Sugo Cucina Italiana Will Replace Francesca's Kitchen in Arlington This Month
A new place for comfort food will take the place of an old favorite in Arlington later this month. Via the Arlington Advocate, Boston Restaurant Talk noted that a restaurant called Sugo Cucina Italiana will open soon at 162 Massachusetts Ave., which housed Francesca's Kitchen for much of the past decade. Francesca's served home-style Itali...
Mastering the making of mozzarella
By Melissa McCart Over the past few years, more home cooks and restaurant chefs have been making mozzarella from curd, such as chef Matt Porco at Mezzo Downtown and Stephen Felder at Stagioni on the South Side.There's a theater to the process, and it speaks to diners' desire for as-fresh-as-it-gets fare. But not all mozzarella is equal. A...
Annual Family Picnic & San Francesco di Paola celebration
Come and enjoy a fun filled day with plenty of fun, delicious food, and the celebration of the Festa del San Francesco di Paola, patron saint of Southern Italy, Region of Calabria. The picnic and celebration will be held on Sunday, July 12, 2015, at Lake Lansing Park, Haslett, MI. The day will b...
Preserving Your Italian Heritage
Saturday, July 25 | 10 a.m. - noon Join the History Center for a workshop on preserving your Italian heritage through family heirlooms. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour and learn best practices for handling and storing paper items and three-dimensional objects with the History Center's Curator of the Italian American Program Melissa E. Marinaro, Reg...
Joseph Sciame to Receive the Sons Of Italy 2015 Guglielmo Marconi Award
Congratulations to Joseph Sciame, a great Italian American who has been selected by the Sons of Italy to receive the 2015 Guglielmo Marconi Award. Sciame is currently the Vice President for Community Relations at St. John's University, the Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations, and a Trustee of th...
A Moment in Time: The People of Little Italy in 1976
Photographer Stephen Nadler will be present at the Italian American Museum on Saturday August 8th and Saturday, August 15th to meet the public and to discuss his current exhibition, A Moment in Time: The People of Little Italy in 1976. The exhibit, currently on display in the Museum's gallery space, will remain on view through Labor Day, Monday, Se...
Carlini left tall legacy in Nevada prep sports
"I will always be proud of what he accomplished and only wish I can someday be remembered in the same light as he is today" — East Fork Fire District Chief Tod F. Carlini When asked about his role model during a 2004 interview with The Record-Courier, Tod Carlini never hesitated in his answer. It was his father, the late Tod V. Carlini, wh...
In Italy, olive oils now have their sommelier too
by Giorgio dell'Orefice The quality of olive oil is certainly a feature, but it can also become a true profession. Those skills, simply handed down from father to son, have been turned into a real profession by the Association of Olive Oil Tasters (ONAOO). The organization was founded in Imperia in 1983 and after 30 years of honor...
The secrets of Valle d’Aosta ‘s cuisine
by Claudia Astarita Valle d'Aosta is an Italian region where history has been influenced by mountains and national borders. Its traditional cookery revolves around the flavours of milk and cheese, meat, and the products of the land and the environment. These flavours are the essence of a harsh yet beautiful land, and take us back...
Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian (1 year position)
by Nicoletta Marini-Maio Dickinson College Department of French and Italian invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian. This is a one-year, non tenure-track position in Italian Language, Literature, and Culture, beginning Fall 2016, renewable for a second year upon successful evaluation. We seek a candidate...
Giorgio Morandi opens October 9th!
CIMA is thrilled to announce its new season, dedicated to acclaimed Italian modern master Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964). The installation features some 40 paintings, etchings, and drawings and focuses on the artist's rarely seen works from the 1930s, the decade when Morandi reached full artistic maturity. Most of the painting...
Moda Musa
Sunday, October 18 at 5:00pm | Santa Monica Place Center Plaza. From runways to city streets, fashion inspires the world. Join us for Moda Musa - an exclusive fashion show featuring the latest styles + trends from Santa Monica Place's luxury retailers with guest host, designer and celebrity fashion expert, Nick Verreos. Proceeds from this...