All' Angolo Is Still Koreatown's Best Italian Restaurant
by Sarah Bennett Somewhere in my dreams, there is a little neighborhood Italian cafe, like the ones in Bologna (or New York, for that matter), with butcher paper on the tables and a jovial chef who can make his mother's specialty pastas and will charge you a fraction of what they're worth. The cheese tastes fresher, the bread is crustier,...
Latest Census reveals sizeable increase in Italian-Americans
by Ross Hinds Fairfield, New Jersey is the most Italian place in the United States according to the United States Census Bureau, whose latest numbers came out earlier this month. Just more than half of residents — 50.3 percent — of its 7,475 residents claim Italian ancestry. Less than a percentage point behind, at 49.5 percent, i...
Roman Falernian Wine, “The Toast of Ancient Poets and Senators”
by Susan Nelson The year is 115 AD, with Imperial Rome at the height of its power. The Commissatio is just beginning. Banquets were commonly hosted by an upper class couple in their villa, with several guests invited to partake of delectable feasting and conversation. Let me explain the commissatio as a cheerful game of toasts, after the...
Out of the Big City for Family Italian
by Kristi Maier There is no shortage of wonderful Italian restaurants across the Triad. For this area, I think we do just fine in the Italian cuisine department. And just beyond the border of Forsyth County sits a mom and pop Italian restaurant that has a rich history steeped in deliciousness. Kitchen Roselli is located on Main St...
USC Trustee Andrew J. Viterbi to receive prestigious engineering award
By Robert Perkins Andrew J. Viterbi will be presented with the prize at a gala dinner in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Ziva Santop/Steve Cohn Photography)The National Academy of Engineering will award Andrew J. Viterbi, USC trustee, Presidential Chair and professor of electrical engineering systems and namesake of the USC Viterbi School of Engin...
Busalacchis Swapping Sicilian Into India Street's Po Pazzo
by Candice Woo One of San Diego's founding restaurant families — the Busalacchis — whose Busalacchi Restaurants stable includes India Street's Cafe Zucchero, is gearing up to refresh one of its other Little Italy restaurants. Po Pazzo Bar and Grille, which first opened in 2004 as a swanky old school chophouse that specialized in I...
Fresh start for longtime Elmira restaurant
by Jeff Murray An Elmira restaurant that was a fixture on the Northside for more than 60 years is making a comeback. The Palms Restaurant, at 1157 N. Main St., will have an official reopening Monday with a new name and new ownership. Joe Steigerwald, former manager of the Elmira Country Club, and his wife, Mona, closed a deal...
L'Italia su Marte: Countdown per Exomars
Si chiama EXOMARS la missione su Marte dell'Esa – l'ente spaziale europeo – che inizierà lunedì prossimo, 14 marzo. È italiana la leadership principale delle due "fasi" che compongono la missione: nella prima (lancio previsto appunto il 14 marzo) una sonda (TGO) resterà nell'orbita di Marte mentre un modulo (EDM, denominato Schiaparelli) contenent...
The Montessori Children’s Academy Celebrates an Eventful Montessori Education Week
From February 28th - March 5th, The Montessori Children's Academy (MCA) celebrated Montessori Education Week within its schools and throughout the surrounding communities. More than 400 students from MCA's Chatham, and Short Hills campuses created artwork representing some of their favorite Montessori materials, including a replica of the Mont...
Melissa Marino receives the Italian Studies Council Academic Excellence Award
Melissa Marino was selected for the 2016 Italian Studies Council Academic Excellence Award. The award is intended to recognize students who demonstrate outstanding achievements in Italian Studies and who are dedicated at integrating the study of Italian within their career plans. The Italian Studies Council is a philanthropic group whose g...
Barista team trains for national coffee competition
The breakfast of champions? A great cup of coffee! In this particular case, that is the absolute truth. Angelo Segoni, a member of the barista team from Italy, is here at the Brewed Behavior headquarters in Kansas City, being trained by a master coffee coach, Tracy Allen. He is already the Italian champion. In two days, Trac...
Pellegrini Selected as Italy's Flag-Bearer for Rio Games
Swimming world-record holder Federica Pellegrini was selected Wednesday as Italy's flag-bearer for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics — four years after she asked not to perform the same honor at the London Games. The Italian Olympic Committee made the announcement with 100 days until the opening ceremony in Rio on Aug. 5 — a date that coincides...