We were saddened to hear that the historic Caffe Dante in New York City's Greenwich Village closed last weekend. Sunday, March 22, 2015 was its final day of business.   The establishment was operated on MacDougal Street for 100 years by owner Mario Flotta and his two sons, Anthony and Mario Jr. Daniel of Greenwich Village Italian writes, "...

Are you taking one of our Italian classes? Between class sessions, extend your knowledge of Italian culture and practice your language skills by taking advantage of the rich resources New York offers. Here are five ways to accelerate your learning process and have fun at the same time.   In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY – Now in it...

The morning moka: a bleary-eyed ritual involving an aluminum pot (also known as a stovetop percolator or espresso maker), a small mountain of ground coffee, and that gurgling sound that sends people rushing to their kitchen as the coffee begins sputtering and pouring into the top chamber of the pot and sending out wafts of that incomparable, comfor...

Ristretto or lungo? Not a question astronauts on the International Space Station normally have to contemplate, but that is about to change thanks to a new zero-gravity coffee machine being delivered this weekend. The ISSpresso machine is set to boldly go to the orbital station this weekend, carried there by Italian astronaut Samantha Cristofor...

by Ilaria Vesentini   The land that elevated coffee to an art form is now making it a science. The new international research and innovation center for coffee inaugurated in recent days by espresso machine maker Nuova Simonelli Group and the University of Camerino (a small and historic city of less than 7,000 people in the Marche region...

by Valerio J Farris   My Italian-American boyfriend and his Brooklyn family seemed to have an aversion to that final vowel sound that gave the Italian language its operatic cadence. Around their table, mozzarella became mozzarell', prosciutto became prosciutt' and ricotta became ricott'.   As the son of an Italian immigrant to the Uni...

When I entered Fellini Caffè I was unsure if it had actually opened for business yet. That was my American reaction to the ultra-minimalist Italian design, because Fellini opened fully for business a few weeks ago in Hanover Rice Village. It's just tables and chairs, with a high table beneath the Fellini logo ready for high-powered clientele. I mo...

Una volta, c'era "solo" l'export del Made in Italy. Che non era niente male, peraltro, perche' dava profitti alle aziende che sapevano fare prodotti vincenti sui mercati internazionali, lavoro ai loro dipendenti, e prestigio al Paese. Oggi la missione industriale-commerciale resta per tutti gli imprenditori l'ovvia ragione per espandere le attivita...

di Vincenzo Chierchia   Alleanza tra Illy caffè e il gigante americano dei cieli United airlines. La compagnia aerea e la società italiana hanno stipulato una partnership che permetterà ai passeggeri United e agli ospiti degli United Club in tutto il mondo di gustare gratuitamente il caffè dell'azienda triestina.   A partire dal pross...

Italian café brand Segafredo Zanetti Espresso is bringing a hybrid coffee shop, restaurant and lounge to Orlando's Mills 50 neighborhood.   The store is expected to open on Dec. 20 in the Mills Park shopping center at Mills Avenue and Virginia Drive.   Read more   Source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com