Cingari Family Markets Unveils 2 Remodeled Stores In Stamford
Cingari Family Markets, the family-owned and operated Connecticut-based company, unveilled two remodeled stores in Stamford this week — the ShopRite of Commerce Street, and Grade A Market on Newfield Avenue. Located at 1990 W. Main St., the ShopRite of Commerce Street reopened on June 17 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The remodeled supermarket has...
What Does a Wedding Dress Say about You?
I absolutely despise reality shows. I think they are overly edited, encourage poor behavior, and are definitely not a representation of reality. However… there is one show I enjoy watching short clips of on social media; Say Yes to the Dress. It follows women as they go through the process of selecting what they feel is the perfect wedding dress fo...
Rome’s Talking Statues Have Served as Sites of Dissent for Centuries
A grand tour of Rome’s iconic sculptures often includes a few staples: the Vatican Museums’ writhing Laocoön; the Capitoline Museums’ Dying Gaul, taking his last breath; and Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Rape of Proserpina, with those indelible fingerprints left on the goddess’s leg. But some statues that dot the Italian capital are lesser known. They may...
Italian-style sub sandwich chain opening new Columbus-area location next week
A national sub sandwich spot will add its fourth central Ohio storefront before the end of the month.DiBella’s Subs will open its newest Columbus-area eatery on June 26. It will be located at 4980 E. Dublin Granville Rd., on the border of Westerville and New Albany. “We’re so excited to open the fourth DiBella’s in Columbus as we expand our footpri...
Lina Insana will study Italian American experiences through a National Endowment for the Humanities grant
Lina Insana, associate professor of Italian, is part of a project with the Senator John Heinz History Center and partners at West Virginia University that received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The $50,000 grant supports the Italian Diaspora Archive Resource Map (IDARM) project, which catalogues archival materials th...
Milan is going strong in North America: Rossoneri fanbase up 50%
If on the field the sporting results that fans desired have been lacking, off the field Milan has expanded its horizons in the last season. The Rossoneri club has done so especially in North America as reported by a study conducted by Men in Blazers, the largest independent media company in North America, and YouGov, an authoritative international...
'Not just chicken Parm': Top Tomato Italian grocer opens in Old Bridge with modern twist
For years, Top Tomato Italian grocery stores filled New York and New Jersey, supplying Italian-Americans with fresh pasta, produce, mozzarella, bread, ready-to-cook Italian dinners and more. But that reign came to an end when the last Garden State Top Tomato store closed, and the founding family sold the business in 2019. Now Buddy Sciandra, son of...
Italian cuisine is the most sustainable in the world
According to a recent analysis by the Divulga research firm, Italian cuisine ranks as the most sustainable globally, thanks to its highly efficient agricultural production system. Over the past three decades, Italy has outperformed other nations in cutting climate-altering emissions. In terms of profitability, Italy’s agri-food sector showcases imp...
Vermont Italian Cultural Association (VICA) announces 2024 grant recipients
Puccini workshops at Vermont public schools; a concert of Italian arias and songs; and a first-hand report from Florence, Italy’s Medici Archive Project are the ways in which the three 2024 recipients of VICA’s Scholarships and Grants program will promote Italian culture in Vermont. “Each year we are impressed by the passion and talent of the appli...
Italian dumplings Pittsburgh: Dumpling Project Part 5
Justin Avi and Julian Vallozzi's Pittsburgh dumpling stories begin in Western Pennsylvania coal mining towns. Although their families came from wildly different places in Italy, their culinary evolutions follow similar arcs that included matriarchs who started food businesses to earn extra money, a generational distancing of migration history and t...
Giovanni DiDomenico: The Passionate Teen Behind A Business Revolution
Giovanni DiDomenico founded Shop Morris County at age 14 while still an 8th-grade student. As a lifelong resident of Parsippany, Giovanni has always advocated for the local business community. His early passion for business and his community laid the foundation for a remarkable journey. Starting Shop Morris County in the 8th grade, Giovanni made si...
The “Other” Pesto: In Celebration of Liguria's Second Most Famous Sauce, la Salsa di Noci
It’s beige and a little wan, but like many beloved brown foods, every spoonful of salsa di noci tastes like, “Why don’t I eat this more often?” The predecessor of pesto alla genovese by at least 300 years, Ligurian walnut sauce is, of course, made with nuts, used to dress pasta, and traditionally pestata (i.e. “pounded” with a mortar and pestle). A...