Acclaimed Eatery Crowned Colorado's Top Italian Restaurant
What's great about the United States is all the cultural cuisines you get to try. Everybody has their favorites and preferences, but Italian food has a special place in many people's hearts. Who can resist the allure of saucy pasta dishes, hearty recipes, and mainstay eats like lasagna, spaghetti and meatballs, and chicken parmesan? Don't even get...
Penn State to honor Jim Risoleo, Ted Balestreri
The Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society (PSHRS) and the School of Hospitality Management will honor Jim Risoleo, president/CEO. Host Hotels & Resorts, and Ted Balestreri, chairman/CEO, Cannery Row Co. and chairman/CEO/cofounder, Sardine Factory Restaurant, at the 2024 PSHRS Industry Awards and Reception. The event will take place on April 2, 2024...
The Easter Sunday menu in Italy: 20 traditional recipes region by region
Like any other feast day in Italy, Easter Sunday lunch has its traditional recipes. Lots of dishes are common from North to South but we must not overlook that in each location they are prepared differently and take different names. Thus, tradition cuisine shares common traits but peculiarities emerge from region to region. So what are the specialt...
Moving to Italy? Here's 3 mistakes American expats should avoid
Some Americans dream of moving to Italy, but it takes more than a plane ticket and spunk. Just ask Patrizia Di Gregorio, an Italian-American who founded the international social network Expats Living in Rome. She's lived in Italy for 23 years."Americans want to come and don't understand that you can't just move to Italy," Gregorio, 52, told Busines...
Angelo Brocato: The Century-Old New Orleans Ice Cream Parlor With Sicilian Roots
Angelo Brocato is an ice cream shop in New Orleans, Louisiana that first opened over 100 years ago. The shop's namesake, Angelo Brocato, reportedly learned to make Italian-style flavored ice in the late 1800s when he began an apprenticeship at a Palermo ice cream shop at age 12. While there, he also learned many other culinary techniques that the s...
Torcello island: the most ancient in the Venetian Lagoon
Among the islands in the Venetian lagoon, Torcello island is probably the most ancient. It was in fact one of the first to be inhabited, before the foundation of the city of Venice. Over the centuries, the island has suffered a progressive decline, due to the siltation of the lagoon and the strong predominance of Venice. Nowadays it attracts touris...
10 romantic things to do in Rome: unforgettable experiences in the Eternal City
Rome, known as the Eternal City, offers endless possibilities for unforgettable experiences, especially for couples looking for romance. Between cobbled streets, historical monuments and breathtaking views, this city knows how to enchant. That is precisely why we have come up with a series of romantic things to do in Rome. For those wishing to expl...
Stamford residents on mission to get Columbus Day and Veterans Day reinstated as days off from school
Protesters are hoping to impact a school calendar controversy. They want Columbus Day and Veterans Day reinstated as days off for students. A statue of Christopher Columbus sits at the center of Stamford's downtown. His October holiday is now at the center of attention for a number of unhappy residents who protested Monday over changes to the schoo...
Rome rebuilds part of ancient basilica in Trajan's Forum
A major restoration project to reconstruct part of the Basilica Ulpia, once the largest basilica in Rome, is currently nearing completion in Trajan's Forum. An architrave topped by a second tier of three columns in green cipollino marble have been added to the ruins using anastylosis, a restoration process which incorporates the original architectu...
Looking for authentic New York-style pizza? New pizzeria bringing a taste to Jacksonville
The search for authentic New York-style pizza in Jacksonville, for many, is a mission similar in passion to the hunt for the Holy Grail. A family-owned pizzeria launched 45 years ago in Rochester, N.Y., hopes to become that long-sought destination in Northeast Florida. Known for its traditional New York-style specialty pizzas, huge slices and giant...
One of the world's rarest meteorites discovered in Italy
One of the rarest meteorites ever seen has been discovered in Italy. In fact, it is the third to contain an extremely rare alloy of aluminum and copper and the second with a quasicrystal of natural origin, that is, a material considered 'impossible' because, unlike normal crystals, its structure follows patterns that never repeat. Described in the...
The Paterno 116th Street. Searching for remnants of a stunning 35-room Upper Manhattan castle from 1905
It takes a lot of audacity (not to mention deep pockets) to build yourself and your family a Manhattan mansion in the style of a Medieval castle. But real estate developer Charles Paterno doesn’t come across as someone who lacked boldness. In the late 19th century, Paterno was an Italian immigrant whose father and brother ran a contracting business...