Federazioni Associazioni Abruzzesi-USA honors Medford High senior
Medford High School senior Sandra Figueroa was among four students in the Boston area to be honored recently by the Federazioni Associazioni Abruzzesi-USA. This organization, in the occasion of “October Italian Heritage Month” every year, selects students who distinguish themselves in the study of Italian, and awards them scholarships at their annu...
Chef Gino: a role model for American children
Many successful chefs have a secret ingredient. Chef Gino’s is a really great one: l’fun. Fun, excitement, and a little chaos. It’s always around: when he’s mixing eggs and flour to make pastry, putting a pan on the stove to cook a sauce, or spinning pizza dough around his head. All this explains why Chef Gino, real name Gino Campagna, has won over...
Fendi Studio tells of brand’s Hollywood connections via screenings, props
Italian fashion house Fendi is incorporating its cinematic ties into a temporary venture staged at its Rome headquarters. From Oct. 27 through March 25, 2018, fans of Fendi can drop by the interactive “Fendi Studios” exhibition at the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome. Here, guests can enjoy daily film screenings and pose for Instagram-worthy...
A brief history of America’s hostility to a previous generation of Mediterranean migrants — Italians
It’s a trope to say America has a long tradition of welcoming immigrants. This is only partially true. It also has a long tradition of treating immigrants with open discrimination and even violent hostility. The current debate over whether to accept Syrian refugees has echoes of a different time when another wave of people were leaving a Mediterran...
Burro Bar Will Replace La Motta’s in the South End
The Alpine Restaurant Group — which is behind Posto, the Painted Burro, and other restaurants in Somerville’s Davis Square and beyond — is expanding again. According to a post on Boston Restaurant Talk, the group plans to open Burro Bar (a close sibling to the Painted Burro) in the space at 1357 Washington St. currently occupied by La Motta’s. The...
Four Things I Love About The 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio
Last year, I sampled the Giulia Quadrifoglio, the outrageously powerful version with a Ferrari-derived V-6 and two turbochargers stuffed under its carbon fiber bodywork. Not surprisingly, the Stelvio feels very similar to the Giulia, despite my Stelvio tester not having the Quadrifoglio package. And while there are things I really don’t like about...
Italy is the waste recycling leader in Europe
According to the latest data provided by Eurostat and published by the environmental NGO Kyoto Club Italy recycles 76,9% of the total amount of waist which is nearly twice as much as the total European waste recycling. The average percentage of waste recycling in Europe is around 37%. France, Germany and Great Britain (54%, 44% and 43% correspondin...
Mario Batali on Why America—and Now L.A.—Was Ready for Eataly
For all the economic dynamism of the United States in the post-WWII era, America’s food wasn’t so dynamic. It was an era where modernism made processed food prized. TV dinners made meal prep easy and Tang sent astronauts to the moon, parents would remind their children. And you can’t argue with an astronaut. But, eventually, the spell was broken an...
Sons of Italy hosts two November events
Good food, good fun and good causes will be highlighted in a two upcoming events hosted by the Geneva Sons of Italy in America Lodge. First, on Nov. 11, the Lodge’s Old-Time Holiday Turkey Raffle returns. There will be free beverages, including a keg of beer until it is gone, free snacks and a rigatoni dinner to go along with turkey, ham and shrimp...
An Italian November made of cinema and good food
We’ve just left behind this year’s celebrations - and controversies - of the Italian Heritage Month and only started thinking about our Thanksgiving menu, when Italy takes flamboyantly center stage again. November happens to be the chosen month to bring to the fore two incredibly important realities of Italian culture and creativity, food and cinem...
How Cake Boss stays healthy despite the sweet treats
Though surrounded by sweet treats all day, "Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro still manages to maintain a pretty clean bill of health. In fact, when the Italian-American celebrity baker and star of reality TV series Cake Boss went for a routine medical check-up recently, he was told his blood was "better than the nurse's". The 40-year-old owner of Carlo's...
What is an "alimentari store"?
If dining at restaurants seems too expensive or if you wish to spend more of your time doing other things, then head for a grocery store (alimentari) or supermarket. This way you’ll get everything you need for a quick and simple picnic or a meal on the go, with more time to experience exciting Italian works of art and culture. In Italy alimentari a...