Rehoboth UNICO chapter inducts new members
UNICO National, established in 1922, the largest Italian-American organization in the United States, inducted new members into its Rehoboth Beach chapter Oct. 10 at The Glade Clubhouse near Rehoboth Beach. Anthony Mazzarelli, Antonietta Flocco and George Meringolo were sworn in and pledged to serve their nation and community, and to support ev...
Taste Of The Town: Mina’s Mediterraneo
By Lisa Petrillo Welcome to Mina's Mediterraneo, an upscale but totally approachable neighborhood eatery off 79th Street in Miami. Owner Yasmine Kotb, a native of Cairo, Egypt, grew up in Texas where she gained an appreciation for family-style eating using her Mediterranean background as the base for her food. "It's a regiona...
Nocino, an Italian Walnut Liqueur, Is Also Made in America
By Robert Simonson The holidays are shot through with nuts. We stuff them inside our turkeys, cookies and fruitcakes. Without them, decorative nutcrackers are just garish tchotchkes. Where we don't expect nuts is in our glasses. But that is easily rectified. There is arguably no liquor with a more natural Christmas aura than...
Why Don’t Italians Break Long Pasta Before Cooking It?
There is no physical of chemical change in breaking pasta. It does make it easier to cook, because you don't have spaghetti sticking out of your pot, but let me explain this from the double viewpoint of being both Italian and a cook. Is it just tradition? Definitely not. Pasta is a big part of Italian cuisine and one of the aspects we...
Two Alluring Ferraris Come To Auction: Gooding & Company At Scottsdale 2016
by Mark Ewing Scottsdale winter auctions always offer a few gems. Gooding & Co. has two more appealing Ferraris from the Golden Age of sports cars. First, a 1950 Ferrari 166 MM/195 S Berlinetta Le Mans. Built in 1950, chassis 0060 M is based on the highly successful 166 MM/195 S chassis, with aerodynamic coachwork by Carrozzeria Tourin...
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...
Screening of Fighting Paisanos
Thursday, March 31, 2016, 6pm. Fighting Paisanos (2013), 52 min. Marco Curti, dir.. John D Calandra Italian American Institute (CUNY) - 25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY 10036 During World War II, while some Italian Americans were deemed "enemy aliens," more than 500,000 Italian Americans served in the U.S. military. The d...
Passing of Father Vinci
We regret to announce the passing of Father Terzo Vinci. Father Vinci was the Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Yonkers 1986 to 2016 and formerly Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Pontifical Shrine Church–East Harlem...1975 to 1986 as well as Associate Pastor 1965 to 1969..Every Summer Father Vinci would return to Ea...
Celebrating 150 years: Beltrami County Board launches sesquicentennial Tuesday
By Matthew Liedke The end of the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday served as the beginning of a yearlong celebration, honoring the county's sesquicentennial. During the meeting, Joe Vene, Chairman of the Board, gave a proclamation designating the year 2016 as the celebration of Beltrami County's 150th anniversary....
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...
St. Joseph's Day 2016: 13 things you need to know about the Italian feast
Ah, perhaps you are anticipating a happy St. Joseph's Day! If your name is "Joseph," "Josephine," Giuseppe, Beppe or some deriviation thereof, then Saturday, March 19, is your special day! It's a day to honor San Giuseppe, as Sicilians know him, with lots of food. But not just any food — we're talking very specific foods tucked with symbolic...
Il Corvo Pasta Studio Will Replace Pizzeria Gabbiano
Mike Easton sure knows how to keep things interesting. Just days after he let slip that he's planning a noodle retail shop, the James Beard award-nominated chef has shuttered Pizzeria Gabbiano, his renowned second venture. "Closed for reimagination," the restaurateur scrawled on a note stuck to the front door Monday, "xoxo Mike." While Eas...