Chris Meledandri to Get Venice Film Fest Tribute
Chris Meledandri is slated to receive a special tribute at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival in September, organizers announced Wednesday. The Academy Award-nominated founder and CEO of Illumination Entertainment will be recognized for his contribution to the world of animated films. Meledandri is responsible for the Despicab...
Eye Candy: Concorso Italiano
by Bob Golfen With some of the world's greatest Italian sports cars from the past and present standing nearby, Ruben Ruiz's minivan was a source of constant attention. Of course, this was Concorso Italiano and this was no ordinary minivan. Ruiz was more than happy to give curious spectators tours of his 1958 Fiat Multipla 600, which h...
Growing love for 100 years
A century may have passed since Sebastiano and Salvatore Furnari came from Santa Maria di Licodia, Cantania to settle down in Massachusetts, but the Furnari name still stands strong in Andover. Children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and a legacy extends to the aptly dubbed Furnari Farm Lane (formerly Cypress Lane) in Andover, complete wi...
Mosaicoon è la società più innovativa d’Europa: vince gli Stevie Awards
Mosaicon ha vinto il premio Stevie come società più innovativa d'Europa nel 2016. Ne dà notizia il sito della scaleup siciliana guidata da Ugo Parodi Giusino e il sito del Silver Stevie Award (The World Premier Business Competition, recita il payoff). Si tratta di un riconoscimento internazionale giunto alla sua tredicesima edizione che seleziona l...
San Jose’s Little Italy cooking up a street festival
San Jose's Little Italy district may seem a little bigger when it holds an inaugural street festival this Sunday. The festival will take place on North Almaden Boulevard, which will be closed between Henry's Hi-Life on St. John Street to Paesano Ristorante on Julian Street for the big party. Henry's, Paesano and Bel Bacio coffee will...
D'Arpino's 'spin-off' restaurant coming to Nixa
Steve D'Arpino says he's bringing the family business to Nixa. His parents have run D'Arpino's Italian Cafe in Springfield for more than a decade and Steve D'Arpino said he plans to have his restaurant Piccolo open for business by December. "We're trying to bring some of the great Italian food to Nixa," he said, explaining that the ci...
The Man Behind Illycaffé Says Americans Are Getting Better at Making Coffee
Andrea Illy, chairman of Illycaffé, the world-famous Italian coffee brand founded by his grandfather. How many coffees do you drink a day? Well, I have an average of four per day. Sometimes three, sometimes five, depending on how much I sleep and how my day is. When is the last one, usually? Usually the last is around this t...
Gra’it Grappa Competition to Award 10-Day Trip to Italy to Professional Bartenders and Mixologists
Gra'it, an innovative Italian grappa developed for use in cocktails, has launched The Gra'it Challenge, a five-city competition that will award seven winners a 10-day trip to Italy. This is the first-ever grappa brand to organize a bartending competition of this magnitude. Skilled bartenders and mixologists in the U.S. can submit a recipe for a uni...
Batali cooks up culinary treasures in new book
American chef Mario Batali shares the ingredients to a good book in a 1 p.m. Writers on a New England Stage program Sunday at The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St. He will share details from "Mario Batali Big American Cookbook: 250 Favorite Recipes from across the USA," which features tasty recipes from San Diego fish tacos to Boston cream pie....
Sons of Italy Foundation® Scholarship Competition Begins
The Sons of Italy Foundation® (SIF) scholarship competition is underway! In past years, the SIF has offered 10 to 12 merit-based scholarships (National Leadership Grants) annually, ranging from $4,000 to $25,000, in a nationwide competition. These figures and the number of scholarships may vary according to funding this year. U.S. citizens...
Wynwood Gets a Italian Comfort Food Eatery
by Olee Fowler Wynwood is not typically known for having cozy, albeit traditional, restaurants. But that could be changing with the now-open Jack's Home Cooking. The brainchild of JP Parlavechio, who has been in the restaurant industry in South Florida for more than 20 years, alongside Alan Roth, it'll feature a menu based on "what your mother...
Wakefield Sons of Italy supports troops
At their December meeting, look members of the Wakefield Sons of Italy collected a trunk-load of care package items for our troops overseas. Toiletries, site snacks, games and other items were brought to Helping our Troops in Stoneham. Helping our Troops is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting soldiers from Massachusetts. This is a new cause for t...