Chef of the Week: Elvio makes pizza the old-fashioned way
By Grace Ryan Elvio DeCilla has been a part of the restaurant industry since he was 12 years old, working in a little Italian restaurant owned by his parents in New York City. Maybe that's why at Elvio's Pizzeria & Restaurant there's a sign touting his pizza to be the "best north of the Bronx"! His mother's family came from...
Celebrate Italian food at Identita Golose
by Kysha Harris Identita Golose, one of the most prestigious international culinary organizations highlighting the best of contemporary Italian cuisine, returns to the United States for the sixth annual Identita New York Sept. 30 to Oct. 3. Hosted again by Eataly, the series of events feature some of Italy's most lauded culinary h...
Italy Comes to America "Concerto Tra Amici"
October 4 (Sunday) 3:00 pmItaly Comes to America "Concerto Tra Amici"Featuring the winner, Deborah Lurato, and several other talented musicians and singers who performed on the Italian version of American Idol, called "Concerto Tra Amici"Sponsored by Il Club Italiano of Westchester Community College, in Cooperation with the Westchester Coalition of...
You be the judge: Jurists host dinner to honor St. Joseph
It began years back as a way to further preserve the proud and distinctive cultural heritage associated with the Feast of St. Joseph — and thankfully the custom has managed to withstand the test of time. And together to this day, State Supreme Court Justice Philip G. Minardo, retired state Supreme Court Justice Anthony I. Giacobbe and reti...
AIHM Featured Exhibit by Vince Forte, Jr.
The American Italian Heritage Museum. June- July 2016 Featured Exhibit "Fine Art Oil " by Vince Forte, Jr. - 1227 Central Ave. Albany, NY 12205 - 518.435.1979. Vince Forte, Jr. is a fine art oil painter painting for over 3 decades mainly in a realistic style depicting subjects such as landscape, seascape, still life, interi...
NACC to host Italian Night on Monday
A special evening celebrating Italian culture will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, to mark the opening of an Italian consulate in the building. The Niagara Falls art center will be transformed into an Italian palazzo for this special evening, which will feature a strolling violinist playing traditional favo...
Robert De Niro and the World's Top Chef to Open a Restaurant in the Most Unlikely Place
Massimo Bottura, whose Italian restaurant was dubbed the best in the world earlier this year, is teaming up with actor Robert De Niro to open a new eatery in an unexpected locale: The Bronx. At least, that's what a report by Eater would have you believe—and a post on the chef's Instagram feed (above) seems to confirm it: "Planning the new...
La seconda vita del pizzaiolo italiano Prima espulso, oggi re di New York
Adesso che gli americani scrivono di lui sui giornali e le tv lo invitano ai programmi di cucina come «ambasciatore del gusto italiano» e tutti lo chiamano «Peppe» — fortunatamente, perché Giuseppe in bocca agli anglosassoni diventa di solito «Guiseppe» o altre cose bizzarre — e sta per aprire un ristorante a New York insieme con un socio sembra ch...
Forget Brooklyn! NYC's Great Food Neighborhood Is in the Bronx
Though the increasingly nasal and seemingly conspiratorial promotion of Brooklyn as New York's crucible of great food has not yet played out, the almost-total neglect of Queens and the Bronx smells of both ignorance and outright snobbery. The fact is, just one square mile of the Bronx, known as the Belmont neighborhood, has more food culture and hi...
Pagani Opens in West Village
Pagani, a casual, regional Italian restaurant opened in the West Village on Sept. 13. The restaurant is located in the former O. Pagani & Bros. music store from 1914, the space has been restored to its late 19th century ambiance. Pagani is the latest restaurant opened by Massimo Lusardi. The menu, created by Executive Chef Ma...
Two Italians and a Dinosaur
By Stan Burnett Two nights every week, small throngs of New-Yorkers-in-the-know crowd an unmarked staircase leading to the second floor of a Mexican restaurant on 54th Street, seeking not just to go one flight up, but also to go eighty years back in time. They arrive at a usually-packed night club setting from another era. Up on the stand is an 1...
Goodbye, Sal, Goodbye, Omero - Ex-Rochester Lancers coach Sal DeRosa, ex-defender Omero Paris pass away
Two members of the original Rochester Lancers have passed away -- former coach Sal DeRosa and ex-defender Omero Paris. DeRosa, a native of Italy, coached the Lancers to their only North American Soccer League championship in 1970, taking over the team midway through the season after Alex Perolli left the club. He was 82. Paris, who died o...