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As immigrants from the different regions of Italy settled throughout the various regions of the United States, many brought with them a distinct regional Italian culinary tradition. Many of these foods and recipes developed into new favorites for the townspeople and later for Americans nationwide.   No one has contributed more foods to the A...

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by Rose Y. Colòn   If you happen to live in the Boston area and want a taste of Tuscany there's no need to leave the country. Just swing by Tuscan Market, an artisan Italian marketplace located less than an hour drive north of the city.   The 10,000-square foot shop offers gourmet items from Tuscany and other Italian regions like Pugl...

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Attention Fort Point patrons! There's a new brunch in town this holiday season. The artisanal pizzeria, which focuses on authentic wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, is launching their Italian brunch this Sunday, December 21. And trust us – there's more to love than the pizza, itself, at this new brunch. Here are the deets:   When Pastoral's brun...

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A few years ago, I'd experienced Saint Anthony's Feast in Boston's North End for the very first time. Growing up Italian in Buffalo, I'd enjoyed summer Italian festivals before, as they're a regular annual fixture in most American cities. But nothing could prepare me for the sights and sounds of this, the largest Italian Religious Festival in New E...

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After whetting Boston appetites for the past year, the famed Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana said it has finally decided to open its first local restaurant, in Chestnut Hill, this fall. Pizza-loving Bostonians — even competitors — were salivating Friday over the news about the New Haven institution’s plans to move into the area.   “I’m all fo...

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by Nicola Orichuia   Chiara Civello doesn't know how to stay still. The young Italian singer-songwriter has been traveling the world ever since the age of 18, when she took her bags and left her native Rome to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. "It's a place that has given me so much," she tells us in an exclusive interview.  ...

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This past summer, 20 students traveled to Siena, Italy, for the two week-long study abroad program "Food and Culture: The Italian Experience." The program was the first of its kind at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and it inspired Italian Studies assistant professor Vetri Nathan and chef instructor Angelo Guida to create a new course this...

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EIGHTY-SEVEN years ago, Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in the state prison in Charlestown. The two men, self-avowed anarchists, had been convicted in the April 1920 robbery murder of two men at the Slater & Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree — paymaster Frederick A. Parmenter and his guard, Alessandro...

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by James Pasto   According to Census figures, the foreign (and mainly Italian) born population of the North End in 1930 was 18,686 (67%) out of a total population of 27,818. In 1950, it was 4,779 (29.7%) out of a total of 16,064. However, in 1970, there were 6,303 (62%) people who listed "Italy" as their country of birth, out of a total pop...

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swissnex Boston and the Consulate General of Italy in Boston are celebrating the Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo with two events during the Week of the Italian Language.   "Italian Language and Bilingualism" - Panel Discussion - 10/27 | 6PM | swissnex Boston "Italian Language and Bilingualism" will bring together 3 transatlantic l...

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