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If you’ve never seen Quadrophenia, just think of it as a British version of The Outsiders. Instead of the greasers versus the socs, the cinematic adaptation of the Who’s rock opera pits the Mods against the rockers. And instead of the rival gangs driving Mustangs and Thunderbirds, the rockers zip around on café racers while the Mods lay claim a veh...

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If you're a Louisiana native with a distinctly Italian last name, you've got lots of company here. Since the late nineteenth century, more families of Sicilian descent have called Louisiana home than anywhere else in the world except Sicily. This is a topic that has fascinated Loyola history professor, Justin Nystrom – enough to compel him to recor...

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With comfort food on the mind and practical family recipes in demand, the hunt for vintage Italian cookbooks can be an intriguing way to make cooking more fun. New cookbooks stir our appetites, but older cookbooks on everyday Italian cooking offer a different kind of food for thought.  So, what regional Italian recipes were trendy in the 1990s? Wha...

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Let’s Eat Snails! is a delightful book designed to engage children in learning about the unique character of Italian culture through an encounter with a peculiar tiny creature. Let’s Eat Snails! celebrates Italian-American culture through a story that introduces kids to its familial and culinary traditions. When Margie visits the Barcellona family...

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A Morris County cookbook author and caterer has embarked on a new culinary endeavor with the launch of her new Italian restaurant. Dana Ferraro Ilic opened Ferraro’s Italian Food Specialties in her hometown of Parsippany on Tuesday. Ilic, 49, has more than 25 years of culinary experience, from baking and catering to hosting dinner parties and cooki...

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Join NOIAW DC for an interactive and exclusive Zoom discussion with Laura Morelli, author and art historian, about her captivating page-turner The Night Portrait, an award-winning historical novel. The Night Portrait is an exciting, dual-timeline historical novel about the creation of one of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings, Portrait of a...

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Congratulations to NIAF Member Sandra Hurt for her new book, Priestess of Pompeii, an epic yet intimate portrayal of Rufilla Istacidia’s world in ancient Pompeii and Greece. Mythology and history intertwine, like the inner and outer worlds of life. Whether on the pirate-infested seas, in the quiet of sacred sanctuaries, inside Julius Caesar’s polit...

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Auguri to NIAF Member Vito Racanelli for his latest book, The Man in Milan. When NYPD detectives Paul Rossi and Hamilton P. Turner begin investigating the Sutton Place murder of an Italian air force pilot, the last thing they expect is that they will find themselves sucked into the potential cover-up of the Ustica massacre, the most horrific aviati...

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Congratulations to NIAF Member Suzanna Rosa Molino for her new book, Italians in Baltimore. Molino’s book showcases almost 200 captivating vintage photos with captions of Italian immigrants and their descendants in the Baltimore area, both in and out of Little Italy. These captivating photographs offer a brief yet fascinating insight into some of t...

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Flawless cheesecake made in your slow cooker? Yes, it’s possible, and easy, too, according to Michele Scicolone, best-selling author of The Italian Slow Cooker and over 15 other cookbooks. The dessert is just one of many unexpected and traditional dishes that will simplify your life and satisfy your tastebuds when prepared with a crockpot, accordin...

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