An opening date has arrived for the long-in-the-making CiboDivino Marketplace and Caffe, at the Sylvan Thirty complex in Oak Cliff: Monday, May 4. Owned and operated by chef Daniele and Christina Puleo, CiboDivino is an Italian eatery, market and bar featuring prepared foods, pizza, wine and coffee. A native of Sicily, Puleo is the former...
READ MOREBy Teresa Gubbins Frisco gets a taste of Dallas with the spring 2016 opening of Vicini, a new American-Italian restaurant from a group of experienced players that includes Brian McCullough, cocktail magician and co-owner of Standard Pour. McCullough has partnered with Robert Hall, former general manager of Abacus and also part of the Hall w...
READ MOREby Kristi Willis Italic, the Italian endeavor from the ELM Restaurant group (24 Diner, Arro, Easy Tiger), is just a few short weeks away from opening its doors at Sixth and Colorado streets, but the inspiration has been years in the making. Chef Drew Curren and Beverage Director Craig Collins met years ago while attending a two-mo...
READ MOREby Joseph Pronechen It's been confirmed. The body — the major relics — of St. Maria Goretti, beloved by countless millions, is heading to the United States. When she arrives from Italy, the first public appearance will be on Sept. 21 at Sacred Heart Basilica in Newark, N.J. — public because she will initially be visiting a prison before that....
READ MOREOrganizzata dal Comites di Houston, si terrà il prossimo febbraio l'11esima edizione della Conferenza dei ricercatori italiani nel mondo. promossa in collaborazione con il Consolato generale d'Italia, la conferenza si terrà il 26 e 27 febbraio 2016. La due giorni è aperta come sempre a tutti i ricercatori - italiani o che lavorano con istituzi...
READ MOREWith so many handbags available at just every every store around, how can you tell the real thing from a knock-off? And is a four-figure bag really worth the price? With ExhibitItalia, a "Made in Italy" exhibition featuring more than 100 Italian companies and manufacturers in Houston this weekend, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to...
READ MOREHighland Village chef Morris Salerno basked in the limelight this year. He won a gold medal in the 2014 Expogast Culinary Competition in Luxembourg, was featured on the new reality show The Hungry Investors and has nearly completed his second cookbook. The Expogast Culinary Competition is considered the second most prestigious competition...
READ MOREOctober 8 - 11, 2015. Grounds of the University of St. Thomas. The 37th Houston Italian Festival Raffle will consist of the following prizes: GRAND PRIZE: Travel certificate for a trip to Italy (Value: $6,000); SECOND PRIZE: Tour of Houston's Finest Restaurants (Value: $1,500); THIRD PRIZE: Furniture Gift Certificate (Value...
READ MOREProfessors and Poets Luigi Fontanella (SUNY Stony Brook) and Alessandro Carrera (Univ. of Houston) will be teaming up at the Italian Cultural and Community Center (ICCC) to share some of their published poetry with the Houston community. The readings will be in both Italian and English followed by a Question and Answer Session. Prof. Luigi Fontanel...
READ MOREdi Ten.Col. Francesco D'Agostino In occasione della ricorrenza della Festa della Repubblica Italiana del 2 Giugno, il Tenente Colonnello Minonne, Capo della Rappresentanza Aeronautica Militare Italiana (RAMI) di Sheppard, Ente del Comando Scuole A.M./3^ Regione Aerea, ha presenziato ai festeggiamenti connessi al 67° Anniversario della Repu...
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