N.J.'s best Italian restaurant: Where an 84-year-old grandma makes the gnocchi
Don't mess with grandma when it comes time to make the gnocchi. Filomena DiVentura may be in her mid-80s, but only one person makes the gnocchi at Filomena Lakeview in Deptford and its sister restaurants in West Berlin and Clementon. "Every Sunday, at all three restaurants,'' says daughter-in-law Donna DiVentura, whose husband, Mauro,...
Studying (in) Italy: Earn a certificate in entrepreneurship when you study abroad in Italy
WTI Magazine #77 2016 March 18Author : Author Translation by: What do HowtoBee founder Kelson Adams, Jemba Against Domestic Violence founder Oston Jemba Madengue, and Maryann Klucevsek and Emily Salm – creators of the networking app Ubumm – all have in common? At first glance, perhaps not very much. Each of their startups responds to...
Celebrating Family and Friends
April 3, 4 pm/7 pm in CDT. Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen - 712 W Brookhaven Cir, Memphis 38117. Celebrate family with all your friends. Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen is hosting an event sponsored by Rena Chiozza, Bill Lucchesi and the UNICO Memphis Chapter Foundation where the proceeds go to the Columbus Statue Relocation Project.&...
A collection of sketches offers a glimpse of a now-vanished Rome
In the 19th century, Rome looked very different from now. The city had just 20,000 inhabitants and was full of orchards, vineyards and villas. Just think that in 1864 -- when Rome was still governed by the Papal States -- a regulation barred the inhabitants from "letting whatsoever chicken, unclean animal, cow and mare meander in the squar...
Food? Italians do it better. Healthy eating “explained” to Americans
by Alessandra Verzera Italians do it better. This provocative statement was printed on one of pop star Madonna's T-shirts in the 80s. It was a continuous "wink wink nudge nudge" referred to what Italians do better. And despite the allusion was sexual, many Americans thought of meatloaf, instead; a homemade dish popular in Italy and widely...
A Conversation With Francis Ford Coppola
The cement was barely dry from the hand- and footprint ceremony in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theater (Grauman's Chinese) in Hollywood where director Francis Ford Coppola had just been enshrined before he took the stage to talk about some of his seminal 1970s films with TCM Classic Film Festival host Ben Mankiewicz. Ostensibly, Coppo...
Abruzzo offers Italian magnificence without the endless crowds of tourists
The Abbey of San Giovanni in Venere is perched on a bluff above the Adriatic Sea, overlooking a patch of grapevines, olive trees, and a long sandy stretch of beach. In the Italian province of Chieti, the Abbey was completed in the 13th century and built over an old Roman temple – columns from which still remain deep in the Abbey's crypt, alongside...
Back in the Day: Brooklyn-Italian boxing film hits cinemas
Writer, producer and actor William DeMeo, who got his big acting break in A Bronx Tale, is now starring in his new film "Back in the Day," which hit selected theaters and VOD platforms this week. "Back in the Day" is a gritty tale about Anthony Rodriguez, a half Italian – half Puerto Rican teenage boxer growing up on the streets of Bensonh...
'Calamari Sisters' are the first course in Auburn Public Theater's inaugural summer theater season
Auburn Public Theater is looking to two familiar faces — two familiar, heavily made-up faces — to lead off its first Summer Theater Series. Running June 9 through 26 at the downtown Auburn theater will be "The Calamari Sisters' Clam Bake." The show follows the bickering Italian siblings through the staging of a summer picnic. Read...
Aosta, the Perfect Summer Mountain Holiday
If you want to visit Italy this summer, why not soak up the sun in the mild 65 to 68 degree temperatures of the Aosta region, Italy's smallest region. Although it is in Italy and bordered on the south and east by the Piedmont Region, Aosta is also neighbors with France and Switzerland. As a result, it has influences from these areas that make it ev...
With an eye to Tuscany, Debi Mazar plots culinary future
Debi Mazar and her brood spend at least a month in Tuscany each year, but if the "Younger" actress had her way, the region would be a far more permanent fixture in her life. "If I didn't have children in American schools, I would leave tomorrow," the New Yorker says. While the charms of the Italian region are obvious, it's more person...
Thousands celebrating tradition and heritage at Italian Fest
By Ali Ingersoll For thousands of people, the annual Italian festival is a time to reconnect with family and friends while wandering down Hertel Ave., enjoying traditional Italian food and learning about the culture. "Just coming back and seeing people – friends and family you haven't seen in a year," said Marco Sciotino, the spokesma...