16th Annual Feast of Saint Anthony
When: June 9 @ 6:00 pm - 11:00 pmWhere: Church of the Assumption, 113 Chiego Place, Roselle Park, NJ United States The Church of the Assumption in Roselle Park (Union County) announces our 16th Annual Feast of St. Anthony to be held Thursday, June 9 – Sunday, June 12. The event features delicious food, rides, games, nightly and super 50/...
Quando gli italo-americani sono italiani
La NIAF, National Italian American Foundation, è una delle più grandi organizzazioni di italo-americani degli Stati Uniti. Anche se è stata fondata soltanto nel 1975, ha fatto presto ad assumere un ruolo importante e decisivo nei rapporti tra gli italoamericani e l'America. Ogni anno, in ottobre alla sfarzosa serata di gala, ospite d'onore c'è semp...
Sprezza Serves up Sublime Yet Unpretentious Italian Food
by Brian Reinhart Sprezzatura is a fun Italian word that means "studied nonchalance," the art of preparing methodically but acting as if no preparation was necessary. A fashion-conscious friend says the word describes "a man who spends two hours doing his hair up so it looks like he just rolled out of bed." Julian Barsotti's third and new...
Celestino Drago: Italian Excellence in the LA Food Scene
It could have been a completely different story. Celestino Drago, who comes from the Province of Messina (Sicily), might have become a successful mechanic at Piaggio. Instead of tinkering with Vespa scooters' engines, all day long, he made the choice to sweat blood in the kitchen. Today, after a thirty-seven long career in Los Angeles, che...
Springfield’s Italian heritage procession of the Madonna
Springfield's rich Italian heritage was on full display in the city's South End neighborhood on Sunday. The procession of the Madonna has been a tradition in Springfield's south end since Italian immigrants first settled in Springfield more than one hundred years ago. Following the Sunday service at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, dozens of the f...
A Sneak Peek at Eataly Downtown's Ambitious Bread Operation
When the new Eataly Downtown opens next month, it will have a little taste of something that no other location has — bread from countries other than Italy. Every location of Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich's Italian food emporium has a theme, and New York's second outpost on the third floor of 4 World Trade Center will be going all out with bread....
In Pompeii, an ancient laundry comes back to life
by Lorenzo Zanini Talking about a "return to the past" at Pompeii may not exactly make sense, because the place itself was frozen in the past by the 79 AD eruption of the Vesuvius volcano. Yet in this case the phrase seems to fit: visitors can now parts of some of the buildings as they were during the daily lives of their wealthy inhabitants...
Italian community in Austin raises funds for earthquake relief
By James Barragan After an earthquake devastated Italy on Aug. 24, killing nearly 300 people, questions started rolling in to the Facebook page for "Italy Meets Texas," a group set up by Italians and Italian-Americans in Central Texas to promote Italian culture. People wanted to know how they could help. The group's organizer...
Celebrating Life, Italian Style
By Preeti Singh As cloudy skies gave way to a bright sunny day early Sunday morning, more than a dozen merchants, dressed in white or red aprons, started to organizetheir displays on long tables set up along Arthur Avenue between Crescent Avenue and 187th Street. A smorgasbord of Italian foods, from wheels of parmesan and provolone, slabs of...
Boston to host North American Debut of Italian film “Briciole Sul Mare”
When: Sunday, October 9, 2016Where: Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA Critically acclaimed Italian comedy-drama film "Briciole Sul Mare" will make its North American debut in 12 cities across the U.S. and Canada throughout the month of October, beginning at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall on October 9. Read more Fonte: Bostoniano &nb...
Restaurant Notes: Italian-centered Bellini’s Bistro opens near Kleinhans
Bellini's Bistro has opened in a longtime restaurant space a few steps away from Kleinhans Music Hall. The building at 350 Pennsylvania St., across the street from the hall's backside, was formerly Prospero and Coda. Owners Susan and Mike Navarro opened not quite two weeks ago, offering a compact, Italian-centered menu, and a selection of wine...
Cilento: Ancient, artisanal and authentic
By Mariella Radaelli Compared to the Amalfi Coast, its bustling neighbor in the province of Salerno, Cilento might seem like land that time forgot. Long stretches of its beaches remain untouched by mass tourism and a time-honored way of life continues in its countryside, where medieval borghi largely stand in their original state and small...