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Wednesday, November 13th at 7pm at Watchung Booksellers (44 Fairfield Street in Montclair). Moderated by Coccia Institute Director, Mark Rotella. Register here. The Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America is thrilled to collaborate with Watchung Booksellers in presenting Juliet Grames, author of The Lost Boy of Santa Chiona.  One uni...

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This past week a local school on Long Island honored the memory of cartoon illustrator Al Plastino.  He was one of many Italian Americans who crafted the comic books that every boy in the country grew up with — Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and the Legion of Super-Heroes. I’m not a collector or devotee of comics, but in tracking down...

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When: The November 20 2024, 18:00 (Local time) - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - For a fee: No On the occasion of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago presents  an event dedicated to the tradition of the Mediterranean diet, inspired by the theme Mediterranean Diet and Heritage Cuisine: H...

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On Saturday, November 2, 2024 in the San Martino Buon Albergo municipal Donini room headquarters, Mayor Giulio Furlani along with Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (FIBS) President Andrea Marcon welcomed Los Angeles Angels pitcher Samuel Aldegheri home and debuted ‘Diamante Azzurro II’, the literary work by Riccardo Schiroli on the history of...

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I keep a sesame biscotto in my freezer that is now going on 14 years old. It was from the last batch made by my Nonna, and somewhere in my mind if that petrified rock of lemon-scented flour, oil, sugar and eggs still exists, so does she.   On my mother’s side of the family, we are Sephardic Jews from Sicily. We were there 2,000 years ago when Greek...

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There’s a gorge between what we consider Italian-American food and the cucina italiana that we know today, but there’s a throughline that connects the sauces and stews of the casalinghe of the old world and the red-sauce kitchens of the Little Italys throughout the United States. This bridge runs through the famous cookbooks that have influenced Am...

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A new independent bookstore and bistrot has landed in Greenwich Village, joining a number of up-and-coming book bars in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Helmed by Francesca Rizzi and her husband Rodolfo Tonello, along with their eldest son, Fulgi Tonello, Sullaluna NYC distinguishes itself with a focus on illustrated books for children and adults in English...

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what is the worth of a book? Books are valuable in that they help us escape from our everyday lives and open up new worlds where we can learn about new things, people, and cultures. Italy has produced a plethora of writers who have penned novels which range from the classics to more contemporary authors...

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My memories of my mother’s cooking inspired me to write The Italian Daughter's Cookbook. When I was growing up, every meal was made from scratch and was indescribably delicious. I can never forget the taste and smell of dishes like Sunday Sauce with Meatballs and Sausage, Lamb Baked with Potatoes, and Peas and Stuffed Eggplant. However, none of my...

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The alarm about an imminent new civil war in America has been ringing for a few years now, to the point of hypothesizing an imminent end of democracy in this country. But Maria Teresa Cometto and Glauco Maggi say in their new book “Qui non è Nuova York” (This is not New York) - published by Neri Pozza and in bookstores since October 22 - that what...

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