San Diego’s first cheese wheel pasta bar opens in Little Italy
From Aperol spritz towers and cheese wheels, a new Italian restaurant is turning heads in Little Italy. Located on the corner of India Street and the Piazza della Famiglia, Vincenzo Cucina & Lounge has officially made its debut as the first cheese wheel pasta bar in the city. Diners can choose from Parmigiano, Gold Parmigiano, Pecorino Sardo, Grana...
Quality of life in Italy: the best places to live by age group
With a trend that remains stable compared to 2023, large cities do not rank well in quality of life. With the exception of Bologna (14th) and Florence (33rd), the large cities all rank from mid-table downwards: 45th place for Milan, 98th place for Rome, and Naples and Palermo also do badly. In a win for northern Italy, first place for the quality o...
The poetry in Benny Ciccarelli’s Italian sausages
Folks — it’s grillin’ season in metro Detroit, which means one can almost hear the sound of Italian sausage sizzlin’ in the background. For the most part, Italian sausages are one of those dishes people purchase at the meat counter at Whole Foods or Kroger, or prepackaged. The broad public view seems to be that Italian sausages are created more or...
Discovering the Treasure of a Seton Hall Education in Italy
For many people, with summer comes anticipation of travel. For 23 Seton Hall students, this summer begins with reflection on a noteworthy academic and spiritual adventure that took them a continent away during the Spring 2024 semester. Students in the Catholic Studies Program’s course Foundations of Christian Culture ventured to Italy over spring b...
Solidarity Sessions – Bridging Cultures Against Cancel Culture - Attend Next Virtual Session - Sunday June 23
The Italian American One Voice Coalition (“IAOVC”), America’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, and The Native American Guardian’s Association (“NAGA”), advocating for increased education about Native Americans announce the next in the successful series of collaborative sessions bringing Native American, Italian American...
The best way to visit Pompeii: 5 tips
The excavated archaeological site of Pompeii is unlike anything you’ll ever see. Even if you’ve visited in the past, continuing excavations have unearthed new wonders worth a second stop—and if it’s your first visit to southern Italy, a stop here is a must. But the site is immense and gets millions of annual visitors, so we have some tips to help y...
Isola Bella, when a name tells a story
Isola Bella, a well-known destination in the Italian Lakes District, is located in Piedmont, within the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, and lies just a short distance from the renowned city of Stresa and a couple of hours by car from Turin. Its history is connected with the Borromeo family, whose influence on Italian cultural and political life...
The Cheesemonger’s Shop owner to open Italian sandwich shop
The Cheesemonger’s Shop owner John Pistoresi is set to open Pesto’s La Panineria, a new Italian sandwich shop, in the former location of Viadolce Gelato, this June. The shop will offer fresh, ready-to-go sandwiches and paninis, pasta and antipasto sides, and an array of Italian drinks and snacks. Pesto’s will have a variety of spreads to customiz...
It’s official: this European city is best in the world for food
From Danish open sandwiches and Turkish köfte to Icelandic fermented shark and huge pans of Spanish paella, food in Europe comes in all shapes, sizes and flavours. But there’s only one European city that can officially say it has the best food scene on the planet. We surveyed thousands of locals about eating out in their city to help us come up wi...
UNICO Delaware presents scholarship awards
UNICO Delaware recently presented its 2024 Brian Piccolo scholarships, named to honor the Italian American football hero who played for Wake Forest University and for the Chicago Bears (1965-69), to student-athlete honorees during a ceremony at St. Edmond Parish Hall, Rehoboth Beach. Six students sponsored by members of the Rehoboth Area Chapter we...
The best rosé in the world is Italian: Siddura’s Cannonau di Sardegna Doc Rosa Nudo 2023
The best rosé in the world is Italian: the Cannonau di Sardegna Doc Rosato Nudo 2023 by Siddura, Sardinia’s leading wine brand, no. 1 of the “50 Great Rosé Wines of the World Competition” 2024, of Barcelona, which tells the lively and dynamic panorama of rosé wines - in the world, one bottle of wine in 10 consumed is rosé, according to data from th...
Tourist numbers in Italy hit record in 2023, foreigners a majority
Tourism in Italy hit a record high last year and foreigners made up the majority for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, national statistic bureau ISTAT said on Tuesday. Registered arrivals in accommodation such as hotels rose a yearly 13.4% to more than 134 million in 2023, the highest ever figure. The total number of nights spent in hotel...