New Lineup of Italian American Films Gets to the Heart of Our Story
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo, lifelong ISDA members who were recently deemed “titans” of Hollywood by Variety magazine, are committed to preserving their Italian American heritage. They, along with their father, ISDA National President Basil Russo, founded the Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum in 2017 to fund projects that explore and d...
Tuscan Countryside: Nora Kravis and her Chianti Cashmere
We drive our little Fiat 500 through the woods down a gravelly road just a few minutes from the small hill town of Radda in Chianti. One side of the track is lined by a fence, behind which a few dozen furry goats briefly stop their plant-munching to watch us drive through the iron gate. A few large white dogs blend into the herd, and they also watc...
Italian restaurant moving from Albany to Delmar
Italian restaurant Pastina is making the move from Albany to Delmar. Owner and chef Mike Pietrocola said they are currently moving into the former Twisted Vine Wine & Tap space at 384 Kenwood Avenue in Delmar. Pastina opened at 11 Colvin Avenue in Albany in December 2020. Pietrocola has been a chef since the 1980s, working around the area at restau...
Giuseppe Verdi’s Villa to Be Auctioned, Italian Government Gets First Dibs
A country house lived in by Giuseppe Verdi for 50 years has been the object of discord in a long-running squabble among the Italian composer’s heirs. Verdi, whose compositions include La Traviata, Aida and Otello, built Villa Verdi on land he owned in Sant’Agata di Villanova, a hamlet near his home town of Busseto in the Emilia-Romagna region, in 1...
Davide Ippolito (Co-founder of the Italian American Reputation Lab)
This interview is a little different from the others, because it concerns a project that was born from the collaboration between We the Italians and Zwan, a leading Reputation Assessment company in Italy. With Davide Ippolito, the protagonist of this interview, we decided to start the Italian American Reputation Lab, which will monitor the reputati...
Count Sebastiano Capponi comes to Delaware County
The Delaware Valley Italian American Herald is proud to present the First Publisher’s Wine Tasting and Gourmet dinner featuring Count Sebastiano Capponi of Villa Calcinaia in Florence, Italy. The dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 16 at Margaret Kuo’s Kitchen in the Promenade at Granite Run in Media, Pa. A Knight of St. Stephen and a medal-holder...
Scilla and Chianalea - One of Italy's Loveliest Small Towns
Scilla and Chianalea are both essentially the same place and yet they are completely different. You arrive in Chianalea via the tunnel from Scilla beach or down from Scilla old town and you are suddenly in "Little Venice" - that's what the locals call it... for me it is like falling into Wonderland. That is one of the things that is so wonderful ab...
Stanley Tucci Has Five Rules for Making Perfect Pasta
Are you debating swapping Thanksgiving turkey for a more affordable and hassle-free alternative, like one in five Americans this holiday season? It might be time to consider pasta. And Stanley Tucci has just the product for you. The Italian-American actor, who went deep into the world of pasta during the three seasons of his hit CNN show Searching...
N.I.C.E USA 2022 - 32° Edition - New York, November 14 - 19
New Italian Cinema Events - is a cultural organization founded by Viviana Del Bianco in Florence. Its primary goal is to promote contemporary independent Italian cinema worldwide through film screenings and cultural events in Europa, United States and Asia. This Fall, N.I.C.E. returns in-person after two years online, celebrating its 32nd edition i...
New Italian Market Set To Open In Bayville
A new Italian American specialty market is setting up shop in Bayville, NJ. Located in Heritage Square, home of Bud, the Bayville dinosaur, Cucina Fresca said on social media that it will open sometime the week of Nov. 7. The new market will carry a variety of Italian delicacies, from grocery staples like canned tomatoes and pasta, along with fresh...
The Royal Palace of Caserta: an extraordinary trip in the Neapolitan 19th century
As soon as you leave Caserta train station, you will see something peeping out from the hedge without clearly understand what it is. However, once crossed the road and entering the garden, you cannot be unimpressed by its magnificence. Harmonious, perfect, elegant, majestic and at the same time welcoming, harsh but sweet: the Royal Palace of Casert...
Cugino’s offers St. Louis-style cuisine with a focus on family
In the heart of Florissant, two cousins are redefining St. Louis-style cuisine. Dave Beckham and Ben Goldkamp’s dishes at Cugino’s complement the drinks on tap at Narrow Gauge Brewing Company, which shares the same space. Narrow Gauge will be expanding into a building two doors down from the restaurant, allowing the two establishments to host large...