Staten Island's best Italian restaurant: Bocelli is your 2014 Readers' Choice Award winner
More than 6,000 votes were cast in the 2014 Readers' Choice Awards poll for "Best Italian Restaurant." It was a very tight race, but one eatery came out in the lead of this collective rally cry for local food favorites. And the winner is: Bocelli Ristorante — 1250 Hylan Blvd., Grasmere; 718-420-6150; BocelliRest.com — with 1,383 votes. &...
Multiple locations, multiple generations make Alfonso's Pastry Shoppe a Staten Island staple
After graduating college with a bachelor's degree in education, Justine Campitiello was going to become a teacher. But her heart wasn't in it. She tried working as a nanny, and tried other jobs, before choosing to join her family's business, Alfonso's Pastry Shoppe, which over the last four decades has become a household name on Staten Is...
Las Vegas restaurants: 5 Best Italian Restaurants in Vegas
Las Vegas restaurants are an American culinary experience that shouldn't be missed. Thanks to its booming tourism industry, Las Vegas has some of the country's best restaurants, be they restaurants located in some of the best Vegas hotels, restaurants known for their incredible burgers, or restaurants with top chefs like José Andrés and Joël Robuch...
At 82, Valentino Is Still the Ultimate Party ‘Get’ in New York
by John Koblin It was 9:30 p.m. in mid-November and Valentino Garavani was in his element. The fashion designer had just finished conducting an hourlong Q-and-A about his six-decade career at the 92nd Street Y on Manhattan's Upper East Side. As he stood in a gallery space, just off the theater, dressed in a pristine navy suit with...
A Night of Corto-s (A Night of Short Films)
The Italian American Museum and Italytime present: A Night of Corto-s (A Night of Short Films). You are cordially invited to attend "A Night of Short Films" at the Italian American Museum this Saturday, December 20th. For the first time in New York City, italytime unites "Corto-s (Short Films) and Theater" in one special night where n...
Salami is key to Soldano spin on stuffed peppers at Casa Antica
By Andrew Z. Galarneau Calogero Soldano was a teenager when his father Jack opened Casa Antica, an Italian restaurant in Lewiston. "I was still in high school," Calogero Soldano. "I was the little kid looking over the counter in the restaurant, always watching and learning." He noticed that customers were "always asking for p...
Consuntivo 2014. Successo dei vini italiani negli Usa
Ad appena un mese dal GALA ITALIA, che il prossimo 19 febbraio celebrerà il suo trentesimo anniversario ed il successo del vino italiano, il presidente dell'Italian Wine & Food Institute, Lucio Caputo, ha fatto un bilancio dell'anno che si è appena concluso. Un anno che Caputo ha definito di transizione fra una crisi economica che, almeno negl...
Spreading the Italian Language – Sabrina Amadei
A rainy and wintery Tuesday afternoon, right before dark, I find myself standing inside a sleek, post-modern, environmentally friendly house, nested in the thick woods; inside, in a brightly lit room behind large glass windows, a group of middle-aged and distinct-looking people sit in a circle sipping warm steamy drinks. A younger-looking...
Rumor: "New York" has offered Antonio Di Natale $9 million over two years to join MLS
Tim Cahill's future is safe and secure in the nick of time: we have a new transfer rumor to bat around. Several reports out of Italy are agreed: Antonio Di Natale has been offered 8 million euros ($9 million and not insubstantial change) over two seasons to join MLS. Most reports attribute the information to Sky Sports. If you can find the...
Emanuele Cisi in Concert
Date: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue - New York, NY 10065 Emanuele's encounter in 2010 with the italians but since long time New York based Joseph Lepore and Luca Santaniello, produce a simultaneous musical empathy and positive energy. After few gigs in New York, they decid...
Italian American Association Mardi Gras is Feb. 27 at Genetti’s
The Italian American Association will hold its annual Mardi Gras Dinner on Friday, Feb. 27 at Genetti's Hotel and Convention Center, Wilkes Barre. Arrival time is 6 p.m. with dinner served at 6:30 p.m. Complimentary Italian desserts will be served. Music for dancing will be by Danny Argo and friends until 10:15 p.m. President Herman Castel...
Italian Autogrill: Slow Food Done Fast – Along the Roadside
“Great food” and “highway rest stop” are not phrases I would normally utter in the same breath. But that was before I experienced the Italian Autogrill. At about 500 locations across Italy, you can get gas, go to the bathroom and then, very likely, have a better dining experience than at most Italian restaurants in the United States. Perha...