Everything You Need To Know About Italy's Constantly-Erupting Stromboli Volcano
Italy is the only nation in Europe with active volcanoes, despite the fact that most people do not associate the country with volcanoes. It is home to twelve volcanoes, including some of the most hazardous in the whole globe. Etna, Stromboli, and Vesuvius are the three most significant active volcanoes in Italy. One of the most active volcanoes in...
Visit Carmella’s Italian Market, a Neighborhood Treasure
Carmella’s Italian Market, located on the corner of Cottage and Everett Streets. Following the bustle of lunchtime in his Jeffries Point corner store, Nick Moulaison, owner of Carmella’s Italian Market, is stuffing cheery peppers with rolled prosciutto, salami, ham, and provolone. The space has been a neighborhood deli since 1927, and has the origi...
Columbus Day Revived in Conn. Town as School Board Fights ‘Cancel Culture’
A small Connecticut town just took a big step to observe and honor Christopher Columbus. After a decade of holding class on the second Monday in October, Columbus Day will once again be celebrated during the 2024-25 school year in New Canaan. The New Canaan Board of Education passed a motion 5-4 on Monday to reestablish the holiday. The board vo...
9 Ways To Avoid Looking Like A Tourist In Rome
I must admit that I tend to always put plenty of research into a new destination, and that is not only research about sights to see and things to do, but just as much about local lifestyle, traditions, culture, and general day-to-day habits of the locals. Luckily, I have never dressed as a tourist in those typical outfits of a backpack, sensible pa...
This Is Where You Get The Best Italian Street Food In New Jersey
There is a cult developing and I suggest you join. You don’t have to do anything weird but you do have to admit that Italians just do everything better. Admit it, from cars to wine and fashion the Italians have it on lock. Add food into the conversation and it's game over. We all love fine Italian dining but what about Italian street food? It h...
Italy’s found a storyteller to describe its zeitgeist and he’s a cartoonist
Among the usual suspects on Italy's bestseller lists this holiday season – mysteries, thrillers, romantic novels, pop science books – a curious exception jumped out: The new graphic novel from radical left-wing underground cartoonist Zerocalcare. Italy's fallen under the spell of this hilariously ironic, quirky and politically charged 39-year-old I...
Italian firms Redelfi and Altea buy 400MW battery storage project in ERCOT, Texas, for up to US$8.5 million
A 400MW early-stage battery storage project in ERCOT, Texas, has been acquired by a joint venture (JV) controlled by Italian firms Redelfi and Altea Green Power, for up to US$8.5 million. The firms’ JV entity BESS Power Corporation has finalised the purchase of the standalone 400MW Lund Storage Center from developer Aelius Solar Corp. The companies...
Arancini Vs. Supplì: What's The Difference?
There can be little doubt that when Italian cuisine comes up in conversation that pasta is often the star of the discussion. There is a good reason for this, of course. Most everyone loves a good spaghetti carbonara or pesto fusilli. However, rice is just as important to Italian cuisine as pasta, though it is seldom appreciated as such. And though...
Famed Las Vegas chef Carla Pellegrino joins Limoncello
Carla Pellegrino, the “Top Chef” contestant whose CV stretches from Las Vegas to California, Miami to Manhattan, has joined Limoncello Fresh Italian Kitchen as chef and partner. Wifeand-husband restaurateurs Jenny and Giuseppe Bavarese opened Limoncello on West Sahara Avenue in 2019. Pellegrino, born in Brazil and raised in Italy, has opened and le...
A cultural camino: Discover this new walking route between two up-and-coming Italian cities
Northern Italy is teeming with historic, art-filled cities vying for travellers’ attention. Most visitors will head to Venice, Milan or Turin, but this year two often overlooked destinations should be on your radar. Bergamo and Brescia, both in the region of Lombardy, are sharing the accolade of the country’s Capital of Culture for 2023. These two...
The Big Review: Vittore Carpaccio at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
A wistful pilgrim sits on a marble step in the right foreground of Vittore Carpaccio’s Ordination of St. Stephen (around 1511). Turning to gaze at the picture’s protagonist, he is below the consecrating hand of St. Peter himself. Stephen heads a ritual formation of youthful aspirants to the office of deacon, all of them wearing sumptuous dalmatics...
Rome unveils major plans for Jubilee 2025
Rome has unveiled dozens of major infrastructural projects to be carried out ahead of the Vatican's Jubilee Year 2025 when millions of pilgrims are set to arrive in the Italian capital. The city's mayor Roberto Gualtieri, who is also Italy's extraordinary commissioner for the Jubilee, presented the first phase of the plans to Pope Francis during a...