“Amavo l’Italia ma non lo sapevo”: la storia di Valentina a Miami
Valentina è una bella milanese di 34 anni trasferitasi da qualche anno a Miami, in Florida, insieme al marito Fabio ed ai due figli maschi, Leonardo di 6 anni ed il piccolo Samuel di 3. Si presenta a noi con un gran sorriso e due occhi chiari vivaci e curiosi, pronta per raccontarci la storia del suo grande cambiamento di vita e di una riscoperta c...
Have dinner with a jolly Goodfella, actor Paul Sorvino
Italian-American actor Paul Sorvino and his Emmy-Award-winning wife Dee Dee Sorvino are the authors of a cookbook of authentic Italian recipes “Pinot, Pasta, and Parties,” so it’s no surprise they’re lending their culinary chops to charity. Together the Sorvinos and Angel’s Envy bourbon are offering a dining and bourbon package that will be auction...
Agrigento, delegazione di Tampa in visita al Comune: si festeggia il ventisettesimo anno del gemellaggio tra le due città
Una delegazione di venticinque cittadini americani proveniente da Tampa, in Florida, guidata dal sindaco, Robert Buckhorn, ha fatto visita questa mattina al sindaco di Agrigento, Lillo Firetto in occasione del ventisettesimo anno del gemellaggio tra le due città. Della delegazione facevano parte alcuni amministratori locali, imprenditori, agenti di...
Italian Pavilion @ Techtextil North America 2018 - Atlanta
It will start on the 22nd of May, in Atlanta, GA, TechTextil North America 2018, the fifteenth edition of North America’s only dedicated show for technical textiles and nonwovens. More than 600 exhibitors will display the latest in textile processing equipment. Techtextil North America assembles all vertical aspects of the technical textile industr...
Team Italy's Chiara Biasi making progress at Miami Dade College
Enrolled at the same school Mike Piazza attended over 30 years ago in the Sunshine State, Team Italy women's softball standout Chiara Biasi gained invaluable experience playing abroad for the 2018 Miami Dade College Lady Sharks. Chiara BiasiWhile competing in the 2017 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Junior Women's World Championship in...
Restaurant review: Giorgio’s an upscale delight in Lake Wales
Giorgio’s is the sort of restaurant that has been missing from the Lake Wales dining scene for far too many years. Restaurants of this caliber have had their day, some with more sticking power than others. Vinton’s, with its New Orleans vibe, comes to mind as one of the best. It had a good run, but it too is long gone. Chalet Suzanne was in a class...
All in the Family: Pazzo offers a homey spot for Italian-American comfort food
Some would argue meatballs only belong on a swirl of steaming pasta or wedged inside twelve inches of a hoagie roll, while others with a more laissez-faire approach to life would argue that when food rules are broken, magical accidents can happen. But neither party in this hypothetical argument would refuse a second serving of Pazzo Southside’s me...
OWA welcomes Trattoria Pizza and Italian
Trattoria Pizza and Italian will soon be opening its newest location at OWA, Coastal Alabama’s award-winning resort destination. Trattoria Pizza & Italian has quickly become a regional favorite being recently voted both best pizza and best kept restaurant secret in South Alabama. “Having an Italian offering at OWA has always been a key component in...
La Trattoria Italian restaurant replaces Casa Ole on Olive, likely opening in June
A locally owned, casual Italian dining restaurant called La Trattoria is coming to the Ferry Pass area of Pensacola in late May or early June, according to the new eatery's co-owner. Julio Xec, a half-Italian, Guatemalan-born chef with 12 years of industry experience, and his business partner leased the building on 2256 E. Olive Road from property...
Le Sirenuse Brings Old School Italian Glamour to Surfside
Gasping is optional upon entering the expansive space of The Four Season Surfside restaurant Le Sirenuse (9101 Collins Avenue), and the Eater Miami winner for most gorgeous restaurant of 2017. The restaurant, which once served as the ballroom of The Surfside Club created by tire tycoon Harvey Firestone in 1930, was recently transformed into Le Sire...
Giovanni di Palma hopes to open Antico Pizza in Sandy Springs and debut Vespa-style food carts
Antico Pizza Napoletana founder Giovanni di Palma has plans to expand his Neapolitan pizza empire to Sandy Springs. He’s filed a permit and intends to acquire the land where the former 4 Seasons Pottery place sat, near Hammond and Roswell roads, as reported earlier this month by Reporter Newspapers. As long as the city grants him a variance to buil...
Canonici tells stories of the Delta Italians
Room 234 in McCool Hall was full of attendants last week, both students and spectators, as Paul Canonici told the stories of Italian immigrant families who moved to the southern United States for a better life many years ago. Canonici is the son of Italian immigrants who moved to Mississippi in the early 1900s to work on cotton plantations. A Missi...