Historic Villa Borromeo, which housed Leonardo Da Vinci among others, up for sale
by Paola Dezza A piece of Italian history has been put up for sale. Villa Borromeo of Senago, in Lombardy, is on the market after the group that owned the historic property went bankrupt last year and published an announcement on online real estate website www.casa.it.Built on the ruins of a Roman fort by the Visconti (the Milanese family who rule...
Italian Eatery serves up success story in Minneapolis
The details are unimportant, but let's just say that my first encounter with Italian Eatery was not a favorable one. That was in January, and I stayed away, for months. Then a friend began to extol its virtues. Admittedly, this person's notion of red sauce barely exceeds ketchup and hot water. So when a food-obsessed cousin began to gush —...
New names for two downtown Italian restaurants
The dual Italian restaurant concepts being constructed at 500 Crawford in downtown Houston appear to be on track for a December launch. But the restaurants – managed by restaurateurs Bill Floyd and Bryan Caswell – will open with entirely new names: Kristalla and Osso. When the project was first announced last January the restaurant names were pitc...
Eataly Boston finally has an opening date
Eataly, the massive set to occupy 45,000 square feet of space in the Prudential Center, is officially opening its doors November 29. The sprawling Italian market, which will take over what used to be the entire Prudential Center food court, will feature three casual sit-down restaurants — La Pizza & La Pasta, Il Pesce, and La Piazza — and...
Michael Corradino, pillar of UNICO and Passaic business owner, dies at 100
by Jay Levin Michael Corradino devoted two-thirds of his long and successful life to UNICO National, the Italian-American service organization. One of his legacies is the Christmas party UNICO holds for the developmentally disabled in North Jersey. "There was not a more giving person than Mike," said Joe Agresti of Clifton, a former p...
Zanella Debuts e-Commerce Website in Tandem With New Collection and Partnerships With King & Partners and HEARST.
International men's luxury clothing label Zanella today launched its first e-commerce website, in collaboration with creative agency King & Partners of New York City. Zanella has also selected Hearst digital marketing agency Tower to drive qualified consumers to Zanella.com. 100% Italian and made in Vicenza, Zanella has produced preeminent tro...
Italian American Alliance to Save Our Lady of Loreto Church
Monday December 19 6-7 pm EST. The Italian Charities of America - 83-20 Queens Blvd, Elmhurst, New York 11373 Mario Toglia from Brownsville Coalition will be giving a presentation of the initiative to save this 1907 Italian American Church from demolition. He will explain the importance, the obstacle of the Councilman and Council not givin...
Italians to eat Christmas meal at home, says survey
Nine out of 10 Italians will stay at home for Christmas lunch this year rather than eating out, a sign that the economic crisis is still having an impact on families in Italy, according to a survey by catering association FIPE in cooperation with Format Research. The survey said just 11% of Italians planned to eat Christmas lunch in a restaurant o...
End of long South Side run for Rosario's Italian Foods
By Donna Vickroy The Salus family has made it through another hectic Christmas holiday. But this time the party's really over. At year's end, Kathy and Larry Salus will close Rosario's Italian Foods, the Southwest Side shop her parents opened 61 years ago. "It's been a very good life. We're very lucky," Kathy said, standing in front...
L’Ambasciatore Bisogniero incontra la comunità economica Italiana di Detroit
Il 9 luglio scorso l'ambasciatore italiano a Washington DC, Claudio Bisogniero, ha compiuto una missione a Detroit per incontrare i rappresentanti della realtà economica italiana e della nostra comunità. Dopo il colloquio con l'amministratore delegato di Fiat-Chrysler, Sergio Marchionne, l'ambasciatore ha avuto una colazione di lavoro con i rappre...
Calabria: protocollo d’intesa tra Fondazione Calabresi nel Mondo e Camera di Commercio italo-americana di Philadelphia
Incrementare e rafforzare le opportunità di integrazione e scambio economico e commerciale tra gli Stati Uniti, in particolare Philadelphia, e la Calabria, valorizzando la comunità americana di origine calabrese, con particolare attenzione alla sua componente giovanile: è questo l'obiettivo del protocollo d'intesa, della durata di tre anni, sottos...
Alimentare: Coldiretti, esportazioni record negli Usa
Roma, 18 gen - La scelta del presidente americano Barack Obama di un menu' italiano per festeggiare il quarantanovesimo compleanno della moglie Michelle e' comune a tanti cittadini americani. Lo dimostra l'aumento record del 10% in valore delle esportazioni di prodotti alimentari Made in Italy negli Usa per un valore complessivo di 2,6 miliardi di...