Joe Flacco, Browns on improbable run since QB took over as starter, veteran embracing the moment
Steve Flacco has seen his son be a first-round draft pick, then go play in three AFC Championship Games, then win a Super Bowl and be named the MVP of the game and ultimately become the highest-paid player in NFL history. Thursday night, seated in luxury field seats at Cleveland Browns Stadium, the elder Flacco saw his son lift the former rival Bro...
Pioneers of pizza satisfied the appetite of Tuscarawas County residents
Fortunate is the pizza lover who lives in Tuscarawas County. For decades, area residents have had ready access to some of the best pizza around, thanks to the Italian immigrants who came here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, bringing with them recipes from their home country. Paul and Mary Penso opened the first pizza shop in Tuscarawas C...
Scholarly group bestows award on Candeloro
While he was growing up in Chicago Heights during World War II, Dominic Candeloro wasn’t at all proud of his Italian ancestry. His father was a low-paid construction worker who only learned a few words of English. That and the fact that Italy was fighting against the Allies made him ashamed of his roots. The feeling persisted after the war, when th...
Raffaele Raia, the Neapolitan Barber and the Origins of the Legendary “No Chumbolone” Cap
Nobody wants to be thought of as stupid, an idiot…Or comme si dice what’s that word I’m looking for? Oh. Chumbolone. Ah yes, Chumbolone. Because no one wants to be a Chumbolone. No one. It’s worse than being thought to be a mook. A Chicago cop named Anthony Doyle—whom prosecutors described as a muscled-up messenger boy/juice loan collector for the...
Delizioso! Detroit is Home to the Best Pizza Place in Michigan
It's no secret that Michigan is a food lover's dream. When it comes to a great spot to indulge in anything delicious, Michigan's got you covered with a wide variety of culinary delights and amazing restaurants to satisfy anyone's particular taste. Although every state has its "special" dish synonymous with who they are like Maine and lobster, or Lo...
Forte to step up as president of Columbian Club
Carme Forte Jr. will ascend to the presidency of the Columbian Club of Chicago at a black-tie installation dinner on Jan. 27 at Medinah Country Club. Forte has been a member since 2015. “My father has been a member of the club for 20 years or more, and I always loved attending events with our family,” he explains. “I wanted to become more involved...
Kenosha's I-A Club hosting Brunch with Befana
The Italian American Club, 2217 52nd St., features a Brunch with Befana on Sunday, Jan. 7. The event, from 9 a.m. to noon, is hosted by the Italian American Ladies Auxiliary. The buffet meal includes a sausage and cheese frittata, potatoes, ham, fruit, French toast, croissants, juice, milk and coffee. The cost is $18 for adults and $10 for children...
Did you love the Italian Bowl? It's coming back.
The Italian Bowl is headed back to Toledo. The championship game for the Italian Federation of American Football -- which was played in Toledo in July of this year -- will be back, organizers have announced. American fans enjoyed last summer's mini Italian invasion when the Parma Panthers beat defending champs Firenze Guelfi in what marked the...
Will County paesani form new group
It may come as a surprise to Italian Americans living in the northern half of the Chicago area, but the far southwest suburbs boast substantial communities of paesani as well. “Mokena’s population is the highest and Homer Glen has a large one as well,” reports longtime local elected official Steve Balich. “Joliet and Crest Hill have good-sized popu...
Buon Natale: Have Yourself a Merry Little Italian-Style Christmas
Every Christmas, I make a stop at Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Market in Elmwood Park. I walk through the aisles of shining fruit and veg, ogling the tempting sausages and cheeses, getting way more exotic olives than we probably need, and picking through what is probably the area’s largest selection of holiday panettone. I adore the place. And that adorat...
Fate guides Pezzella-Bonasera toward Italian
If not for a pair of fateful coincidences, Mariangela Pezzella-Bonasera might be working in the corporate world rather than pursuing a flourishing career teaching Italian 1, 2, 3 and AP at Wheeling High School. During her undergraduate years at Dominican University, she was studying international business and Italian when she took part in a marketi...
Patrick A. Salvi honored by National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame as 'Sportsman of the Year'
On Friday, December 15, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Founder and Managing Equity Partner was honored by the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame with the 2023 "Sportsman of the Year" Award. Each year, the "Sportsman of the Year" Award is presented to an individual who has exhibited tremendous leadership, benevolence and humanitarian activit...