Studying (in) Italy: Ludovica Pizzichelli, JCU Class of 2016
WTI Magazine #60 2015 May, 15Author : John Cabot University Translation by: My name is Ludovica Pizzichelli, and I am just as Italian as my name sounds. I was born in Rome, Italy to Italian parents, but most of my life has been spent in Texas. I moved to the United States when I was six years old, and only moved back to Italy two yea...
An Experience in Old-School Italian at Alberto in Queens
by Kevin Kessler I had just taken the bus from Williamsburg and was now having visions of an Italian nonna feeding her husband nearly every bite of food on his plate. It was six o'clock on a Monday and I was in Forest Hills, Queens, enjoying the simple but excellent bruschetta laid before me. Sitting under a vaulted ceiling in a r...
First on First: Bartolomeo Cristofori and the Piano
Did you know the piano was invented by an Italian? The inventor was a man named Bartolomeo Cristofori. Bartolomeo was born on May 4, 1655 in Padua, Italy. Not much is known about his life, though we do know that he became an accomplished harpsichord builder. In fact, Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, requested his presence in...
At 96, Poet And Beat Publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti Isn't Done Yet
by Richard Gonzales Lawrence Ferlinghetti lives in a modest second-story walk-up in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. Hanging on his walls are his doctorate from the Sorbonne, an unframed Paul Gaugin print and posters of celebrated poetry readings dating back to the days when he personified a hip, literate and rebellious San Franci...
Ghirardelli Gears Up for an Italian-Inspired Restaurant from Jonathan Waxman
by Ellen Fort Ghirardelli Square is heating up, with an influx of new tenants designed to restore it to the vibrant destination it once was. Not only will it be the destination of a full-service restaurant from local favorite Le Marais, but it will be the location of Berkeley-native Jonathan Waxman's first foray into the San Francisco dini...
IT and US: Festa Italiana in Frederick, Maryland
WTI Magazine #64 2015 July, 10Author : Maria Giovanna Galasso Translation by: With over 1,600 people in attendance and more than $20,000 raised for Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County, Maryland, the 3rd Annual Festa Italiana of Frederick was a great success. Held on May 30, 2015 on the beautiful grounds of historic Rose Hill Man...
Rosanna Di Michele e quella cucina che parla di tradizioni
di Liliana Rosano A New York e dintorni Rosanna Di Michele è diventata una celebrità. Una faccia che è ormai un'icona, grazie allo stile personalissimo che la contraddistingue: capelli nero corvino racchiusi in una frangia stilosa, in perfetto abbinamento con la montatura degli occhiali in celluloide. Sorriso e calore tutto italiano, Rosa...
Italy: the Most Intelligent Nation of the West
by James Hansen Italians are very smart. The idea of comparing the average IQs of single nations is so obvious that people keep doing it even though the intellectual etiquette of the moment - "political correctness" - considers speaking of the results to be highly inelegant. Italy though does extremely well in the ranking, coming out at f...
Silvio’s italian eatery a descendent of Melillo’sby Jere
by Jere Downs Many Louisville diners have fond memories of family meals at Melillo's, a family-owned Italian restaurant that dished out enormous portions of pasta and homemade meatballs topped with rich marinara sauce, eggplant parmesan, crusty bread and a three layer, towering nut-encrusted Italian cream cake. Bringing back that...
Let's roll! Major League Bocce makes an old game young again
by Jennifer Wright "MAJOR League Bocce" is exactly the sort of tongue-in-cheek name that works for a league that's "major" mostly in how fast it has grown. The casual, social sport league that is helping to rejuvenate the ancient game expects about 12,000 registered players this year in Philadelphia and 10 other cities nationwide. &n...
Stop stealing Mont Blanc: Italy tells France
On Friday, guides dispatched by the mayor of Chamonix, Eric Fournier, clipped the gate to the Gigante glacier shut, Il Fatto Quotidiano reported. The glacier lies just under Rifugio Torino, an alpine hut near the highest cable car station on the Italian side of the mountain. The small gate permits access to the glacier, while signs wa...
NYC Food Truck Lunch: Eggplant Calzone From Li-Sal’s Italian Kitchen
Since it's technically illegal to sell food from a truck in NYC, we've been seeing a dramatic rise in the number of higher-end food carts. Well, at least higher quality than the standard halal or hot dog cart. Food carts are legal in NYC, as long as you have the right permits and licenses. One of the newer food carts is Li-Sal's Italian Kitche...