Ruffino's shifts focus with new menu
Ruffino's on the River recently unveiled a new menu that executive chef Peter Sclafani and partner Ruffin Rodrigue say will enhance the guest experience at the fine-dining restaurant. The Creole-meets-Italian menu features new dishes made with local ingredients sourced from local farmer's markets. "Our new menu showcases everything from a...
To Understand Clinton’s Moment, Consider That It Came 32 Years After Ferraro’s
By Alison Mitchell The scenes blend like images from a kaleidoscope. A woman, blond, jubilant in a white dress, shown magnified on a convention center screen in San Francisco. It is Geraldine A. Ferraro in 1984 accepting the Democratic nomination that made her the first woman in the nation to be tapped by a major party to run for vice president....
First Look: Obo’ adds a splash of Neapolitan flavors to East Sacramento
Whet your appetite for herbally infused pastas and handmade pizzas—the Selland family has done it again. Last Thursday, the Sacramento culinary dynasty opened Obo' Italian Table & Bar in East Sacramento. Loaded with dishes so Italian they're often a struggle to pronounce, the walk-up-counter restaurant fulfills the family's ongoing mission to c...
Review: Cucina Cucina in Phoenix nails Italian classics
In this crazy busy world, sometimes there is nothing better than a big, soothing bowl of spaghetti and meatballs. You know the kind, where the sauce has chunks of real tomato and bits of fresh basil leaf; the al dente noodles curl around the fork; and there is no stinting on the meatballs, dense and beefy and glistening in more sauce. A shower of f...
The Italian Place Gourmet Market to Open in Alexandria
By Mary Ann Barton The Italian Place, billed as a gourmet Italian market, is expected to open soon in Old Town Alexandria. Located at 621 Wythe St. (see map below), in Alexandria, the market is expected to carry gourmet items and sandwiches as well as sell beer and wine, according to posts to the market's Facebook page and applications made by th...
Festival to celebrate Italian culture in New Hyde Park
By Gabrielle Deonath The annual Italian Festival hosted by Cellini Lodge of the Order Sons of Italy in America will take place from Wednesday, Aug. 24, to Sunday, Aug. 28, at Michael J. Tully Park in New Hyde Park. The Order Sons of Italy is a nationwide organization whose main goal is to foster, share and educate others on the Italian cultur...
As Italy shakes, Queens stands ready to donate
by Christopher Barca Queens residents have been opening their hearts and wallets in recent days after nearly 300 people were killed and entire towns were destroyed during last week's devastating earthquake in central Italy. Just hours after the quake struck shortly after 3 a.m. local time on Aug. 24, Ridgewood-based Associazione Culturale Ita...
Preserving the Art of Basket-Weaving in Sardinia
As you might have guessed, this month we have been focusing on the island of Sardinia. This beautiful island has captured the heart and minds of many -- one such person being Fabrizio de Andre who once said "Life in Sardinia is probably the best a man can wish: twenty-four-thousands kilometers of forests, countryside, shores immersed in a miraculou...
UNICO plans Piccolo award ceremony Nov. 13
Members of UNICO Delaware District 1, which includes both Southern Delaware and Maryland chapters (Delmarva and Rehoboth Area), took a break in a community service project at St. Edmond Church on Aug. 10, to plan the fourth annual Brian Piccolo Award event. This award is earned each year by a high school senior athlete of Italian origin in...
From Calabria, Back to Calabria: Old and New Migrations Explained by Professor Francesco Filareto
Fifteen years was the time of an investigation around the migrations of the Calabrese people. The final thoughts and insights can now be found in a book called "Fuga e ritorno di un popolo" (Escape and Come back of a Population), written by Professor Francesco Filareto and introduced to the American audience at the Italian Cultural Institute in San...
Meet the Maserati of SUVs
By Peter Valdes Maserati's new SUV, the Levante, is very pretty and very good, which should not be surprising. Also, it costs a lot of money -- also not surprising -- but, I'm betting, it costs a lot less than you think. Let's play a little game. Without looking down the page, conjure up in your mind what you think a Maserati SUV wou...
Referendum: Nestico (PD USA) incontra il Sottosegretario Pizzetti
Il tema delle riforme costituzionali e del prossimo referendum sono stati gli argomenti che hanno portato Pasquale Nestico, Presidente del PD negli Stati Uniti, ad incontrare a Cremona il Sottosegretario alle Riforme costituzionali e ai Rapporti con il Parlamento Luciano Pizzetti. In questa occasione, Nestico ha sottolineato "l'importanza della vi...