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Corona D'Italia Lodge #807 held their monthly meeting Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m. at Pizza Joe's. The session began with a pizza luncheon hosted by President Clemmy Sirimarco and served by trustee Pudue LaCava, member Jackie Court and sentinel Lois DiFrischia. The business session followed with financial reports presented by treasurer Louise Vitull...

Per i nostri spostamenti presto potremo muoverci – non solo in città – su binari totalmente green. Almeno secondo i ragazzi di Green Rail, startup siciliana già premiata al concorso Edison Start. Il loro motto è: "The future is now, don't miss the train".   Non a caso, hanno messo a punto una traversa ferroviaria ecosostenibile, ottenuta in...

Everybody loves good old-fashioned, red lead Italian-American food — in theory, at least. It's the cheese! The pasta! The pizza!   The red-and-white-checked tablecloths, the generally clogged parm and hot pepper flake dispensers, the cheap chianti in the straw basket. In short, the comfortable atmosphere that takes you back to your childhood...

Grazie alla collaborazione fra KIT Italia e Kairos Italy Theater, la pluripremiata compagnia newyorkese Bedlam sarà per la prima volta in Italia nel mese di aprile 2016, presentando "Cry Havoc", monologo che parte da celebri monologhi di condottieri shakespeariani per esplorare le difficoltà dei veterani di guerra nel riadattarsi al ritorno nella s...

Piola, the popular pizza place that lost its lease near Lincoln Road last year, has found a new spot in South Beach.   The restaurant has just leased 3,031 square feet at 705 Washington Avenue, and will soon begin building out the space, Irma Figueroa, director of retail leasing and sales for the Comras Company told The Real Deal. Figueroa r...

The National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW), the only national organization for women of Italian ancestry, celebrated its 35th Anniversary with a Luncheon and Silent Auction at the St. Regis New York on Saturday, April 16, 2016. The event honored two accomplished Italian American women: Alisyn Camerota and Jeanne Mariani Sullivan....

They're gonna need a bigger stove. In fact, chefs in Naples will use five wood-burning stoves- on-wheels to bake a 1.2-mile pizza this month – the world's longest margherita pie.   The current record-holder was a mile-long version of the Neapolitan classic, which was baked last year during Milan's food-themed Expo, The Local reported.&n...

by Adam H. Callaghan   Named for a monastery near Venice, Italian restaurant San Fermo opens its doors today, about half a year later than expected. The wait has produced a gorgeous blend of rusticity and modernity inside and out of the historic Pioneer Houses, which were moved to Ballard years ago from the International District.   A...

"Pagination.com" una piccola azienda informatica trevigiana tra i colossi dell'editoria a Pepcon, la più importante conferenza mondiale sulla stampa e l'ePublishing, che si svolgerà a giorni a San Diego (California). Pagination (www.pagination.com) nasce nel 2009 dalla scelta coraggiosa di alcuni ragazzi veneti, che decidono di non partire e s...

A trifecta of talent completes what could be called a total transformation at Formento's. The red-sauce Italian spot recently welcomed new executive chef Stephen Wambach, followed by wine director Jen Schmitt. Now, B. Hospitality Co. (The Bristol, Balena) has named Cristiana DeLucca as Formento's first-ever bar director.   DeLucca comes to F...

by Anthony Fasano Sunday dinner was an important part of my upbringing, which I'm sure is true for most Italian Americans. I wrote an entire post on Sunday dinners here. Of all of the great Sunday dinner memories, many of my fondest memories revolve around the kids' table. The kids' table was obviously the table (sometimes at the end of the l...

di Carla Pacelli   Cos'è l'Italian way of fooding? Uno stile di vita che unisce convivialità e dieta mediterranea, la cultura per il cibo tipica del Belpaese e la qualità delle materie prime. Stile, oggi, sempre più seguito anche all'estero, soprattutto nei paesi anglosassoni, dove riscuote entusiasmi e fa proseliti anche tra le star.  ...