We checked out the new Eataly and here’s what we saw
By Megan Woolhouse Eataly Boston will open its doors Nov. 29, but you can almost smell the food cooking already. Almost. The high-end Italian food megastore has installed its signature gold-domed pizza ovens, imported directly from Naples. Vast expanses of marble countertop are nearly set to serve up homemade gelato, panini and...
Local Business Spotlight - Hoops Italian Grille
This week The Daily Post-Athenian would like to honor Hoop's Italian Grille with its Local Business Spotlight. Hoop's Italian Grille is owned and operated by Dave Hooper. At Hoop's Italian Grille, Dave is making homemade traditional Italian food, done the old-fashioned way. He got his start in the restaurant business while living in North...
Guido Cagnacci: Dying Cleopatra
Date: from Friday, December 02, 2016 to Thursday, January 19, 2017 Time: From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm In collaboration with : FIAC and Pinacoteca di Brera Entrance : Free Location:Italian Cultural Institute of New York Book now! Guido Cagnacci (1601–1663) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, whose works are characterized by the us...
The Enduring, Melty Allure of Mozzarella Cheese
by Nils Bernstein It's the most popular cheese in the U.S., and without it, pizza as we know it wouldn't exist. We're practically weaned on mozzarella. But what connects the string-cheese snacks we pack in school lunches to the sensuously creamy burrata served in the finest restaurants? The simple melty mozzarella that we're famil...
Mamma Guidara’s @ Nomad Bar
The NoMad hotel has always been one of my favorite spots to hang out so long as the crowd situation doesn't get out of control. The NoMad restaurant has long been one of my favorite restaurants in the city, and I have really loved the cocktail offerings from the Nomad Bar adjacent to the restaurant (it's too bad that the library bar, which is...
The Classic Tony’s and the new La Table Show Houston’s Culinary Clout
By John Mariani For 30 years I have returned again and again to Tony Vallone's namesake restaurant in Houston, and in all those visits I doubt I've ever had the same dish twice. Even back in the 1980s, when Tony's was a red-walled society and celebrity dining venue and Tony himself was in a tuxedo every night, the basic menu was always appended wi...
Italia-USA, Alemanno a Los Angeles e San Francisco
Roma - Con l'intervento alla convention dei Cavalieri di Colombo, davanti a una platea di oltre duemila delegati provenienti da tutti gli Stati Uniti e ad altri ospiti internazionali, ha avuto inizio la missione del sindaco Gianni Alemanno a Los Angeles e San Francisco. L'intervento del sindaco ha ripercorso la quasi centenaria relazione tra la com...
A New Map: The Poetry of Migrant Writers in Italy
On Dec. 7, ParoLab, the book club of Italians in DC, will host a presentation of "A New Map: The Poetry of Migrant Writers in Italy" co-edited by Italian-French poet and critic Mia Lecomte. Italophone Argentinian poet Candelaria Romero and Lecomte will read from their poetry collections, Georgetown University professor of Italian Nicoletta Pireddu...
Renzo Piano firma il museo delle Arti di Harvard, apertura per l'autunno 2014
Aprirà nell'autunno del 2014 la nuova ala del museo delle Arti dell'università di Harvard, che unirà per la prima volta sotto uno stesso tetto tre spazi espositivi sinora distinti. Si tratta del Fogg Museum, del Busch-Reisinger Museum e dell'Arthur M. Sackler Museum che, una volta uniti, andranno a costituire l'Harvard Art Museums. Lo spazio è sta...
Italian American One Voice Coalition Hosts “in Defense of our Heritage” Event at Seton Hall University on April 21st, 1:30 P.M.
Free Event Open To Those Interested In Defending Italian Heritage Against Negative Barrage Of Stereotyping In Media And Popular Culture March 7, 2013For immediate releaseContact: Sebastian D'EliaCommunications DirectorItalian American ONE VOICE Coalition908-770-3662 www.iaovc.org Are you an Italian American who is sick and tired o...
Gran Fondo Giro a New York. E Times Square si colorerà di rosa
A MANHATTAN, 60 KM — Dopo le due prove del 2012 (California e Florida), quest'anno sono in programma ben cinque Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia, a cura di Rcs Sport, il settore organizzativo della Gazzetta. Con le maglie rosa firmate Santini e il Trofeo Senza Fine, che spetta al vincitore della corsa Gazzetta. Il clou, inutile nasconderlo, è lo sbarco a N...
Three Hints making Italian Wine better for the U.S.
The U.S. is eventually offering exceptional opportunities for Italian wineries. The increase of prices is evident at restaurants and anywhere else, and sales they are even more promising as they come after the 2012 global wine production shrank of 6.1%, when it reached its lowest point since 1975. In restaurants all over the United States...