Sicilian night special dinner April 28 at Dolce Vita in Mesa
Dolce Vita — a family-owned and operated Italian restaurant, gelato shop and grocer at 5251 E. Brown Road No. 104 in Mesa — is hosting a special Sicilian night dinner 4-8 p.m. Friday, April 28. The business has been serving authentic Italian food using only fresh and local ingredients without additives for more than 12 years. Dolce Vita has also pr...
Raffaele Marchetti: “International Students, Come to LUISS: We’re Waiting For You”
Under the watch of Professor Raffaele Marchetti, the key word is “internationalization.” Today he is Pro-rector at LUISS Guido Carli University and works tirelessly to build relationships between the Roman university and foreign countries. He was recently in Latin America and Canada, and now he has arrived in New York. We met with him at the Unite...
A bacterium that rapidly cleans the atmosphere is discovered at Vulcano in Sicily
The island of Vulcano is part of the Aeolian archipelago in Sicily and is making headlines these days for an important discovery made by some American scientists. It would have been identified here, in fact, a bacterium capable of quickly cleaning the atmosphere of carbon dioxide. Vulcano is an area with an ancient history around which myths and le...
Team Italy catcher Brett Sullivan makes MLB debut for San Diego Padres
Team Italy manager and National Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza could not be happier for San Diego Padres catcher Brett Sullivan, who led all catchers in the 2023 World Baseball Classic with seven hits and compiled an impressive .368 batting average as the Team Italy cleanup hitter during the international competition. It was the hot bats of Bre...
Portofino, the elegant village symbol of Liguria
Living room, pearl, icon and legend: welcome to Portofino. Always a symbol of luxury and glamour, the village with colorful houses that crown the famous square, mirrored in the clear sea of its bay, like an impressionist watercolor is known worldwide. Portofino attracts thousands of visitors every year, The characteristic Ligurian village has anci...
2023 Hall of Fame Inductees: Giuseppe Salzarulo and Salvatore Salzarulo, The Lioni Latticini Mozzarella Co.
The Lioni Latticini Mozzarella Co. has been a pioneer in bringing high-quality, authentic Italian mozzarella and mozzarella di bufala cheese to the U.S. marketplace under the leadership of Giuseppe and Salvatore Salzarulo. Giuseppe Salzarulo, now age 75, was the first generation of his family to come to the U.S. from Italy in 1966. He started makin...
The Perfect 1, 2 or 3 Days in Positano Itinerary
Mapping out a Positano itinerary is one of the joys of planning a trip to this area of Southern Italy. Easily one of the most recognisable towns lining the stunning Amalfi Coast, Positano is a wonderful destination for anyone looking to have a truly classic, Italian seaside getaway. If you have 1, 2, or 3 days to spend in Positano, the town has an...
2023 IN SCENA! Italian Theater Festival Announces Updated Lineup
The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU will present the 10th anniversary season of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, a festival of Italian theater taking place in all five boroughs of NYC, May 1-16. This year the festival will also return to Boston, while g...
Pyramid of Cestius: See The Ancient Roman Pyramid That Was Inspired By Egypt's Ancient Pyramids
The Egyptian pyramids have inspired people for thousands of years. The Great Pyramid of Giza was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (a sort of Ancient Greek tourist itinerary). They inspired the Nubians in Sudan to build many (relatively unknown pyramids) upstream on the Nile. The Great Sphinx of Egypt with its tunnels and secrets was a...
Genova’s Pizza Station & Take Out Kitchen brings Italian eatery to Bon Air
It’s not every day the North Chesterfield neighborhood of Bon Air gets a new restaurant. Even more rare, the chance at a free lunch. On Wednesday, more than 200 people lined up at Genova’s Pizza Station & Take Out Kitchen at 2723 Buford Road just off Huguenot Road to get a free taste of the New York-style pizza, eggplant rollatini and paninis pile...
Prosciutto di Parma PDO's Consortium celebrates 60 years of activity
It was 4 pm on Thursday, April 18, 1963, when, in the headquarters of the Parma Chamber of Commerce, 23 deli meat producers formed the Prosciutto di Parma Consortium on a private and voluntary basis and approved its bylaws, united by the conviction that by working together they would be able to safeguard and enhance their typical cured meat more ef...
Vernetti Restaurant to Close May 31st
After nearly a decade serving Larchmont, Vernetti Restaurant – owned and operated by local couple Steve and Joanna Vernetti – will be closing at the end of May. The Vernettis took over the family-owned Girasole Cucina Italia in 2014 and elevated the level of food on Larchmont Blvd. In fact, when the Vernettis re-opened after a renovation and expans...