On the menu: Ybor City's Festa Italiana tradition
The three-day Festa Italiana Weekend will kickoff at Ybor City's Italian Club of Tampa from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 9. The annual tradition, benefiting the club's restoration fund, continues through April 11 and 12, with food samples, craft cocktails and other Italian delights. Featuring more than 70 wines from Italy and eats like anti...
Chef Mark Serves Up Authentic Italian Fare At Randazzo’s
by Lisa Petrillo Mark has been cooking up authentic homemade food as owner and head chef of Randazzo's for 12 years. The popular and charming eatery showcases his favorite memorabilia on the wall. He packs in loyal customers for lunch and dinner daily. The Godfather plays in the background while diners enjoy a true taste of I...
The Tina Modotti Exhibit at the Loewe Presents a Picture of a Modern Social Critic
by Neil Vazquez Italian photographer Tina Modotti's place of artistic inspiration was Mexico. As an immigrant living in an unknown city, Modotti was struck by the lively cultural scene in that country during the first half of the 20th century. She was so enthralled that the photographer continued to work in Mexico City until her death there in 194...
Saint Joseph Altar
Saint Joseph Altar – March 17th @ 1:00 PM.The Italian American Heritage Society cordially invites you to share in the time-honored tradition of the Saint Joseph Altar. The Saint Joseph Altar is Sicilian in origin. During a terrible famine, the people of Sicily pleaded to Saint Joseph, their patron saint, for relief. Saint Joseph answered their pray...
Italy Invests in the US: Italy’s Kiian Group Opens Plant in Soddy-Daisy, TN
KIIAN USA, Inc. officially opened for business on 27th September 2013 at a formal event to mark the launch of the digital textile and signage ink production and expansion of the Kiian digital business in the Americas. This exciting development was part of a strategic programme to internationally expand KIIAN's ink business. The establishme...
Family-owned La Forchetta great for family night or dinner date
By Lauren Espitia I love living in Florida. But like many who relocated from New York or New Jersey, there is one thing I miss dearly. It's not the fall weather, or the access to arts and culture. It's the food. I miss the restaurants, especially the authentic, family-owned Italian ones. I miss the feeling that you've stepped inside some...
Little Italy. Lotta Food: Dominick's expands into Roswell
By Hatcher Hurd Dominick's Italian restaurants have grown to be five now, the latest in Roswell, but they all have the same recipe for success. Roswell's Dominick's is at 408 South Atlanta Street in the Clock Tower shopping center. Owner-chef Khoi Phan may seem an unlikely choice for running a restaurant specializing in Italian cuisine – he i...
The Eighth Annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano rolls into town next week
After speaking with Giovanna De Luca about the upcoming Eighth Annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival, I texted my mom lamenting the fact that I have no Italian genes in my very Anglo-Saxon heritage. This love of Italians stays true despite the fact that this year's fest features a majority of films about the economic troubles occurring in Ital...
Ready For Art Basel Miami Beach 2014: Hennessy Privilege and American Designer Jon Buscemi Team Up
European heritage will meet American ambition in the decanted gallery at Art Basel Miami Beach. A collaboration inspired by craftsmanship – of both leather and liquid – comprised of a signature high-top sneaker, tote bag, coasters, hat, bottle porter and a leather cinch bag. Hennessy V.S.O.P and Jon Buscemi are innovators in their fields –...
La Fontanella gushes gourmet Italian goodness
Another week, another Italian joint, I was thinking wryly to myself. I do not mind admitting, however, that I was colossally wrong. Fact is, I'm ecstatic to report that La Fontanella Ristorante is anything but another Italian joint. In fact, the restaurant, whose name means "fountain," makes me want to gush and rhapsodize. Re...
Bella’s opens in Boone
Bella's Italian Restaurant has been under the care of the Simmons family in Banner Elk for nine years this June. After nearly a decade of family-style Italian food, Bella's management made the decision to expand to Boone, a venture the family had always considered. Bella's Boone has been open since March 24, and manager Lisa Carson ha...
American-Italian Cancer Foundation presents research prize
The American-Italian Cancer Foundation presented its 2015 Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine to Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, director of the Center for Cancer Targeted Therapies and the breast cancer program at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The prize, established in 1984, recognizes groundbreaking discoveries in cancer biology, prevention, di...