Bronx Pizzeria a success since it’s opening
A new pizzeria that specializes in customer service recently opened up on East Tremont Avenue, replacing another pizzeria at the same location. Last month, Bronx Pizzeria, a at 3579 E. Tremont Avenue, officially opened it's doors to the community, taking over Vito's Pizzeria, which was in business for just over a year. Bronx Pizzeria...
Campania pizza launching second restaurant at familiar Staten Island location
Coal-fired pizza is coming to Richmond Valley — the estimated time of arrival, according to co-owner Joe LaRocca, is about four months. Oh, and it's not just any coal-fired version of a pie: It's Campania's, a quickly expanding brand of restaurants with locations in Eltingville and Bay Ridge. Indeed, La Rocca and Paul Montella are the prop...
Italian Cooking Class: Il Sapore Italiano (The Art of Making Focaccia)
When: Friday, May 13, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT)Where: Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford Street, Houston, TX 77006 Join us for Il Sapore Italiano, a series of cooking classes aimed to promote the Italian traditions in which participants will have a hands-on culinary experience preparing authentic and d...
Filippo Mancia receives a 2016 Schaefer Research Scholarship Award from Columbia University Medical Center
Filippo Mancia (@pippomancia) receives a 2016 Schaefer Research Scholarship Award from Columbia University Medical Center (@ColumbiaMed @ColumbiaPS @Columbia) in recognition for his work on the biochemistry and structural biology of membrane proteins, and for his leadership role within the Columbia University and local structural biology community....
Italian Club at the Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
By Gina Fabbro What do you think of when you think about opera? Do you imagine serious, dramatic, sometimes over-the-top stories, filled with love, betrayal, and sometimes death? (I'm looking at you, Tosca !) While this may be true for the majority of operas, it definitely does not apply to the Marriage of Figaro. On May 11th...
Descendants of state’s first Italian pioneers host 136th picnic
From spaghetti-eating contests to a world-class bocce tournament, this Amador County Gold Rush town showcased its rich Italian heritage for the 136th year in a row over the weekend. Founded in 1881 by hotelier Bartolomeo Bianchetti, the 125-member Italian Benevolent Society of Amador County has celebrated Italian independence day ever sinc...
Schaumburg Boomers owner wins Tommy Lasorda award
The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame Monday awarded Schaumburg Boomers owner Patrick A. Salvi the first ever Tommy Lasorda Legends Award for contributions made to the game of baseball. Salvi, a Chicago trial lawyer, also owns the Gary Southshore Railcats in the American Association and the college wood bat franchise, NorthShore Na...
Agroalimentare: +22% export italiano 2015 in Usa, bene primi mesi 2016
E, per proporre i gustosi piatti italian style, i manager dell'Ice si sono affidati alla vastese Rosanna Di Michele, da anni in prima linea nel promuovere le bontà culiniarie dell'Italia a New York (e non solo). In una nota diffusa in occasione del salone Summer Fancy Food di New York, Ice spiega che nel 2015 l'export del cibo e del vino è...
Festa di Ferragosto Returns!
Join us on August 14th at Gino's Market in Hollywood for the second annual Festa di Ferragosto, a party to celebrate the Italian summer holiday (that actually takes place in Italy on August 15th). This is one of the funnest events we participate in and we look forward to seeing you! Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festa-di-ferragost...
Foreign visitors and luxury drive the tourist industry in Italy
by Chiara Beghelli A new 800-page report, Tourism in Italy, reveals a nation beloved around the world with an enviable and varied tourism industry, but also one with persistent problems that limit its opportunities for development. The twentieth edition of the report, by the Italian National Research Council and the research institute for...
Italy Sets Example on Reducing Food Waste as U.S. Tosses $161 Billion Worth a Year
Italy adopted new laws this week to cut down drastically on food waste — the second such law in Europe, joining France's. So what's the United States doing to reclaim the 30 percent of its food that's simply thrown away? Italy's Senate overwhelmingly gave final approval Tuesday to millions of euros of tax incentives to encourage businesses...
SUONO ITALIANO, FRIULI IN MUSICA - Laura Bortolotto, violin, and Matteo Andri, piano
Where: Embassy of Italy - Auditorium, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 When: 09/15/2016 - Doors open between 6:00pm and 6:55pm Info: Photo id and qr-code reservation required - Please note: reservations accepted exclusively through eventbrite. No phone or email rsvp available. Thank you for your understandi...