Authentic Italian dining in Yuma
The new authentic Italian restaurant in Yuma is off to a great start. Located in downtown Yuma at 202 S. Main St., Trattoria Rossi has been attracting hungry and thirsty clients from all over the region since it opened in early March. “We have had great response,” owner and head chef Diego Rossi said. Besides Yuma, people have come from communities...
Earliest Humans Arrived in Sicily 16500 Years Ago
According to the Greek Reporter, archaeologists have discovered the earliest known evidence of human occupation on the island of Sicily in San Teodoro cave near the town of Acquedolci—finally proving a theory that was first posited over 75 years ago but unable to be confirmed then. Modern dating methods of sediment layers where stone tools, animal...
Caffe’ Rinaldi Brings Italian Flair and Panini to Balsley Park
Hell’s Kitchen got a taste of Milanese magic on Sunday as Caffe’ Rinaldi opened its kiosk in Balsley Park with a sunny welcome, a DJ and a lunchtime line that snaked down the sidewalk. The new café, which specializes in Italian panini and soft-serve gelato (even inside a brioche bun), drew dozens of locals — including many W42ST readers — for its g...
A Look Back: Little Italy, Philadelphia
The city of Philadelphia holds a special place in America’s heart. The 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence in the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall, the home of the iconic Liberty Bell and other American Revolutionary sites in this city are forever part of our country’s rich history. Italians have been part of the...
Semolini Dolci and Crema Fritta: the Sweet Side of Regional Italy
Among the many regional desserts that dot Italy’s culinary map, semolini dolci from Piedmont andcrema fritta from Abruzzo are two examples of how texture, tradition, and indulgence come together in fried form. Though they come from different corners of the country, these two sweets share both their preparation method and their cultural role as ri...
Italian-focused restaurant Centro on the Square to debut in downtown McKinney
Centro on the Square is readying to open its doors to downtown McKinney diners. The new McKinney restaurant is a concept from George Stergios, owner of Knife Steakhouse, and Brian Dunne, owner of Mexican Bar Company—both restaurants located at Willow Bend Mall in Plano. The duo, both being life-long restauranteurs, met through their neighboring res...
Giuseppe Tornatore Doc on Italy’s ‘King of Cashmere’ Brunello Cucinelli Revealed Ahead of American Academy in Rome Honor
Oscar-wining director Giuseppe Tornatore (“Cinema Paradiso”) is putting the finishing touches on a high-profile documentary about Brunello Cucinelli, the fashion designer known as Italy’s “King of Cashmere.” RAI Cinema has announced that Tornatore’s under-the-radar doc — chronicling Cucinelli’s rise from being a farmer’s son to becoming creative di...
Language, legacy and la dolce vita: Shepherd School students explore the roots of opera in Italy
For a group of Shepherd School of Music graduate students, summer 2025 offered more than just a change of scenery. It reshaped how they see their art, their craft and themselves. Thanks to the Margaret C. Pack Language Institute for Singers, vocal performance students going into the second year of the master’s program spent three immersive weeks in...
Sicilia Val di Noto: a romantic itinerary around Baroque Towns in Sicily
Some trips just can excite more than others, especially when the pleasure of discovering spectacular places combines with being together with the person you love and sharing unique experiences to join in two. The ideal destination for your next trip as a couple indeed could be Val di Noto, a land in south-eastern Sicily rich in extraordinary histor...
Seattle baker’s obsession with Italian cookies makes for a sweet pop-up
WHEN IT SEEMED like the whole world was babying sourdough starters in 2020, Louisa Hays Tremonte was working to summit a different baking peak: the Italian rainbow cookie. A staple of Italian American bakeries across the East Coast and Midwest, the colorful stacked wonder takes three layers of almond-scented cake in red, white and green (yes, the c...
Siena, the capital of elegance
Siena was perhaps the Italian city best loved by Vittorio Alfieri, who in his Autobiography, published in 1806, did not fail to praise itselegance, a quality peculiar to this city. “So great is the force of the beautiful and the true,” Alfieri wrote about Siena, “that I felt almost a lively ray suddenly brightening my mind, and a most sweet flatter...
Shadows of Little Italy
Niagara Falls native Gabriel Porto was a proud Italian-American. His book, aptly titled “Memoirs of an Italian American”, was self published in 2023 on Amazon. As one might suspect, “Memoirs of an Italian American” is Gabriel Porto’s autobiography. Porto was a first generation Italian-American whose parents migrated to the United States in the earl...