NEW ICSL POSITION: Events Coordinator
by Italian Club of Salt Lake The Italian Club of Salt Lake is an expanding organization, dedicated to promoting and celebrating the Italian culture here in Utah. As a result of the club's growth, they are looking to fill an Events Coordinator position. This position would involve planning and executing club events, collaborat...
Viva Caffe Announces Launch of Their New Website
Viva Caffe is a coffee distributor that delivers supplies for restaurants and supplies espresso and coffee for all businesses and establishments throughout the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Maryland areas. They are committed to providing the best customer service by allowing customers to buy all the capsules, beans, grinders and pods they...
American vs Italy competition kicks off
The American vs Italy Friendship Competition kicked off at Monticello Raceway on the warm and sunny afternoon of August 17 with the amateur harness racing drivers competing in both a pace and a trot on the betting card. The pacing race went to USA's Bobby Krivelin who reined Five Star Stud to a 2:00.2 victory while Giancarlo Moretti scored a 2:01.1...
LaScala's Fire offers a unique experience in Marlton
One of these days, and it will happen, there will be a chill to the air. When that happens, and as your favorite beach chair and sunblock go into hibernation, head to LaScala's Fire in Marlton. The restaurant, located in the spot Harry & David left empty at The Promenade at Sagemore, is like a mini-getaway to South Beach, Italian-...
Chicago-based bakery East Balt aims to use 100% of Italian crop for McDonald’s buns in Italy
by Ilaria Visentini Every year, the Bomporto (Modena) plant of Chicago-based bakery East Balt processes 14,000 tons of wheat, 60% of which come from local crops. The wheat then gets turned into some 200 million sandwiches served by McDonald's in their 520 restaurants throughout Italy. "Our goal is now to take that 60% up to 100% a...
Italian company to take over Chautauqua County cheese plant, saving 80 jobs
80 Chautauqua County jobs will be saved after an Italian company agreed to purchase the Empire Specialty Cheese plant in Ashville. The plant, which makes mozzarella and ricotta cheese, was previously "in a difficult financial situation" due to constraints and needed improvements. Nuova Castelli Group will invest several million dollar...
Native Italian, Moulton farm collaborate to make cheese
Andrea Cudin puts a taste of his home in the cheese he makes. Cudin is from the mountainous region of northern Italy, where dairies abound. He moved to Victoria with his wife, a Victoria native. Educated in philosophy, Cudin struggled to find his place in South Texas. He was making cheese as a hobby then. It was during that time of se...
Italian Professor Receives Fulbright Foundation for Southern Italy Award
Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, a visiting assistant professor of Italian in the Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences was recently awarded one of four Fulbright, Fondazione con il Sud (Foundation for Southern Italy) awards. "This award is an incredible honor," Calabretta...
Al Dente: Food in Italy between the Local and the Global
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute | Queens College, CUNY - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036. 212-642-2094 | calandra@qc.edu | www.qc.edu/calandra Thursday, November 10, 2016, 6pm. Al Dente: Food in Italy between the Local and the Global (Fabio Parasecoli, The New School) Food products and p...
Negli USA si vendono più prodotti degli azzurri che in Italia
di Michele Chicco La FIGC vende più prodotti della Nazionale negli Stati Uniti d'America che in Italia. Per l'esattezza, il 22% del merchandising azzurro messo sul mercato dalla Federazione nel 2015 è sbarcato negli USA, il 18% è rimasto in Italia e il 9% è volato in Francia. Poi ci sono via via tutti gli altri paesi, più o meno affeziona...
Succasunna woman fetes 100 years
Thanksgiving marks an extra special day for Succasunna resident Martha Rose Brucato, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Nov. 24. Brucato earlier marked her centennial at La Strada restaurant in Randolph on Oct. 22 with 50 family members and friends. At 100-years young, she is still very active. She reads the newspaper from cover to...
The team behind Fiola is opening a new Italian restaurant on Tuesday
By Becky Krystal A lot of what you need to know about Sfoglina is inside one small room. By day, the window-lined space overlooking Connecticut Avenue in Van Ness is a pasta room, where staff at Fabio and Maria Trabocchi's fourth Washington restaurant, opening Tuesday, will churn out its signature strands and shapes. By night, it will serve a...