Valerie Bertinelli: Italian of the Week
On April 23, 1960, Nancy and Andrew Bertinelli welcomed their only daughter, Valerie, to the world. Andrew was an executive at General Motors and his family moved around quite a bit during his children's childhood. When Valerie was 11, the family relocated to Los Angeles. While on the playground at her new school, she befriended another young girl...
5th Annual Italian Festival
November 7 and NOvember 8, 11 AM - 5 PM. Indian Wells Resort Hotel - 76661 Highway 111 - Indian Wells, CA 92210. Buy tickets here. http://www.facebook.com/CVItalianFestival A community event to celebrate the Italian heritage and culture! Outstanding food, all day entertainment, specialty merchandise and a bit of old world charm. Fun f...
Tuscan Kitchen to open in Seaport in 2017
By Taryn Luna Tuscan Kitchen is bringing a little Italian flavor to the Seaport. The restaurant chain plans to open a 320-seat location serving pasta, thin-crust Neapolitan pizza, and other Italian cuisine at One Seaport Square, a mixed-used development under construction along Northern Avenue, in the summer of 2017. The 14,5...
La Festa Documentary
Attorney and filmmaker, Lawrence A.J. Spegar (shown) of Jessup has completed a two-hour documentary feature on "La Festa Italiana — 40th Annual Celebration." The film highlights the excitement of La Festa, including interviews from all 80-plus vendors, performers, events and helpful volunteers. The feature is being televised on Comcast loc...
Ultimate guilt-free comfort food: Recipe for healthy and versatile cioppino, Italian-American fish stew
by Melissa D'Arabian Classic holiday dishes usually are fattier, sweeter and heavier than our normal fare, so when a traditional dish actually is healthy without any tweaks, that's something to celebrate, indeed! So if cioppino isn't somewhere on your holiday menu, let's change that. Cioppino is a tomato-based fish stew tha...
An Italian took the biggest picture of Mont Blanc
The world's biggest panoramic photograph, certified by the Guinness World Records, is the work of an Italian. The subject used by Filippo Blengini, an engineer and passionate photographer, are the peaks of Mont Blanc, immortalized in a huge 360° image, which would, if printed, be 100 m long by 30 m high. To comprehend the scale of this mam...
SDIFF announces: 2016 North County & San Diego Monthly Series!
by Victor Laruccia Have you missed our movies? We've missed you! And we're looking forward to meeting and greeting you once again at both our venues – La Paloma and the Museum of Photographic Arts. The North County Series begins January 21 with Smetto quando voglio (I Can Quit Whenever I Want), a hilarious story all too familiar to ma...
Una Storia Americana: Two Italian Illustrators in New York
From January 29 to March 11, the Italian Cultural Institute will host the exhibition Una Storia Americana, which will focus on a selection of works produced in the last five years by Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli, two well-known Italian illustrators in the United States. Ponzi and Zagnoli's work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times,...
Why You Should Discover Italy’s Old Vine Wines
by Kerin O'Keefe Readers often ask me: what's your favorite wine? That's a tough question, because I love so many, from full-bodied Barolos to the elegant, almost ethereal reds from Mt. Etna, from mineral-driven Soaves to complex, savory Verdicchios. But one thing many of my top picks have in common is vine age, with wines made from old v...
Screening: IF ONLY I WERE THAT WARRIOR
FEBRUARY 11, 2016 - 06:00 PM - Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011. In collaboration with Primo Levi Center and the NYU Department of Italian Studies: If Only I Were That Warrior (2015, Documentary, 72 min.). In ENGLISH. Written and directed by Valerio Ciriaci. Produced by Isaak Lipt...
Stabiler opening Italian restaurant on Jefferson Highway
by Timothy Boone Local restaurant owner Wayne Stabiler said he's "probably about a month out" from opening his latest property, Palermo Ristorante, on Jefferson Highway. "We'll be ready once we get everybody trained," said Stabiler. "I'm the only owner, so I can wait until everybody is ready before we open." The restaurant wi...
Dining Review: Providence's Enoteca Umberto offers intimate Italian
Dining at Enoteca Umberto on Federal Hill is unlike any other experience you'll have in Rhode Island, short of eating at a friend's home. This intimate place with 18 seats, all hightop stools, offers the best you can imagine for homestyle, rustic and absolutely delicious Italian food. Chef Lia Bellini is truly a magician. She creates meals on two...