alice’s Italian Gourmet, now the big buzz for quick and delicious Italian on El Camino Real. Alice (pronounced Ah-leechee) and Carlo Paoletti bring bold new menu dynamics to tempt and feed the fast casual lunch and dinner bunch. They’re from Milan, so you’ll see and enjoy upscale touch...
Ferrero Announces Partnership With The New York Road Runners For Inaugural Italy Run By Ferrero
Ferrero Group today announced at the Consulate General of Italy in New York that registration is still open for the first annual "Italy Run By Ferrero" to celebrate Festa della Repubblica (Italian National Day). Hosted in partnership with the renowned New York Road Runners (NYRR), the world's premier community running organization, the five-mile re...
Italian helps find molecule that beats colds
An Italian researcher working in London has helped find the first molecule able to beat colds, against which medicine currently has no weapons. The first tests on human cells have been positive, said biochemist Roberto Solari, who led the research at Imperial College London with the chemist Edward Tate. "It's the first stage of a journey that is st...
Local gem serving Italian-American cuisine
Back in the 1970s, Italian immigrants Enzo and Lina Cantalamessa opened a mom-and-pop pizza shop showcasing their Old World culinary skills. Fast forward decades later, and that humble eatery has grown into Enzo’s Restaurant and Lounge, a local gem serving first-rate Italian-American cuisine. “We pride ourselves on consistently serving quality food...
Take a drone tour of Italy with these 13 stunning videos
There are plenty of beautiful places to explore in Italy, and now you can take a tour of the country from the comfort of your sofa. These 13 stunning drone videos will provide beautiful inspiration for travellers - armchair or otherwise. Cinque Terre: High up on everyone's bucket list are the picturesque coastal towns that make up the Cinque Terre....