Emilia Zecchino’s newly released “Only in America” is a stirring testament to the land of opportunity.
“Only in America”: an invigorating memoir of a self-made chef. “Only in America” is the creation of published author Emilia Zecchino, an accomplished chef, renowned founder of specialty frozen food company Holiday Foods, and war bride from Italy who first settled in Flushing, New York, in 1947. Dorothy Ross, commissioner of Hallandale city beach, w...
Taste and See: behind the scenes at Cascone’s
Kansas City is known for its great food, and with that, we are teaming up with Ed Herman of Brown & Crouppen to check out the restaurants that put us on the map. The new series is called “Taste and See,” and today we’re visiting Cascone’s to see what makes it an Italian staple in our community.
Developer Academy in Naples is part of regional strategy for Campania
The Developer Academy is a partnership between the Federico II University in Naples and Apple. It also got part of its funding via the European Cohesion Policy. Valeria Fascione is a member of the regional government of Campania: “Naples is the youngest city in Europe and its a city that has a strong tradition of training engineers in new technolog...
Daniele Rustioni Makes American Orchestral Conducting Debut With the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni, 35, Principal Conductor of the Opéra National de Lyon, will make his American orchestral conducting debut with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, January 31-February 2, 2019. Rustioni will lead the orchestra in performances of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 3, Respighi's Fontane di Roma, and Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 with...
Eataly Las Vegas: A sprawling new food hall with dizzying menus, wine galore and a lucky bull
The first sign the new Eataly Las Vegas is different than the Italian food hall's outlets in New York, Chicago and other cities? A dancing bull mosaic etched into the floor at the casino end of the sprawling food and drink extravaganza at Park MGM hotel. Visitors who head straight for Eataly's bustling salami and cheese station or pizza, pasta and...
Il Sentiero d’Italia
Did you know that the longest trekking trail in the world belongs to Italy? The Sentiero d’Italia is the amazing path that, starting from the North Eastern Italian Alps, joins together the Alps and the Apennines, creating a 6000 km long walk immersed in nature, history and beauty. After years of abandon and neglect, the Sentiero has been finally di...
MasterChefs of the Renaissance
At the sumptuous courts of Italy’s most powerful families of the Renaissance, as well as in the Vatican, hosting sumptuous banquets was a major pastime, used especially as a demonstration of wealth and power. Skilled chefs were in high demand. Two of the most famous from the Renaissance, Bartolomeo Scappi and Cristoforo di Messisbugo, worked respec...
Vito’s Italian Ristorante on West Shore makes seven wines to buy by the bottle
At Vito’s Italian Ristorante in Lower Allen Township, house wine has a new meaning. Owner Vito Serradella makes his own wine; a line of seven varieties from a dry Montepulciano to pinot grigio and a sweeter strawberry. Vito and his wife, Giusy introduced the wines in December after acquiring a limited winery license from the Pennsylvania Liquor Con...
Car Show Moves to Veterans Park
The annual Marco Island Car Show hosted by the Kiwanis Club is moving to a new home after 14 years at the NCH site on Heathwood Drive. The new location for the show is Veterans Community Park located at Park Avenue on Marco Island. As always, this will be a great show with Steve Reynolds returning as the guest MC. Also returning will be the Celtic...
Houston Chronicle features Taste of Italy and AweSomm competition 2019
We’ve got a whole bunch of awesome sommeliers in Houston. In fact, there’s even an informal wine study group called AweSOMM. The participants, all in the retail or restaurant wine trade and trying to achieve their formal sommelier certifications, have in the past couple of years volunteered at the Taste of Italy Houston event sponsored by the Italy...
Baltimore's 4 favorite spots to find budget-friendly Italian fare
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare, but don't want to blow a hole in your budget? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best affordable Italian restaurants around Baltimore, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to satisfy your cravings. 1. Trinacria Foods Topping the list is Tri...
Claudia Cardinale al Filming Italy - Los Angeles
Claudia Cardinale, attrice di fama internazionale e icona di stile e bellezza, sarà la protagonista della quarta edizione di Filming Italy - Los Angeles, che si terrà dal 29 al 31 gennaio, alla presenza di personalità dell’industria cinematografica italiana e hollywoodiana. Creato e organizzato da Tiziana Rocca, Agnus Dei e Valeria Rumori, direttri...