When you think of the best Italian restaurants in America, do you think of Texas? You should, check out these Texas Italian eateries ranked best in the US
It’s getting closer to the holiday season and that means calories are being counted less and less (as they should be); for Texas, the fall temperatures are finally dipping away from the 80s (for now) so it’s time to down bowls and plates of pasta. National Pasta Day is being celebrated on Monday, October 17 and it’s time to venture to a new restaur...
Italian village of the month: Civita
Calabria is known for the beauty of its landscape, its food and for its historical connections with Ancient Greece. The region was one of the richest colonies of Magna Graecia,_° and Hellenic culture is still deeply entrenched in some areas, where Greek-based dialects are still spoken today. Not many, however, know about the connection between Cala...
Davio’s steakhouse to open at Reston Station
Boston’s Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse is set to open its big Reston Station location Nov. 2. The 13,000-square-foot restaurant is at 1902 Reston Metro Plaza, and will be open for lunch, dinner and brunch. Its menu leans into Northern Italian dishes, but with “steakhouse” in the name, there is plenty for serious carnivores, including a 20-oun...
The Pininfarina Battista Electric Hypercar Has Ferrari F430 Scuderia DNA
The first Pininfarina Battistas recently arrived in the USA, and to coincide with this momentous occasion, Automobili Pininfarina also announced a new retail partner in Dallas. The dealer in Dallas is the tenth of its kind across the globe, and these spaces exist to provide easy access to Pininfarina's customers who want to customize one of the 150...
The Sopranos Made A Clever Break From Convention When It Came To Casting Their Female Leads
"The Sopranos" is known for its groundbreaking storytelling, but so many other facets of the series were equally untraditional. Edie Falco gave an award-winning performance as Carmela, but she was the last person to expect she would be cast as a mob wife. Lorraine Bracco, who plays Dr. Melfi, wanted to break free of her typecast. In another univers...
Ponte Vecchio to be restored comprehensively for the first time in history
The Ponte Vecchio is about to be restored comprehensively for the first time in its 677-year history. Despite being structurally sound, the bridge is showing signs of its age-old exposure to the elements and the constant flow of the River Arno. A floating platform has been set up with the scaffolding required to carry out the necessary pre-restorat...
These Italian towns will pay you €30,000 to move there
If you, like so many others, are dreaming of a change of scenery right now – maybe somewhere a little warmer, and less stupidly expensive? – then listen up. A dreamy part of southern Italy is setting up a scheme that will see people given a whopping €30,000 (£26,140, $29,600) to move there. The settlement in question is Presicce-Acquarica, and it’s...
Italian Tenor Andrea Bocelli Tour to Make a Stop in Nashville
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli announced new US tour dates for February and May 2023, featuring shows in Nashville, New Orleans, Sunrise, Tampa, Sacramento, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Minneapolis and two dates in Los Angeles returning to the legendary Hollywood Bowl. The tour kicks off on February 9 at Bridgestone Arena with The Nashville Symp...
Aosta Valley: paradise for nature lovers
Among the most impressive mountains in Europe, an extraordinary nature, dozens of castles, beautiful museums and medieval villages and numerous traces of the Roman Empire, the Aosta Valley is one of the regions of Italy (and the world) where to spend a few days of vacation in complete relaxation. Despite being the smallest region of our country, to...
Café Michelina Honored for 28 Years of Contributions to Hoboken Community
Maria and Pietro Vicari arrived in America from Italy in 1976 and 1978, in April 1994, the two opened their business Café Michelina located at 423 Bloomfield Street. Although Maria passed away in 2016, Pietro and their son Sal Vicari are still running the business and going 28 years strong. On October 19, the longtime business owners and community...
Discovering Roman Seasonal Cuisine
Roman cuisine, including ancient Roman Jewish cuisine, is not for delicate palates. Based on the seasonality of the harvest of the immense Lazio countryside and on a tradition of field workers and sheep/pork farmers, this area of Italy has not known the culinary splendor of the great kingdoms of the north and of the south of the peninsula. In Rome...
‘A Bronx Tale’ Review: Chazz Palminteri Brings the Bronx to Boston
“The saddest thing in life is wasted talent,” but no one could accuse actor and playwright Chazz Palminteri of having squandered an ounce of it. The accomplished multihyphenate brought a revival of his one-man show, “A Bronx Tale,” to the sold-out Emerson Colonial Theater on Oct. 9. The filled seats were an excellent reminder of why “A Bronx Tale”...