IACHH Meatball Madness Festival - November 18, 2017
Last July we posted an article about our Meatball Challenge, but since then, the details have changed due to Hurricane Irma causing us to cancel and reschedule our annual Feast to Honor San Gennaro. Now, we are having both events on the same day in the same outdoor venue, Shelter Cove Park on Hilton Head, South Carolina (the same location where we...
Le Nozze di Figaro: presentation and live performance
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) is coming to St. Paul, and will be performed at the MN Opera from November 11-19! The ICC will provide a wonderful opportunity for you to become familiar with this beloved opera, whether you plan to see it in November or just want to learn more. Treat yourself to a relaxed and enjoyable presentation, incl...
Fear in Italy: a trip through the country’s most haunted locations
Fall is my favorite season. Yes, I love chestnuts, truffles, cardigans, chunky scarves and pumpkin pies. But the real reason I love the fall is another, it’s the dark. The dark brings about hints of wintry chill, mixed with the cinnamon tang of cookies. It calls for the first hot chocolate of the season, thick and sweet, topped with whipped cream,...
Dishin’ It at Scalisi’s Chicago Pizza & More
How does that saying go, “If you’re eating well, you’re eating Italian”? For us, no truer words were ever spoken. Few can resist the temptation of ripe tomatoes, a multitude of meats, flavorful pasta and endless cheese! We were definitely not among those “few” last weekend. After a busy Saturday morning, we decided we were in need of a hearty, carb...
Mosaic from Caligula ship back to Italy
A precious piece of mosaic flooring from one of the ceremonial ships built by Emperor Caligula to host festivities on Lake Nemi on Friday is being sent back to Italy where it will be returned to Nemi's Naval museum, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini has announced. The square piece of marble flooring, decorated with a floral motif made of pieces o...
Gumba’s Italian Restaurant & Bar Now Has an Opening Timetable
Coming soon, an authentic taste of Brooklyn that moves beyond its food truck origins and into a prime corner location at 20th and Lincoln streets. Gumba’s Italian Restaurant & Bar plans to open next month. Chris Auriemma, the operator of the Gumba’s Italian Kitchen food trucks, takes over the 4,200-square-foot restaurant space that stood vacant sin...
Team Italy's Gavin Cecchini improves with age for New York Mets
Selected in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft by the New York Mets out of Barbe High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Gavin Cecchini was born to perform. He helped his South Lake Charles Little League team advance to the 2006 Little League Baseball World Series as the Southwestern Region Champion and pitched six scoreless innings in his squad...
Sulmona: nasce Casa Abruzzesi nel mondo
E’ nata questa mattina, nella sede della Casa delle Culture a Sulmona, l’associazione “Abruzzesi nel mondo”. Alla presentazione sono intervenuti i promotori dell’iniziativa Domenico Taglieri, presidente onorario della Giostra Cavalleresca, Maurizio Antonini, presidente della stessa associazione con Domenico Susi, presidente dell’associazione “Gizio...
Carmine's succeeds with massive portions and consistent flavors
Up until 13 years ago — and since 1990 — what happened at Carmine’s in New York stayed at Carmine’s New York. But its ownership, particularly CEO Jeffrey Bank, knew Carmine’s had what it took to expand off the island, confident that its scratch kitchen approach to old-fashioned, family-style Italian cuisine that, as the New York Times said in found...
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio – the New “Crossover of Texas” Champion – Wins Three Awards From the Texas Auto Writers Association
- 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio named “Crossover of Texas” and “Luxury Crossover of Texas” and took home “Most Drives” honor- All Stelvio models feature a perfect 50/50 weight distribution, class-leading power and performance and an eight-speed automatic transmission with available steering column-mounted aluminum paddle shifters with gear shifts in less...
John Turturro to star in ‘The Name of the Rose’ series
The Umberto Eco novel (and Jean-Jacques Annaud film) The Name of the Rose is to become an episodic TV show with John Turturro as its lead and Rupert Everett co-starring. Filling the role originally played by Sean Connery in 1986’s The Name of the Rose, Turturro has been announced as the star of a TV show based on Eco’s classic. First published in 1...
The best Italian restaurant in every state
The Italian restaurant in America has changed in style over the past several decades probably more than any other genre of restaurant. Even as recently as 50 years ago, the phrase "Italian restaurant" conjured images of red and white checkered tablecloths, carafes of middling Chianti, and a red sauce-heavy menu with classics like chicken parmigiana...