Where to Stay in Puglia, Italy – Best Areas & Accommodation Options
Looking for the best places to stay in Puglia? Look no further! In this guide I’ll share information about the best towns in Puglia to stay in, the best areas within these towns, and different accommodation options to suit different budgets. Puglia, also known as Apulia, is a region located in the southern part of Italy. It’s a popular destination...
‘We’re investing in Little Italy’: Local pol announces nabe’s first-ever street sweeping initiative
With COVID-19 in the rearview mirror and summer just around the corner, visitors from around the globe are expected to flock to Little Italy. While tourism is the lifeblood of the Lower Manhattan neighborhood, more people also equals more trash. With that in mind, New York City Council Member Christopher Marte, whose district includes Little Italy,...
Family-owned Brooklyn Pizzeria to open ninth location in Cypress this May
Brooklyn Pizzeria, a locally owned and operated Italian restaurant group, will open its ninth Houston-area location at 8020 Fry Road, Cypress, in late May. Sammy Shahini, his father, Mike, and his two brothers, Jimmy and Ilir, opened the first location in Humble in 2006 with the goal of bringing authentic New York pizza to the Houston area. The Sha...
8 Reasons Why Salerno, Italy Should Be On Your Radar
The Amalfi coast is one of Italy’s most popular, and most beautiful, destinations. And when it comes to where to stay in the Amalfi, most people—and guidebooks—have one big suggestion: Sorrento. It’s true that Sorrento is pretty. And it’s convenient, especially with regards to the 5 must-see sights of the Amalfi coast. But it’s also really touristy...
Ever Wondered How Pasta Got Its Different Shape?
PASTA is among the most popular foods consumed across the world today, and every pasta-eater has a favourite shape whose superiority they swear by. When the “cascatelli” (the word translates to “waterfall” in Italian) was introduced by James Beard Award winning food expert Dan Pashman in 2021, it joined a pantheon of over 350 pasta shapes. Just how...
Southington’s UNICO picks Leary for gold medal award
John Leary, a Boy Scout leader for decades and volunteer with town, church and school groups, is UNICO’s Gold Medal of Honor recipient for this year Southington UNICO, an Italian-American club, honors someone each year whose actions reflect the group’s motto of “service above self.” Leary, who’s not a member of UNICO, although half-Italian, said th...
The ancient art of the oliandoli and pizzicagnoli, from the Middle Ages to modern day
If you’ve been to Tuscany, you may be familiar with pizzicagnoli and their stores, which are pretty much the equivalent of a good deli, but also double as a local corner store in small villages. Pizzicagnoli stores are common all over Italy, especially in more rural contexts, but they are not called like that everywhere: “pizzicagnoli” are very muc...
Two Great Neapolitan Pizzas Reign in Manhattan: Which Is Better?
In 1996, La Pizza Fresca Ristorante rocked our pizza world by opening on 20th Street north of Union Square. It was an elegant spot with fancy wine and a wood-burning oven: unusual then, but commonplace now. It focused on pizza, but not the New York kind descended from places like Lombardi’s and Totonno’s. Instead, it claimed to serve the true pizza...
From Galileo to the Lunar Gateway: Mapping Italy’s Growing Space Industry
More than 400 years ago, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei peered at Jupiter through his telescope, inspecting what he thought were three stars. In looking, he realized they were not stars but, in fact, objects orbiting the gas giant, what are today known as the Galilean moons. Centuries later, spacefaring nations are about to launch a sophisticat...
Gianandrea Noseda Reveals His Secret Collection of Rare Italian String Instruments
The 2022 – 2023 season marks Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda's sixth season as Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in Washington D.C. In June 2022, his contract was extended through the 2026/27 season. It was recently reported Noseda has been loaning 17th-19th century Italian string instruments from his private collection to...
Bottled Water from Italy Named Best in the World
If still waters run deep, they also run delicious in an aquifer on the Italian island of Sardinia. A line of bottled water from that region was recently named best water in the world at The Berkeley Springs International Blind Water Tasting, held annually in West Virginia. The Smeraldina brand of artesian water is available at select specialty groc...
A national Italian ice chain to open its first Pa. location in the Lehigh Valley
A national chain specializing in Italian Ice and ice cream is about to open its first location in Pennsylvania, and it’s in the Lehigh Valley. Uncle Louie G will open this month at 1700 Sullivan Trail in Forks Township. The chain, which began in Brooklyn, New York, has locations in New York, Texas, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina. The chain...