Southington Italian-American Festival returns July 27
Food, fireworks, music and more is in store for the 14th annual Italian-American Festival, returning to lower Center Street July 27 to July 29. The festival, sponsored by three local Italian clubs - Sons of Italy, Unico and Sorelle D’Italia - will be held from 5 to 11 p.m. July 27, 1 to 11 p.m. July 28 and noon to 6 p.m. July 29. The street will be...
Treccani Gusto, Italian food dictionary is online
The digital Dictionary of Italian PDO and PGI products, edited by Treccani Gusto in cooperation with Qualivita Foundation, is now online. Its release was announced last January, when the Year of Italian Food in the World began. This is the first digital dictionary of encyclopedic nature on the agricultural, food, and wine heritage of Italy, with a...
‘Immigrants Against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America’
Kenyon Zimmer, assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington, has written a comprehensive treatment of the American anarchist movement. It is a volume in the series Working Class in American History, edited by a team of renowned scholars. His six chapters, plus an introduction and conclusion, are dense concentrations of per...
From Underground Slum to European Capital of Culture: Matera, the Subterranean City of Caves
Above a steep canyon cut by the fast flowing water of the River Gravina lies one of the oldest communities in the world, whose architecture is defined by the rocks among which it sits. Matera, found in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, is a picture-perfect, white-stone city that originates from a prehistoric troglodyte settlement. The area...
Chef Lidia Bastianich’s New Autobiography Recalls Life As A Refugee
As migrant children were recently being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, Lidia Bastianich’s own refugee story has an eerily familiar ring. The accomplished Italian chef and restaurateur takes a break from award-winning cookbooks to unpack her own immigrant story in the just-released “My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family,...
The Sopranos film has taken a massive step forwards
A few months ago, fans of The Sopranos were given an unexpected treat when a prequel film was announced with a script from the show's creator David Chase, co-written by Lawrence Konner. Rather than continue on from the events of the famous finale, the creators have made the clever decision to set The Many Saints Of Newark in the 1960s. This being s...
Rome’s Colosseum: there’s more than meets the eye
When in Rome … it’s a no-brainer that the famed Colosseum is at the top of most visitors’ list of “must see” attractions. In fact, this forerunner to our modern arenas plays host to about 4 million tourists a year, second only to Rome’s Vatican City. Besides instant recognition of the breathtaking iconic structure, the majority who visit, and most...
Award Winning VENETO Ristorante Italiano
Today on Fresh Living Marco Stevanoni, Executive Chef and Sommelier of his own restaurant VENETO Ristorante Italiano, joined the hosts to share his story. Marco Stevanoni is an Italian citizen, born and raised in Verona, Italy, who came to Utah on a cross-country ski scholarship with the University of Utah. Today, his focus is on sharing his Italia...
The forgotten town of Sicily
There have been a number of towns that have come and gone in Hernando County, among them are Augusta, Pemberton Ferry/Croom, Oriole and Sicily. The town of Sicily was briefly mentioned around 1900. The Hernando County Superintendent’s Report for 1900 mentions that there are 24 schools. It lists the locations of the eighteen white schools: "Hammock...
Harrison native John Brown's novel 'a labor of love'
If the fictional city of Jeweltown and its suburbs bear more than a slight resemblance to the Clarksburg area in writer and columnist John Brown’s novel “Augie’s War,” there’s a reason for that. And if the main character — Harrison County native Augie Compton — reminds anyone of Brown, well, there’s a reason for that, too. “I thought I could write...
Numero 28 Brings Its Italian Tradition to the Next Level
Numero 28 is proud to announce its collaboration with the famous Sardininian chef Matteo Piu. The family-owned restaurant chain, operated by the Biamonte family, has several locations in New York, including the West Village, the East Village, the Upper West Side, the Upper East Side, Brooklyn, Queens and Austin TX, highly frequented by various cele...
The Topless Fiat 500 Spiaggina Has Loads of Colorful Italian Style
Lapo Elkann, the grandson of Fiat titan Gianni Agnelli, launched Garage Italia in 2015, but the creative design firm already has much to show for itself. It has dabbled in numerous arenas including furniture, planes, and boats. And with a Fiat heir captaining the ship, it has put its special touches on a number of automobiles as well. The latest is...