tredici North Opens in Nearby Purchase, with a Spin on Classic Italian Dishes in a Drop-Dead Gorgeous Modern Space
Executive chef Giuseppe Fanelli has found a new home to showcase his talents with fresh riffs on Italian favorites. This chef, who has been cooking in Manhattan for 20 years, a Sleepy Hollow resident, told us, "I would like to give back to the Westchester community I grew up in, and bring classic dishes to all – updated for the 20th centur...
Claudio Del Vecchio e Brooks Brothers: "Più Italia nella camicie che usava l'Avvocato"
Claudio Del Vecchio ripensa al suo arrivo negli Stati Uniti e ricorda sorridendo: "Immaginavo che sarei rimasto qui per non più di due anni, non vedevo l'ora di tornare in Italia, a casa. Invece...." Invece di anni ne sono passati 34. Spedito a New York dal padre Leonardo, patron di una Luxottica allora lontanissima dalle dimensioni odiern...
Inside Apizza Regionale: Dinosaur owner's new joint opens Thursday
by Don Cazentre The smell of the wood fire tells you this is a place with local restaurant legend John Stage's signature on it. When you get to the blackened and blistered Neapolitan-influenced pizzas and the long list of Italian-style Negroni cocktails on the bar menu, you know it's a little different. Apizza Regionale opens at 5 p.m. Th...
Romano’s Macaroni Grill Ranked #1 Italian Restaurant Chain
Nation's Restaurant News (NRN) announced today that Romano's Macaroni Grill® was the top-ranked brand in the Italian/Pizza segment among casual-dining chains in its 2016 Consumer Picks survey. Macaroni Grill also ranked 5th overall among casual-dining brands, moving up from its No. 7 ranking in 2015. The annual survey, which NRN produced...
Two-year position at Mount Holyoke College
The Italian Studies Program at Mount Holyoke College invites applications for a full-time, visiting faculty member in Italian to begin fall 2016. This is a two-year teaching position, with competitive salary and benefits. Particular attention will be given to candidates whose area of specialization is the Mediterranean and/or the Medieval/Renaissan...
21 places in Italy you never thought to visit (but really should)
1. Marina de Pisciotta, Campania Lee Marshall, author of Telegraph Travel's guides to Rome, Florence, Tuscany and Sicily, recommends this unheralded spot in the Province of Salerno. "Twenty years ago, I promised the friend who told me about Pisciotta and its Marina that I would avoid writing about it," he says. "But surely there must be a...
Vespa: Italy's most celebrated scooter turns 70
And to think that it was to be only an interlude of imagination in comparison to the work undertaken on the helicopter project. Not even Corradino D'Ascanio, father of the Vespa, would ever have imagined the success of his creation, which began on April 23, 1946 in the factories of Pontedera on behalf of the Piaggio company. This was the o...
Travel: Italy's Hidden Secrets
In my head, there's a certain certitude about Florence: this is where I have lived at some point, in some life. The certitude is entirely without reason. Yes, I know the city well, even intimately now. But have always just been a visitor to it. Perhaps every visitor feels the same. As they take in the magnificence of the piazzas and the pa...
“Italy’s growth is accelerating, we are getting out of a diabolical trap,” says Economy Minister Padoan to US investors
By Carmine Fotina Italian "growth is accelerating," bucking the trends in the rest of the world, according to Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan. Speaking at a conference on foreign investment organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, Padoan cited a global economic landscape where "the rate of growth is slower than had been imagined,...
Adrian to Honor Italian Immigrants killed in 1901 train crash
On Thanksgiving Eve in 1901, two trains No. 4 and No. 13 collided near Adrian Michigan, killing over 100 Italian immigrants who had recently come to the United States for a better life. On impact, cars on Train 4 exploded but were saved from fire by the quick thinking of the Train's engineer, Aaron T. Strong. Train 13's cars were shattere...
Guide to Italian Summer Cocktails and Spirits
Oh summer, how we love thee. Particularly so if it's spent in Italy! Italian summers are filled with sun, sand, sea, and of course, gelato! Not to be outdone by any of these wonderful aspects of summer are the refreshing cocktails and spirits found all over Italy. And yes, you can find any of these during any time of year; yet they seem to go down...
Hammonton celebrates 141st Italian festival
by John DeRosier Hundreds of Catholics, Italians and many others gathered Saturday downtown to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for the 141st consecutive year. The feast, which includes amusement rides, Italian food and Catholic church services, was capped off with a procession that featured many of the statues from St. Joseph'...