The New York Times Should Apologize for Sympathizing With a Lynch Mob
“These sneaking and cowardly Sicilians, the descendants of bandits and assassins, who have transported to this country the lawless passions, the cut-throat practices, and the oath-bound societies of their native country, are to us a pest without mitigations…These men of the Mafia killed Chief Hennessy in circumstances of peculiar atrocity…Lynch law...
Second Annual Houston Pasta Festival
Sunday, May 19, 2019. 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT. Bayou City Event Center, 9401 Knight Road, Houston, TX 77045. Early bird registration $25, by April 19 (limited availability!). Regular price online $35. At the door $40. The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce will be presenting its second annual Houston Pasta Festival — a celebration of Italy’s gift to t...
Redfish Pizza brings Italian fare
If you've got Italian on the mind, a recent opening is need-to-know. Called Redfish Pizza, the newcomer is located at 4221 Williams Blvd. Striving to provide "fresh, quality food at a reasonable price," according to the business's website, Redfish Pizza was filmed by the American Road Trip crew for its Netflix special and recognized as one of Kenne...
New Italian restaurant heats up River Oaks with housemade pastas and decadent desserts
The transformation of Borgo Food Station into Mina Ristorante is almost complete. Chef Monica Fallone and her husband and business partner Luis Mancera will debut their new Italian restaurant on Monday, April 8. “I have always created spaces where I can present my Italian family’s traditional recipes to friends and restaurant-goers that love to eat...
8 Italian-Inspired Facts About Progresso
Although Progresso is now known for its selection of canned soups, the company got its start by selling canned Italian foods to Italian Americans living in New Orleans. Now, the company also produces chili, stock, beans, balsamic vinegar, breadcrumbs, and more. Read on for eight facts you might not know about Progresso. 1. PROGRESSO'S HISTORY DATES...
New Mexico drops Columbus Day for Indigenous People's Day
New Mexico has officially gotten rid of Columbus Day, replacing the holiday with Indigenous People's Day. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill Tuesday to replace the holiday honoring the Italian explorer with a day celebrating members of the indigenous community, her office confirmed. The holiday will still be a legal public holiday...
Fiori Italian Restaurant to open soon in Flower Mound
Fiori, a family-owned and operated casual Italian restaurant, is preparing to open soon in south Flower Mound. Brothers Sam and Michael Billelo have grown up eating delicious, authentic Italian family recipes, Sam said. Their grandparents are from Palermo, Italy, and their father, a chef, is from New York. Sam said he’s been working in Phoenix for...
Central Arkansas shows its Italian heritage some amore
Americans of Italian descent may not dominate the population in Arkansas — according to Statistical Atlas, only 1.6 percent of the state’s residents report Italian ancestry — but you couldn’t tell by two events in April. The opening of the Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Society Museum, also known as the the Little Italy Museum, and the Arkansas Ita...
Patriarch of Little Italy, former Little Rock Fire Department captain dies at 99-years-old
Little Italy lost its patriarch today. John Dal Santo passed away this morning. He turned 99 years old yesterday. He was an extraordinary man and anyone who ever met him was drawn to his magnificent generosity and gift of storytelling. Born in Caltrano, Italy, March 29, 1920, he immigrated to the US in 1930. In 1941 he travelled to Little Italy wit...
Mayor to Apologize for 1891 Lynching of 11 Italian Americans
The mayor of New Orleans plans an apology to Italian Americans for what's considered the nation's most deadly lynching — violence in which 11 Italian immigrants were killed after acquittals in a police chief's murder. "This has been a longstanding wound," said Michael Santo of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy. The lynching in 1891 and response...
Davide Moretti led Texas Tech to the Final Four after his family flew in from Italy
Sophomore guard Davide Moretti got quite a surprise before the Sweet 16 when his family was flown in from Italy to watch him play. He has responded with a strong weekend in Anaheim to send Texas Tech to their first Final Four in school history. Red Raiders coach Chris Beard asked Moretti to stand up in front of the team during a meeting on Wednesda...
Celebrating 100 years of oysters at New Orleans restaurant Casamento's
In the antique kitchen of his family’s restaurant, C.J. Gerdes slips a handful of corn-floured oysters into one of the six blackened pots on the stove. The fat froths like sea foam. Two minutes later, he pulls them out, their crisp coats crinkled and golden. Sandwiched between thick, buttered slices of “pan bread”—Casamento’s version of Texas toast...