Piero's Italian Cuisine brings snow crab season to Las Vegas visitors
People wait all year long for this! No, it’s not the holiday season; it’s stone crab season, which kicked off in November at Piero’s Italian Cuisine, and runs through May. At the revered, family-owned and -run restaurant, you can take advantage of the ocean’s bounty with two sizes of the specialty appetizer—large and jumbo. Florida stone crab claws...
The Perfect One Week in Sardinia Itinerary
In this one-week Sardinia itinerary, we will be focusing on the southern coast of the island, checking out the best shores, the capital of Cagliari, and some of the traditional villages where time seems to have stopped forever. One of the biggest islands in the Mediterranean, and indeed one of the largest islands in Europe, there is a lot to see an...
International Short Film Day in Chicago
International Short Film Day: Short films available from December 21 at 1pm CT to December 23 at 12am CT. Organized by IIC Chicago, online, free. Registration here. During the shortest day of the year the ICC of Chicago celebrates the International Short Film Day in collaboration with the Italian Short Film Center. The credentials to watch the shor...
Our Made in Italy: trading spices with Italia spezie
The love story between Italy and spices is a long-lasting one. The ancient Romans already used them to create medicines, perfumes and cosmetics, and as a tasty addition to their food. Most of the flavorings used by our ancestors came from India and China and reached the Eternal City thanks to a well-developed trading network, without forgetting, of...
La Dispensa Is Capitol Hill’s New Champion of Aperitivo Culture and ‘Walking Lasagna’
The dish that most excites chef Sabrina Tinsley at her new Capitol Hill business, La Dispensa, is a “walking lasagna.” It’s not labeled as such on the menu, just Lasagne Verdi or Lasagne Vegetariane under the hot entrees section. “I don’t know why I’m calling it this in my mind,” says Tinsley, a little proud and a little chagrined; “I don’t usually...
Maserati unveils Formula E livery
The streets of Modena, Italy provided the perfect backdrop for Maserati to unveil the livery for its first all-electric race car that will compete in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Finished in Maserati’s traditional blue, the Tipo Folgore Gen3 is set to race in Season 9 of the EV open-wheel racing series with Edoardo Mortara and Maximili...
“Dominick The Donkey” Is The Annoying Christmas Tradition I Can't Live Without
I don’t remember what prompted me to bring up a Christmas song in September, but I’ll never forget the look on my husband’s face when I raised the subject of “Dominick the Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey).” A joyless, blank stare. “Dominick the Donkey,” I repeat emphatically, the way Samwise Gamjee says “po-tay-toes” in The Lord of the Rings. ...
Christmas dried fruit and nuts: walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, figs and dates
Panettone, pandoro, nougat, dried fruit and nuts: these are the unmissable Christmas treats that traditionally close the lunches or dinners on festive days. From walnuts to almonds, from hazelnuts to dates, baskets full of nuts and dried fruit are present in every Italian home at Christmastime. Simple, delectable, ancient: dried figs are a real del...
Brothers open Italian market with help from RCCC small business center, Flywheel
On Saturday, Nov. 18, Kannapolis residents and brothers Tom and Johnny Cook officially opened Tutti’s Italian Market and Deli on Cabarrus Avenue in Concord, NC. Their journey to opening their doors was long and full of roadblocks and challenges. The support from the Small Business Center at RCCC and other partners within the Cabarrus Center helped...
By 2035, Venice may say goodbye to high water
Sea levels in Venice may temporarily stabilize in the coming years, thanks to the achievement of a delicate balance of processes involving the North Atlantic Ocean. Described in the journal Earth and Space Science, this hypothesis was formulated by scientists at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, who examined relative sea level fluctuations in the V...
Stamford Italian-Americans protest change to school calendar: 'Columbus Day is being canceled.'
The fight to preserve the legacy of 15th century explorer Christopher Columbus in Stamford has moved from the city square to the school board. After successfully staving off pressure in 2020 to remove the statue of Columbus in a downtown city park, a group of Italian-Americans is now fighting to keep Columbus Day a holiday in Stamford schools as th...
Foreign investors set their sights on Italian startups
The year 2022 closes on a positive note for the Italian startup ecosystem with a share of equity investments by Italian hi-tech startups of 2.1 billion. This is three times more than the investments reached in 2019, which instead amounted to only 649 million. "An important boost that promises to last over time," comments Andrea Rangone, scientific...