Beniamino Martignetti, 87; helped others live American dream
By Marvin Pave After working in a brick factory in England and as a construction laborer in Canada to earn money that would help expand his family's farm in Montefalcione, Italy, 28-year-old Beniamino Martignetti made a side trip to Boston. That 1956 visit with his uncle, Anthony, the founder of Martignetti Liquors, changed his life and the l...
Two of Portland’s top chefs will team up to open Italian restaurant off the peninsula
Mike Smith, executive chef at Scales, one of Portland's hottest new restaurants, says he is leaving after just five months to work at a neighborhood restaurant that Chris Gould, chef/owner of Central Provisions, plans to open off the Portland peninsula this winter. Gould and his wife and business partner, Paige Gould, have purchased the fo...
Scavolini sempre più forte negli USA: nuovo flagship store a Boston
Scavolini, brand ambassador del made in Italy in tutto il mondo, annuncia l'apertura del nuovo Store monomarca di Boston. Situato nell'emergente zona Dry Docks a South Boston, al 6 °piano del prestigioso Boston Design Center - building dalla superficie complessiva di 110.000 mq dedicati ai più rinomati marchi del mondo del...
Il Console Pastorelli allo show "Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito"
Il Console Generale a Boston, Giuseppe Pastorelli, ha partecipato a "Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito", il più longevo programma di cucina della televisione americana, in onda da 23 anni su PBS e con uno share medio a trasmissione di 1,2 milioni di spettatori. Durante la registrazione della puntata, che andrà in onda nella primavera del 2013, il...
Junior's Rustico to Open in South Burlington
The 25-foot black-walnut bar and 16 taps are ready. The brick walls feel appropriately rustic, and the open kitchen gleams with all-new equipment. So why isn't Junior's Rustico open at 408 Shelburne Road in South Burlington yet? The newlyweds behind the project say they want everything to be "perfect" before inviting the eager public insid...
Honor thy father at Onesti’s Oakley Fest
Sausage will be grilling, families will be dancing, and dads will be honored as Onesti Entertainment hosts its 28th annual Italian Block Party — Oakley Avenue Festa Pasta Vino on Father's Day weekend, June 19 to 21. The Father's Day tradition will feature Italian food specialties representing generations-old recipes from the restaurants located in...
88th Fiesta rooted in tradition
By Ray Lamont This year's St. Peter's Fiesta, which steps out in earnest Wednesday, is the 88th edition of Gloucester's salute to the patron saint of fishermen. The 2015 Fiesta, which really began last week with the nine-day Novena of prayer that closes Tuesday night at the Lester S. Wass American Legion Post 3 hall at 8 Washington St.,...
Italian heritage treasured: Fitchburg State archive portrays immigrant lives, legacy
by George Barnes Hank Lisciotti would love to know who the first Italian was who emigrated to Leominster or Fitchburg and paved the way for others to follow and build lives and businesses in northern Central Massachusetts. Between 1820 and 2004, about 5.5 million people emigrated from Italy to the United States, with a majority of...
Mark Patinkin: From Alex and Ani to Benrus, Giovanni Feroce is all business
By Mark Patinkin I've long wondered who Giovanni Feroce is. I knew of him as the CEO who took Alex and Ani global and is trying to do it again, re-launching the World War II watch brand Benrus into a vintage clothing-and-gear play. But I've seen little written about him. So I called. Then waited six weeks. Finally, he to...
Browsing Italian Bookstores: Good for the Heart and Mind
What could be better than strolling the aisles of a bookstore, where one may choose a selection from among hundreds, balance the weight of a hard or soft cover volume in one's hand, sniff the paper as one turns the pages, listen to the sheets softly ruffle with ample promise beneath his or her fingertips, knowing that the gem in your hand represent...
Francesca, l’italiana genio di Harvard «Con la matematica salvo l’ambiente»
di Elena Tebano Negli Stati Uniti l'hanno ribattezzata «numerical detective» per la sua capacità di integrare enormi quantità di dati molto diversi e scovare così gli inquinanti che danneggiano la nostra salute. Il suo metodo innovativo ha cambiato l'analisi statistica in medicina. Francesca Dominici, che proprio ieri ha compiuto 47 anni,...
Joe Avati Back to Basics and Back to Boston!
When: Saturday, June 6, 2014 at 8:00Where: Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA Joe Avati returns to Boston with an ENCORE performance of his award winning bilingual Italian stand up comedy show 'Back to Basics'. Watching Joe Avati is like attending a master class in comedy – his timing, his observations and his delivery are second to n...