A job opportunity
Varuni-Napoli, the new Italian event in the pizza scene, opening in late December in Midtown, Atlanta, is looking for personnel for pastry-chef, bus, runners, waiters, cashier, receptionist and wine-bar tender. Requirements are: basic Italian (or an accent), over 18 years of age, affability of character (sociable) and good physical presence, modera...
2014 Annual Brunch & Leonardo Lecture
Called "the most thrilling art discovery of our time," the saga of Leonardo da Vinci's lost work, the Salvator Mundi, is an intriguing tale. The poignant oil painting, which depicts Christ making the sign of the blessing, was last recorded in the collection of King Charles I in 1649. And then it seemed to have vanished. That is, until it w...
Franklin's new Italian Trattoria restaurant is a one-man showBy
by Emily R. West The timer started chirping on Matthew Antonovich's phone in his back pocket. Looking up from pounding out his pasta dough, he strides toward the oven, the smells providing only a sampling of what's to come. "I do all of this myself," he said, reaching toward the handle. He then resets the timer on the bread. "This is...
The IACC celebrates 25 years of activity
2016 will be a special year for the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast (IACC) as we will celebrate, with a rich calendar of initiatives, the 25th anniversary of this fine institution. In 1991, when the Chamber was established, the Italian community in the US Southeast was made up of a few thousand people, now there are more than 30,00...
Nashville Public Television to host evening with chef Lidia Bastianich
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 Where: Mangia Nashville, 701 Craighead St. Cost: Tickets are $200 per person for dinner, or $250 to include a copy of Bastianich's cookbook, which she will sign at the event. Info: Visit wnpt.org/lidia. Nashville Public Television is hosting a night with best-selling cookbook author Lidia Bastianich. T...
Local kids lend voices to Spoleto opera — in Italian
by Christina Riley In early February, more than two dozen area youngsters auditioned for a children's chorus. They arrived with nursery rhymes, patriotic songs and familiar numbers from "Shrek" and Disney movies. Less than four months later, 13 of them are performing a little-known Giordano opera score. In Italian. At the Spoleto Fest...
Italian filmmaker Roberto Ando talks about influences
Filmmaker Roberto Ando is one of Italy's most distinguished artists. A Sicilian by birth, his work, in both cinema and literature, is influenced by his associations with the great novelist Leonardo Sciascia and the movie director Francesco Rosi, among others. His latest movie, the comedy "Viva La Liberta" ("Long Live Liberty"), which is ba...
Italian-American Classics on Chicco's Menu
by Erin Perkins Soon-to-open venture Vincent Chicco's chef Aaron Lemieux may have a French surname that translates to "the best" and come from behind the line at brasserie Rue de Jean, but he has Italian food at heart. In a interview with Lemieux, he states his last meal would be his "mother's stuffed shells" and goes on to explain the ite...
Italy’s Bonfiglioli to Expand in Kentucky
Bonfiglioli, USA, announced earlier this week that it will expanding its Hebron, KY operations in Q4 2014. The company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bonfiglioli Riduttori S.p.A. based in Bologna, Italy, manufactures power transmission for mobile and self-propelled machines. The expansion will include the progressive addition of n...
Italian-American Profiles of Success: Frankie Caravello
Since he was 21, Frankie Caravello has had a love and a passion for saltwater aquariums. The 2nd generation Italian-American from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, has always been into saltwater coral and fish. An aquarium is something he can look into and just get lost in—to him, it's another world and just seems to wash all the problems away. Frankie,...
A slice of Italy in downtown Miami
The Place: No need to hop a flight to Florence — you can find a taste of Tuscany in Mary Brickell Village at Toscana Divino. The space is dimly lit and hip, with a central round glass wine cellar and outdoor tables on the pavement for those willing to brave the al fresco heat in downtown. The menu is divided into traditional dishes and modern takes...
Pietro’s maintains neighborhood vibe
By Amy Pearson Pietro's is the perfect blend of neighborhood pizzeria and progressive Italian eatery empire. Constantine has nothing on Joseph Filippazzo, who, along with brother Stefano and parents — and founders — Pietro and Rosaria Filappazzo, run the 35-year-old institution that has expanded to Bossier City, La, and now to Cape Canaveral,...