With its economy in ruins after World War II, Italy turned to artists and designers to rebuild and rebrand itself as a source of luxury goods.   Fashion shows in a Florentine palace set the world abuzz. A dozen young designers sent gorgeous young women sashaying through a Renaissance salon in sleek satin gowns, silk day dresses, saucy toread...

We are excited to introduce a fun new initiative: Italian cooking classes for children! Brought to you by the ICC children's language program, this pizza making event has been designed to be fun and informative for parent and child.   Join us on Saturday, February 7th, 12:00 – 2:30 PM as we create pizzas at Rebecca's Authentic Italian Bakery...

It is Little Italy in the heart of downtown St. Paul. Cossetta's is an institution. "Italian sausage is what we're famous for," said Dave Cossetta, the fourth generation of Cossettas running their self-named Italian food emporium. Dave's great-grandfather came to St. Paul from Calabria, Italy and opened a tiny grocery market in 1911. ...

by Mecca Bos One begins to wonder if the curse of Figlio is real. Back in 2009, Uptown's beloved eating and drinking anchor was gutted like a still-living fish for no very good reason at all. Sure, it needed an update after 25 years in business. But as with outdated mall bangs, Figlio should have just gotten a quick trim — and instead it got...

Takeout was a really bad idea.   With the car smelling like a pot of simmering red sauce, driving from West Duluth to downtown with lasagna and a luscious porchetta sandwich sitting next to me was exquisitely painful. If I wasn’t on the interstate, I would have pulled over and tore into that lasagna in a most unlady-like way.  ...

The ICC is excited to announce a new, very special, Book Club and Author Meet and Greet event! Now is your opportunity to read "All This Talk of Love", written by Italian American author, Christopher Castellani, participate in a discussion of the book, and meet Chris in person!   Participants will be asked to read the book on their own. On T...

Italian immigrants began settling in Minnesota 200 years ago and at the beginning of the 20th century the largest concentrations were living on the Iron Range, in the Twin Cities, Duluth and Stillwater. Early arrivals tended to be from northern Italy. Railroad workers hired in Chicago and sent northward, took up residence in St. Paul and Minneapoli...

When Jason Mueller opened an Italian restaurant in Morris eight years ago, he was chided for thinking that dishes he made — like scallopini, marsala, wild mushroom pancetta or butternut squash ravioli and lobster — would find an audience in the heart of rural Minnesota.   He proved his critics wrong and has since opened three Bello Cucina re...

"Cucina povera" and "alta cucina" may be apples and oranges (or rather mele e arance), but we Americans adore them just the same—indeed more than any other foreign cuisine, according to recent reports.   These 20 best Italian restaurants in America—which stretch from the best restaurants in Miami in the south right up to San Francisco's best...

Un rappresentante del Consolato Italiano di Chicago sarà a Minneapolis per facilitare il rilascio dei passaporti biometrici per i cittadini italiani residenti nel Minnesota o Western Wisconsin. La visita del rappresentante avverrà venerdi, 19 febbraio p.v. dalle 9,00 alle 14,30 nella sede dell'Italian Cultural Center a Minneapolis. Le visite a...