Esplorare da diverse prospettive la storia della comunità italiana di origine ebraica ed il suo importante contributo alla vita ed alla cultura dell'Italia.

Before they start cooking every morning, Rudy Kiapeta, his wife, Miriam, and their staff at The Tuscan Pig Catering Co. gather together to pray. "We pray over our day, we pray that we embrace His grace, and that we make people smile with our food," Rudy Kiapeta said this week while fielding phone orders with a smile and greeting customers like fri...

By Clifford Pugh Amid all the international fashion houses that are opening in the River Oaks District, the mixed use center is adding a local name. Baanou, a Houston women's clothing store founded by Maryam Afshari dedicated to the appreciation of art, fashion, design and luxury, is the latest to join the new complex on Westheimer near the 6...

by Kimberly Diggs   In celebration of its 12th anniversary, Culinary Connection at The Shops at Legacy will feature a personal appearance by master Italian artisan Alessandro Taddei, creator of Vietri's Old St. Nick collection. The event will be held at the store, 7201 Bishop Road Suite E10, from 4-8 p.m. Sunday.   Vietri is Amer...

Italy's Davi has sold two of their machines to take part in EXXON Mobil's sand oil extraction project here in North America. The machines are a profile bending machine and a plate roll. The machines will be used to make parts for the extraction of oil from sandy deposits.   The fields are far away from urban locations, so it was crucial that...

Chef/owner Adrian Hembree has developed Grazia Italian Kitchen in Pearland into a successful restaurant operation in a matter of months. The cuisine at Grazia Italian Kitchen on 9415 West Broadway Street includes a popular dish known as Pasta Mike & Jen and handmade mozzarella cheese.   Pasta Mike & Jen is made with grilled chic...

In the culinary world there's Italian. Then there's Tuscan and Florentine and even Sicilian. In the U.S., there's even a difference between New York Italian and San Francisco. But have you ever heard of "Brooklyn Italian?"   "It's seafood," Chef Jonathan Levine explains, "because we grew up on the Atlantic Ocean. It's also, when you have a...

You don't often hear "football" and "bel canto" in the same sentence. How about the same opera? The new production Great Scott, which premiered Friday at the Dallas Opera, pulls that off with a meta-story of sorts: It's an opera about a struggling opera company, whose future just happens to hinge on the outcome of the Super Bowl.   If...

Scrivere la nuova Europa: editoria italiana, autori e lettori nell'era digitale.Writing the New Europe: Italian Publishing, Authors and Readers in the Digital Era.   October 22, 2014: Presentation by Sandra Celli Harris of Novel and Film: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (1980). Film: Il Nome della Rosa (126 minutes, 1986) in Italian with...

Phillip J. Jones, president and ceo Dallas convention & visitors bureau, ha incontrato in Triennale la stampa italiana per fare il punto della situazione sul capoluogo texano.   «Per quanto riguarda il mercato italiano, i numeri sono stabili. L'Italia si attesta al quinto posto come outgoing europeo e al dodicesimo nella classifica mondi...