SAVE THE DATE: Taste of Italy Houston Feb. 24-25 (webinar July 10)
The largest food and wine fair in the U.S. devoted exclusively to Italian wines and food products, producers, and gastronomic traditions. Now in its fifth year, Taste of Italy Houston™ is the largest food and wine fair in the U.S. devoted exclusively to Italian wines and food products, producers, and gastronomic traditions. More than 550 people at...
Austin's Giulia Millanta traded medicine for music
All manner of paths have led to Austin’s music scene over the years. Take Giulia Millanta’s Austin-based band: drummer Dony Wynn is a Memphis native who grew up in Louisiana; producer and guitarist Gabriel Rhodes is from Sunset, Texas; and bassist Glenn Fukunaga moved to the capital in the ’70s from Hawaii. Still, Millanta’s own path is the most st...
Brando Ballerini: Texas, land of oilmen, patrons and Made in Italy lovers View Larger Image
Brando Ballerini has been since 2010 the President of the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of Texas (IACC) based in Houston. He is currently the President of BPB Energy. He has over 40 years of experience in the oil and drilling industry, previously holding the position of Drillmec President for 15 years. The interview InvestorVisa.it: President,...
Do you remember Delerno's in Old Metairie? A lost local restaurant
For nearly half a century, until it closed in the 1980s, Delerno's on Pink Street was a fixture of Old Metairie. Chef and owner J.B. Delerno turned out standard New Orleans and Italian cooking, like stuffed artichokes, turtle soup, seafood gumbo and fried seafood. Delerno also played a role in expanding the local culinary canon. In the 1970s, when...
CTIM - Consegnato a Houston il Diploma di Merito all'Ing. Antonio Lancione
Nell'ambito delle iniziative riguardanti il 50mo anniversario dalla fondazione del Comitato Tricolore per gli Italiani nel mondo, è stato conferito il Diploma d'Onore all' Ing. Antonio Lancione originario di Caporciano in Abruzzo, e residente a Houston in Texas. L'ing. Lancione si e' distinto nella sua professione, raggiungendo la carica di Vice p...
The Great Silence (Il Grande Silenzio)
Coming to the Guild Cinema: The 50th Anniversary Restoration Edition of THE GREAT SILENCE (Il Grande Silenzio). One of the best, most influential Spaghetti Westerns ever made, with a mellow, haunting score by Ennio Morricone. In Italian with English subtitles. Two showings only. Saturday, June 30, 1:00 PM - Sunday, July 1, 1:00 PM. 3405 Central Ave...
Amaro Is Having Its Day in Dallas
Matt Ragan was exposed to amari in 2001. The Gung Ho beverage director had to smuggle the liqueurs into Dallas in his suitcase after trips to Italy. He says the herbaceous elixirs were virtually impossible to find here. That’s no longer the case. The Italian liqueurs—amari is plural and amaro is singular and translates to “bitter” in Italian—vary i...
The Pantheon and Other Secrets of Rome's Campus Martius
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 7:00 pm. Italian Cultural & Community Center - 1101 Milford St - Houston, TX 77006. Doors open at 6:45 pm. $10 ICCC Members | $15 Non-members. Get tickets and information here. Presented by Louis F. Aulbach and Linda C. Gorski of the Houston Archaeological Society. Join us as we reveal the ruins of the structures of the...
Pavilions buyer passionate about regional Italian deli
Italy’s passion for food finds a common ground in America, where consumers are looking for new authentic products, buyer Debbie Jones said in this interview with Italianfood.net at IDDBA 2018 trade show. Jones, who represents Pavilions, the premium specialty grocery banner of US food retail group Albertsons, explains in an interview what she is loo...
New salumi-focused Macellaio opens its doors in the Bishop Arts District
A new Italian and Spanish spot has debuted in the neighborhood. The newcomer to the Bishop Arts District, called Macellaio, is located at 287 N. Bishop Ave. The new bistro is a spinoff of the popular restaurant Lucia (located just a block away), and focuses on charcuterie. According to Dallas Eater, the dining space is set up to look like an Italia...
In Dallas, Perfect Union and Fachini Perform the Italian Two-Step
Among the crop of new Dallas dining destinations, Perfect Union Pizza Co. and Fachini make the strangest of strange bedfellows. Owned by local celebrity chefs Nick Badovinus and Julian Barsotti, the Italian restaurants are stacked one on top of the other in the same shopping center and are definitely chasing the same upscale-customer dollar. But in...
Fazoli’s Grows Presence in Arkansas With Opening of New Restaurant
Fazoli’s, America’s largest elevated quick service Italian chain, announced today the opening of its newest franchised location in Paragould, Arkansas, marking the brand’s second restaurant in Arkansas. The newly built restaurant is located at 1515 W Kingshighway Blvd. The Fazoli’s restaurant officially opens its doors on June 26th and will showca...