Steven Spielberg gira in Umbria The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara: ciak a Terni
Steven Spielberg girerà a Terni parte del suo nuovo film, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, storia del bambino ebreo rapito dalla chiesa di Papa Pio IX e convertito al cristianesimo, che prende spunto dal romanzo-inchiesta scritto nel 1997 da David Kertzer. La notizia arriva da iMoviez Magazine, unico sito autorizzato al casting per la ricerca del...
Popular dinner theatre group comes to Hoof & Horn
Something suspicious will be going on as people dine at the Hoof & Horn for a post-Valentine’s Day dinner.Affluent strangers will be serving food and walking around, interacting with patrons, establishing a rapport with them right before someone gets murdered. It’s all part of the night for the Levity Players Group, a Leavenworth, Kansas,-based din...
How the Italian Lifestyle Inspired Piada's Founder
I went to Tulane University in New Orleans, and prior to that my family opened a restaurant here in Columbus, Ohio, called Lindey’s. It’s an Upper East Side, New York–style café-bistro that has now become an institution in Columbus. It opened in 1981, and that was the year I started college, so my career was launched with the family business. When...
Social media connects New Orleans restaurateur with Italian heritage
Jack Petronella has never been to Altamura in Southern Italy. But he knew he had family there. That's the town his grandparents left in the 1900s to immigrate to New York. When Petronella, who also owns the bakery Manhattanjack, opened an Italian restaurant in the Magnolia Mansion last summer, he called it Altamura to honor his grandparents. "My gr...
The benefits of kissing like an Italian
My wife says I'm a great kisser. Perhaps it's because I've had lots of practice before she came into my life. (Only joking, lovey!) But perhaps it's because I'm Italian. Yea... that's the story and I'm sticking to it. Aside from burning 6 calories per kiss (as Father Guido Sarducci used to say, "It adds up!), there are other health benefits from ki...
OpenTable app ranks Bocelli among 'Top 10 Best Italian Restaurants'
Now serving good news: Congratulations to one of Staten Island's own. OpenTable.com, a popular digital restaurant-reservation service, has ranked Bocelli Ristorante of Grasmere among the "Top 10 Best Italian Restaurants" in the New York/Tri-State area. Foodies use the online service to find, explore, reserve, and manage restaurant reservations free...
Festival directors fear state funding cuts but aren't new to them
Fairs and festivals across our state could take a big hit if lawmakers cut over $4 million in state funding. That's on the table right now, but what's also there is the governor's goal to support fairs and festivals by doubling the tourism budget. The directors of some local festivals say they would have to downsize a lot if they lose their largest...
Chef David Levi’s Italian restaurant reopens as Trattoria Fanny
David Levi has reopened Rossobianco, his restaurant at 3 Deering Ave., under the name Trattoria Fanny. The restaurant is serving a simpler, more affordable menu than Rossobianco, and is named after Levi’s grandmother, Fanny Levi, who was born in Milan in 1908. Dinner dishes are all under $20, and include seafood stew in tomato broth and a veal cutl...
MSC Cruises' Gianni Onorato
Gianni Onorato jumped from rival Costa Cruises in September 2013 to join MSC Cruises as CEO. The first ships to be designed under his command are arriving this year. He spoke with senior editor Tom Stieghorst at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, where several of them are being built.Q: MSC is never going to be No. 1 in North America in passenger v...
Buon appetito at Locale 90 in Hermosa Beach
A popular Italian proverb goes, “A tavola non si invecchia;" which means, "At the table, one does not age." Because in Italy, the meal is meant to be a leisurely pleasure shared with others. (I might add, also because time flies when you're eating pizza.) This is the philosophy of Locale 90, which recently opened its second location in the old Umam...
Ilaria Costa: “Negli Stati Uniti c’è oggi la mitizzazione dell’Italia”
“L’immagine dell’Italia, oggi, è idealizzata. Nessuno si sofferma sui problemi della politica. Non importano più di tanto. Sì, è vero, a volte c’è chi fa una battuta ironica. Ma, tutto là. C’è una mitizzazione dell’Italia come terra del buon gusto e della ‘Dolce vita’. Insomma, del Paese dove lo stile di vita è unico”. Ilaria Costa non riesce a con...
Maria Scumaci For Morristown Town Council “Paying it Forward”; “The Fiscal Responsibility Morristown Deserves
Maria Scumaci, resident of Morristown, has officially announced her candidacy for the Morristown Council At-Large as a Democrat. Scumaci graduated from Saint Joseph’s University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2011, acquiring a dual major (in Business Management and International Management) and triple minor (in Economics, Spanish, and Italian...