Residents of Okatie, South Carolina are lucky to be among those who can experience the classic Italian desserts without leaving town. They can get Italian Desserts in Okatie straight from Nonna Rosa Italian Restaurant. The Italian restaurant serves the best tasting and mouth-watering desserts from Italy. Nonna Rosa Italian Restaurant serves Bomba –...

Festival Hall is displaying 34 iconic pieces of art from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel as part of an illuminating exhibit. “We created this event so you could go at your own pace, see what you want, explore what you want, and immerse yourself,” said Eric Leong, a producer of the Sistine Chapel event. The exhibit has been on display all over the wor...

Drunk Tony’s food truck owners Anthony and Kandess Gaudio were making what turned out to be a 17-hour road trip back from Richmond, Virginia, in their recently purchased food truck just before the onset of the pandemic.  Anthony, a Pittsburgh native who grew up working on classic cars with his father, spent the next 13 months outfitting the truck i...

The IACHH is pleased to announce our scholarship recipients for 2021.  Each spring we award $1,000 each to local high school graduates heading to college in the fall.  (l-r) Scholarship Chair, Joe Maggi, recipients, Nicholas Calamari, Ashna Patel, Mia Calamari, IACHH President, John DeCecco. Not pictured, Michael Calamari, and Cassidy Plowden. Grea...

Following a fiscal year that shattered franchise development records,  Fazoli’s  is taking its expansion strategy to the next level with its most aggressive goal yet. Fazoli’s ended its fiscal year in March, with a record 20 new franchise agreements to develop 50 locations, exceeding the most agreements Fazoli’s had signed in a single year in its 3...

Most adults have enjoyed cannoli in their life, but have you ever had a sfogliatelle? Fan’s of The Food Network’s Cake Boss might be familiar with its cousin, Aragosta. The “Lobster Tails” bakers on the show were always racing around to make tons of. Being able to find either regularly was nearly impossible until recently. Gio’s Pastry shop is like...

Ciao from Rome, my dear friends readers of We the Italians. Spring has come, the contagion is slowing down, the vaccination campaign is accelerating and Italy, at least from this point of view, is actually going in the right direction. We even reopened to American tourists, and about that, We the Italians is preparing a beautiful surprise for all o...

I am a chef and first-generation Italian American from New York who moved to the South a little over two years ago. In “Searching for Italy in the South,” I'm on a quest to discover chefs who cook real Italian food, who have captured the essence of Italian cooking and are bringing the Old Country to the American South. For the next installment, I j...

Fratello’s is expanding. The east side Italian spot, located at 1047 Fernwood Glendale Rd. in Spartanburg, announced on its social media pages Thursday that a second Fratello’s location will be opening in Greenville. The new restaurant will be located on 2112 Wade Hampton Blvd. Part owner Nathalia Gualpa says the restaurant should be open in the ne...

It’s been a full year for Jennifer and Anthony Pepe. The owners of The Pasta Addict opened their first restaurant, filling the incubator space at Gather GVL, they weathered COVID-19 and they also grew their business. Now, the Pepes are taking their homemade pasta business into new realms, two in fact. They have moved form the temporary incubator sp...