What it's like to be a food judge at Buffalo's Italian Festival
Fresh off my stint as a food judge at the Taste of Buffalo, my husband and I spent Thursday afternoon sampling the best food the Galbani Italian Heritage Festival has to offer. My husband, a tough critic, was wowed by the cartocci from Gino's Italian Bakery. It was like a cronut with cannoli filling. We both loved the margherita pizza from...
Italian festival celebrates city's heritage
Tony Ricotta is definitely what you'd call an Italian Festival regular. On Friday, he could be seen serving up Italian sausage, a job he's been doing for Scipione Catering for several years. When it comes to the annual tradition of celebrating all things Italian on Pine Avenue, Ricotta says that while the food is great, it's the people he...
Vespa Italian Kitchen & Bar review: Farmingdale restaurant serves regional classics, specialties
If you knew Vespa Italian Kitchen & Bar was owned by the same team behind red-sauce restaurants Spuntino and Filetto's in Suffolk County, you might suppose it's more of the same. But for owner Ben Lo Manto, the new Farmingdale restaurant is the one he always hoped to open. Shortly after 6-year-old Lo Manto arrived in Brooklyn from...
Vallone Hosts Italian Heritage Celebration At City Hall
Council Member Paul Vallone hosted the Annual Celebration of Italian Heritage event at City Hall on October 5th, with City Council Speaker Melissa Mark- Viverito and Council Member Vincent Gentile. Hundreds of guests filled the Council Chambers and were treated to performances by the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Concert Choir and the incredible...
A Look at the 2013 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Procession, Elm Park, Staten Island
On Tuesday night, July 16th, we had the privilege of attending the Mass and Procession in celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Saint Adelbert's Church in Staten Island. After a wonderful service by Father Eugene J. Carrella, with fantastic choral music, a Candlelight Procession with a brass band accompanied the statue of the Blessed Mother th...
Premio internazionale di poesia - seconda edizione Gradiva-New York
La rivista internazionale GRADIVA, insieme con l'Associazione IPA (Italian Poetry in America), bandisce la seconda edizione del Premio di Poesia Gradiva - New York. Al Premio si concorre con un libro di poesia in lingua italiana (sono escluse opere in dialetto) pubblicato fra il primo gennaio 2012 e il 30 dicembre 2013. Non saranno presi i...
Pecora to be honored by Paolo Busti Foundation
Anthony ''Tony'' Pecora, Jr., will receive an Outstanding Italian-American Award from the Paolo Busti Cultural Foundation of Genesee County at their 30th annual Scholarship Dinner to be held at 7 p.m. June 18 at Terry Hills Restaurant. Although Pecora's parents were born in the United States, his maternal grandparents came from Naples, Italy, and...
Corrado Parducci
Tuesday, November 4th - 6:00pmSuggested donation of $10 per person CORRADO PARDUCCI Presented by Jack P. Johnson and Jennifer Baross Corrado Parducci was an Italian immigrant who worked with the finest architectural firms in New York before moving to Detroit in 1924 during the city's building boom. For decades he worked as an architectural...
Italy to showcase Abate Fetel pears at New York foodie institution on Nov. 13
The Italian produce industry will soon be promoting a pear that is "virtually unknown" to U.S. consumers in an event at high-end New York retail outlet and cooking school Eataly. A release from the country's Centro Servizi Ortofrutticoli (CSO) said the event will take place on Nov. 13 thanks to the support of interprofess...
Parm Brings Classic Italian Uptown
The team at Parm has a lot more elbow room at its new uptown outpost. The Columbus Avenue spot serves all the classic Italian sandwiches and platters its Mulberry Street location is known for, but has room for 100 guests, more than twice as many as the original. The space not only allows for more diners, but also a bigger menu. “There’s a...
Why Vito Marcantonio Matters - Civil Rights
WHAT: Congressman Vito Marcantonio (1934 to 1950): Champion for Civil Rights (panel and dramatization) WHO: Vito Marcantonio Forum members Gerald Meyer, Roberto Ragone and Gil Fagiani will lead a panel discussion on Congressman Vito Marcantonio's unheralded leadership focused on civil rights both in Congress and in his political work. WHEN: Satur...
From Italy to New York
Federica Dall'Orso is an Italian photographer currently living and working in New York City. She moved to New York five years ago and she found in the big apple her new home. Federica's work got published in Vogue, Elle, W Magazine, L'Officiel, La Repubblica and may more magazines. In 2014 thanks to the collaboration with the artist Frank...