Easy Gourmet With One-Pot Cioppino
Pack some serious gourmet into your next one-pot masterpiece and let the simplicity of single-dish cuisine open new culinary avenues, without the messy cleanup. Ever since the Middle Ages we've been doing it: bubbling, simmering and stewing away at a delicious hodgepodge of meats or fishes, onions and herbs, vegetables and more in a big, iron pot....
We Can’t Stop Watching ‘The Godfather’ Because It’s Not Cynical About America
The 45th anniversary of “The Godfather” has brought us another Blu-Ray box set and another round of critical reappraisal of the mafia movie classic. The secret of the film’s enduring appeal, however, might be found in its opening line: “I believe in America.” It is often said that “The Godfather” is an ironic commentary on the American Dream. That...
‘Call Me by Your Name’ promises to make you swoon
Since it premiered at film festivals earlier this year, “Call Me by Your Name” has inspired reviews that sound as though they were written in mid-swoon. Frankly, the movie itself encourages this: It’s a lush wallow at an Italian villa, a coming-of-age story that presents sensual adventure and a warm portrait of a functional family. Everything’s ide...
Italian-American author & illustrator Michael Ciccolini adds Italian cultural flavor to childrenʼs literature with “The Pasta Famiily all-ages illustrated adventures”
Action-adventure, comedy and family values are the main and delectable ingredients of “THE PASTA FAMILY ALL-AGES ILLUSTRATED ADVENTURES” – a series of 23 graphic novels starring a family made of macaroni! Join our heroine, Annaleenie, a little girl with a GIANT appetite for adventure, and her family and friends, as life’s challenges are met with w...
How Starbucks Was Born Half A Century Ago
The Starbucks story begins with a defining moment, not widely told. Gordon Bowker had grown up in Seattle, enrolled at the University of San Francisco, dropped out. He bummed around Europe, where he acquired a taste for English beer. The year was 1962 and Bowker was in Italy. In Rome one afternoon, he took a seat at a caffè opposite the Trevi Fount...
Eataly fosters symbiosis of restaurants and retail
Eataly — the Italian supermarket, food hall and restaurant complex — offers visitors a wide variety of premium imports; specialized services such as a vegetable “butcher,” who cleans and chops produce to customer specifications; and meal options ranging from pasta and sandwiches to multi-course feasts. Raffaele Piarulli is vice president of operati...
Do educate the people, don’t eliminate statues
The issue of controversial statues recently made its way to New York when depictions of Christopher Columbus were vandalized across the city, with one even being beheaded in Yonkers and another in Astoria being tagged with graffiti. Since then, there have been calls for the removal of the Columbus monument at 59th Street in Manhattan in the circle...
Ferrero is close to buying Nestle’s US candy bar business
An Italian confectioner is close to scooping up Nestle’s US candy bar business, The Post has learned. Ferrero Group — which makes Nutella as wells as the Ferrero Roche chocolate-and-hazelnut bon-bons — is poised to shell out as much as $2 billion to win an auction of Nestle brands including Crunch, Butterfinger and Kit Kat, sources said. That’s on...
Message of the Ambassador of Italy in Washington Armando Varricchio on the occasion of the Christmas Holidays
As the Holiday Season approaches, I wish to extend to you and your families my best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. During this time we ponder the events of the past months, reflect upon the outcomes, and start planning future projects. In 2017 Italy has been on the forefront of the International scene, as Chair of the G7 and a M...
Johnston's Salzillo crowned Miss Pre-Teen US Italia
Emma Salzillo has enjoyed success in such sports as soccer and basketball. The daughter of Gary and Toni Ann Salzillo, Emma, who recently turned 14, has also enjoyed other sparkling successes and is now a budding beauty queen. Back on October 1, the popular Johnston High School freshman received a prestigious honor and stunning crown after winning...
The Roma ‘Club’ Experience: Three Matches, Three Cities, Three Different Fan Clubs
You can’t beat being there. There is nothing quite like the bellow of the Olimpico as the crowd roars “Tottiiii” or the last chorus of Venditti’s ‘Roma Roma’. And don’t forget the ritual groping from the local police as you make your way through those two layers of bizarre turnstile security gates. But the fact is if you’re reading this, there’s a...
Get to know Mother Cabrini
Mother Cabrini is the patron saint of immigrants. She is known for her dedication of caring for the poor, uneducated, sick, abandoned, and especially, Italian immigrants. She founded 67 institutions including orphanages, schools and hospitals, spread across the U.S. — New York, Colorado and Illinois — Central and South America. Mother Cabrini was b...