Sommelier Talk: Daniel Pernice Brings Italia to Georgia
Not all dynamic wine programs live in major cities and cover dozens of pages. Daniel Pernice, 33, left a vaunted Manhattan establishment when he got the opportunity to create a wine list of his own back in his hometown of Roswell, Ga., a vibrant suburb of Atlanta. He earned Osteria Mattone a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for its 130-selection...
IACC and Extraordinary Italian Taste present Ladies of the Vine at Wine and Food Week (Woodlands), June 10
The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce and Extraordinary Italian Taste are proud to present, "Ladies of the Vine," a luncheon, wine tasting, and panel discussion to be held Friday, June 10 during Wine and Food Week in the Woodlands (which begins today, Monday, June 6). Click here for festival information. And click here to register for the...
The Invisible Italian American boxers
To the untrained eye, it seemed that prior to the 1920s there were few noteworthy American boxers of Italian origin—and a limited presence in the decades that followed. But behind many Irish boxing names, there frequently stood an oliveskinned, darkhaired fighter with a hidden identity. More than one thousand Italian professional boxers went...
Trattoria 35 – Casual classy Italian
So this place is deep into Queens, and I mean really deep. It's so far that the subway doesn't go out there. In order to get into the neighbourhood of Bayside you have to either (a) drive, (b) take the Long Island Rail Road, or (c) take a bus. All of which would deter most New Yorkers from visiting this upper middle class area along the border of L...
‘Ingredienti’ by Marcella Hazan—Notes on the Building Blocks of Italian Cuisine
I'm ambivalent about posthumous publications, mostly, but I knew I'd want to take look at "Ingredienti: Marcella's Guide to the Market" (Scribner, $20). Marcella Hazan, who died in 2013, had tremendous influence on how we cook Italian in the U.S. Long before Mario Batali, who may be her influence inheritor, she taught us to make fresh past...
Maestro D’Arte Francesco Santoro’s Renaissance art classes and lectures are in full swing!
NOIAW member and Maestro D'Arte Francesco Santoro's Renaissance art classes and lectures are in full swing for the third Summer in New York City! This year's art class in Greenwich Village has an excellent group of students – some returning and some new. The returning students have shown their dedication and enthusiasm for this master-apprentice s...
Feds Finally Credit Italian Sculptor From New York as Mount Rushmore’s Chief Carver
by Douglas J. Gladstone For more than seven decades, the name of Luigi Del Bianco had gone unnoticed by historians chronicling the creation of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Not anymore. The United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS), which is the federal agency charged with supervising and admi...
Amatrice Earthquake: FUNDRAISER!!
by Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis All of us were deeply saddened by the news of the devastating earthquake which recently hit central Italy. In an effort to support the relief efforts, the ICC is organizing a fundraiser in collaboration with Nonna Rosa's Ristorante, at 4168 West Broadway, Robbinsdale. Please join us in sup...
Campaign against the National Education Association’s attempt to minimize Columbus Day
The IAOVC is supporting UNICO National in their campaign against the National Education Association's attempt to minimize Columbus Day. The National Education Association is encouraging its members to urge their school districts to celebrate the 2nd Monday of October as El Dia de la Raza and Indigenous People's Day. They expect to spend$ 57,500 to...
Cafe Artigiano Opens Soon Downtown
A former Mediterranean restaurant near City Hall will be reborn as an Italian cafe some time this fall. Cafe Artigiano is slated to open at 8 City Hall Ave. soon, according to Downtown Boston BID, replacing Cafe Hemshin in the storefront between School Street and City Hall Square. Cafe Artigiano will reportedly serve panini, pasta, and oth...
Cashio's Meatball Market restaurant opens in Birmingham today; here's a sneak preview
Cashio's Meaball Market, a family-owned restaurant with a menu inspired by owner Mary Susan Cashio's grandmother's meatball recipes, opens today, Oct. 3, in Birmingham's Lakeview District. The restaurant will be open for dinner only tonight, but will begin lunch and dinner service starting Tuesday. Cashio's will open at 5 p.m. today,...
Former Amazon executive Piacentini seeking team of digital “missionaries” to overhaul Italy’s bureaucracy
by Luca De Biase It's hard to imagine. Twenty experts from the new frontiers of technology will team up at the prime minister's office at Palazzo Chigi to modernize Italy's bureaucratic public administration. It will be a sort of anthropological mutation. Instead of briefcase-carrying politicians, the palatial building's offices w...