Macchine umane di produzione: gli italiani di Sunny Side
Navighiamo dapprima lungo la riva sinistra, che è quella dello Stato del Mississippi, più alberata che la riva opposta. Lunga isola coperta di bella vegetazione. Poi traversiamo il fiume e dopo circa un'ora e mezza abbordiamo a Sunny Side. Alcune balle di cotone giacciono sulla riva, in attesa di essere caricate. Sono le ultime del prodotto dell'an...
A “Magical mistery tour” at the Four Seasons Houston
by Phaedra Cook Think you know everything about Houston's venerable, high-class hotel Four Seasons? The hotel is full of nooks, crannies, kitchens, wine rooms, special suites and ballrooms. Every Friday in July starting at 7 p.m., executive chef Maurizio Ferrarese and his staff of the hotel's restaurant, Quattro, are taking culinary advent...
Museum to present Mediterranean art
by Denise Morris An upcoming exhibit will bring to San Angelo art that's seldom seen outside of major museums. Masterpieces by artists such as Tintoretto, Tiepolo, and Veronese will be featured in "Venetian Paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation" and "Mediterranea: American Art from the Graham D. Williford Collection."...
When the French Quarter Was Italian
Grey clouds threaded with lightning marked another evening of intermittent rain when I met Natasha Terrell at the French Quarter's Le Richelieu Hotel on Chartres Street. We were on a mission: to find out just how tall her grandmother's tales were. Terrell grew up on the other side of Lake Pontchartrain and had always figured the older woma...
St. Joseph's Day parade hits the streets of downtown New Orleans Saturday
The Italian-American Marching Club's St. Joseph's Day Parade is Saturday, March 9, starting at 6 p.m. at Chartres and Canal streets. The parade marches through the French Quarter and Central Business District, with men passing out flowers in exchange for kisses or throwing beads from the new Rolling Cannoli float. After the parade, which ends on Co...
Barter just bailed from Uptown but already there's an Italian successor
We barely got a chance to say goodbye to Barter, the just-closed restaurant on McKinney Avenue from brothers Patrick and Michael Halbert, and already we are saying hello to its replacement: Italian restaurant Patrizio. A manager at the Patrizio in Highland Park Village confirmed that it would be relocating after its closure on February 28....
Ilario’s Italian Cuisine
by JJ Velasquez Steve Swindell said his business grew 47 percent from 2013 to 2014, but it was not long ago the Kyle restaurant owner had to go back to the drawing board. Swindell opened Panhandler's Pizza in Kyle in 2011, a buffet featuring Chicago-style deep-dish pizza. But he later realized it was not the right business model, he s...
A Taste of Northern Italy In Austin
Last June, in the midst of a European heat wave, I slowly made my way down through Italy over the course of three weeks. It was my first visit, and the food I tried in every town rendered me speechless. Until you eat Italian food in Italy, you just can't understand the magic and power of Italian ingredients and cooking traditions. I have t...
Review: The Original Fiorellas’ Cafe in Gentilly
At the Original Fiorellas' Cafe, tradition is everything. Though it sits in a nondescript strip mall on Franklin Avenue, the bright red and white awning with the signature script is an easy giveaway of what's in store. Brothers Kelly and Calcie Fiorella opened the Gentilly restaurant in early 2016, pledging to honor their father's French Q...
Extraordinary Italian Taste promuove a Houston il Made in Italy di qualità
Wine&Food Week, giunta alla sua dodicesima edizione, è l'evento culinario per eccellenza di Houston. Ogni anno attrae oltre 10.000 visitatori provenienti dall'intera area metropolitana, la quarta più grande d'America. Extraordinary Italian Taste e Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of Texas, sono state protagoniste di numerosi eventi di...
Cypress “Cipresso” integrates Italian style with southeast Texas flavor
by Connor Hyde Located at the corner of Louetta Road and separated by noisy traffic and developing shopping strips, a quaint lunch bistro adapts to the diversity of Houston by offering a blend of home style Italian entrees tangled with southeast Texas spice.Native Houstonian John Gentempo opened Cipresso Restaurant and Grille, at 11910 Louetta Roa...
Classical Italian fencing takes root in New Mexico
When Ryan Mank moved to Albuquerque in 2012 he noticed that there was no resource for the martial art of classical fencing. There was a sport/modern fencing club. "But sport/modern is vastly different from traditional/classical," he says. "Nor is a club a school," he adds. Ryan is an experienced, board certified instructor in the tradition...