Serving up family fun, Italian food
The Festa Italiana event in Mokena caused a sensation three years ago when it was first introduced as a celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Nearly 1,000 people attended the fun-filled day of prayer, entertainment and authentic Italian food. The event grew even more in popularity last year when 1,400 people attended. ...
Sister Blandina gets her own television show
By Justin Horwath She talked an angry mob in Trinidad, Colo., out of lynching a man implicated in a shooting. She co-founded schools and hospitals in the rough-and-tumble territory of New Mexico. A 1966 episode of CBS' TV series Death Valley Days referred to her as the "fastest nun in the West." Now the life of Blandina Segale, better kno...
I hit the ancestral research jackpot in Italy. Here’s my story…
As I sat in the small Fiat, next to a distant cousin from my paternal grandmother's family line, there were about 10 different feelings running through me. Among them were excitement, nervousness, anxiety, and disbelief. I am currently in the midst of an extended trip through Italy with my family of five to discover the land where my famil...
Pensioni all'estero: Tito Boeri risponde a Fucsia Nissoli
di Fucsia Nissoli In seguito alla mia lettera al Presidente dell'INPS, prof. Tito Boeri, ho ricevuto dallo stesso Presidente Boeri una risposta articolata ed esaustiva nella quale si evidenzia l'attenzione dell'Ente previdenziale italiano verso le problematiche dei pensionati italiani all'estero. Una risposta che r...
Little Italy Festival continues historic tradition through Labor Day
By Alia Blackburn If you're looking for a slice of Italy... Look no further than Downtown Clinton! The Little Italy Festival is in full swing. The event has been a Clinton favorite since 1966. The Italian theme seemed natural at that time, since the city had a thriving Italian immigrant population. While the festival is...
Italian immigrants settled in Greenbush
Many American cities have areas famous for their large populations of Italian immigrants. In New York it is Little Italy, in Boston the North End and in St. Louis the Hill. It was only natural that those seeking a new life in a foreign land would settle among family and friends. Here it was in the southside Greenbush neighborhood, affectionately ni...
This hidden Italian restaurant on 79th Street is worth hunting for
Based on Antica Mare's menu proclamations, you'd expect a line of waiting diners stretching from the Shorecrest restaurant's front door to the 79th Street Causeway. "Best chicken you could ever eat!" "First authentic Tuscan restaurant in Florida!" "Best octopus in the world!" "Owner's favorite dish — you'll eat everything except the bone!" &n...
Lamborghini Passioni Tricolori Pays Tribute to Italy
So yesterday we showed you a Lamborghini Huracan Avio going into an air force museum in America to pay homage to that car's aviation inspirations. Now the Italians show us how that's done with Lamborghini Passioni Tricolori in which the Avio joins some Ducati bikes and the Italian Air Force for a hugely spectacular stunt. Lamborghini Passi...
Mario Batali in the White House Kitchen
All White House State Dinners pull out the stops to impress, but for his 13th and final gala, President Barack Obama set a high bar for his food-and-wine purveyors with his choice of guests: the Italians, specifically Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife, Agnese Landini. Accordingly, the gourmands at the White House called up some of A...
A pasta tasting menu is coming to New York just in time for sweater weather
We're settling into carb season, folks, which is mighty fine time for a pasta omakase to debut in New York. Every Sunday at 7pm from November 6th through December 18, husband-and-wife chefs Scott Tacinelli and Angie Rito (Quality Italian, dinnertable) will take over the kitchen of New York Sushi Ko for a limited-seating pop-up "pasta lab." ...
Peek inside Eataly Boston’s 45,000-square-foot homage to Italian gastronomy
By Alison Goldman "It's the best thing that's happened to Boston in a long time." That's how two-time James Beard Award-winning chef and Eataly Boston collaborator Barbara Lynch describes the Italian food emporium, which is slated to open November 29. Eataly Boston, a 45,000-square-foot, multi-floor behemoth at 800 Boylston St....
Kathy McCabe Dreaming of Italy
By Dianne Hales Blonde-haired, creator of the Dream of Italy newsletter and PBS travel series, doesn't look Italian—nor does her name sound Italian. But the first time she visited her great-grandfather's village in Campania, McCabe felt that she had come home. "When I was growing up in New Jersey, I spent a lot of time with my maternal gr...