In a Snug Setting, Homey Italian Fare - A Review of Quartina Trattoria & Vineria in South Norwalk
Some restaurants are so romantic, cozy and spirit-warming that upon entry your anticipation soars, sometimes so high that it can't always be realistically met by the food itself. Such were my experiences at Quartina Trattoria & Vineria in South Norwalk, which opened in May. Though it is at ground level, the restaurant has an intimate,...
Valentino’s New York Capsule Collection Commemorates Their Fifth Avenue Store
By Joan Stern Valentino is rocking the New York City with its new store on Fifth Avenue. The Italian fashion house celebrates the opening of this flagship store with a commemorative capsule collection. The range is exclusive to the three storey store located at 693 5th Avenue, New York. Each piece of the collection is adorned with a bright red hea...
Italian cuisine: Pandoro with Limoncello Cream
WTI Magazine #49 2014 December, 10Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn Translation by: This year I will celebrate Christmas with Pandoro, the "golden cake"! Pandoro and panettone are the most popular sweets during the winter holidays. While panettone is a native of Milan, pandoro is from Verona. It is traditionally shaped like a frustu...
La Scuola, the Reggio Emilia model making the difference in education for Italians and Americans in San Francisco
Twelve years in action, hundred-sixty students, a staff made of thirty people, two different locations: what La Scuola - Italian International School - represents today for Italians, Americans, and other communities in San Francisco is much more than what these numbers tell. La Piccola Scuola Italiana, founded in 2001 by some Italian-Ameri...
Italy Employs Online Portal to Educate and Engage Influx of Immigrants
With each passing year, more immigrants are coming to Italy in search of a new home. In an effort to better integrate them into Italy's multi-faceted, democratic society, the Government of Italy has created the Migrants' Integration Portal, an online resource that engages immigrants from 16 key nations with useful information and services relating...
Andrea Meloni (Director General for Country Promotion at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
The promotion all over the world of the Italian system, crucial for such a rich country that can offer so much to the world, has definitely been improving in these last few years. This is one of the cases where the crisis has had the effect of developing creativity, cutting where it had to be done, and watch a new leadership growing. We have alrea...
Arriva al cinema “Unbroken” l’incredibile vera storia di Louis Zamperini
Esce domani in Italia l'attesissimo "Unbroken", film biografico che racconta l'incredibile storia vera di Louis Zamperini. Il film segna il secondo lavoro da regista dell'attrice americana Angelina Jolie dopo "In the Land of Blood and Honey" del 2011, e prima di "By The Sea", attualmente in post-produzione. Read more Sour...
Gelu Italian Ice to raise money for United Way of Mesa County
Gelu Italian Ice of Grand Junction, Colo., is set to make its debut Feb. 9 at the 13th annual Home Loan Taste of the Grand Valley, an immensely popular community event to benefit United Way of Mesa County. Thousands are expected to attend from 4-7:30 p.m. at Two Rivers Convention Center. Guests will pay an admission fee for the opportunity...
A few reasons why Brunello di Montalcino 2010 bottles are extraordinary
The Brunello di Montalcino 2010 is one of the most eagerly awaited wines of the year. This is because 2010 bottles are broadly considered a 5 star vintage. From the 20 to the 23 of February, more than three thousand people will travel to Montalcino, the famous hill town in Tuscany, to join the "Welcome Brunello" tasting tour organized to c...
New Valley restaurants on 'Diners, Drive-ins and Dive
Five metro-Phoenix restaurants have joined the list of local favorites that have been featured on Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives." On Friday, Feb. 27, host Guy Fieri "stops by a mom and pop pizza shop firing up pies topped with everything from baked ziti to chicken marsala," according to the "Roadtrippin'" episode description....
Mediterranean-style mansion drips with Italian ornateness
You pass through a handsome iron gate then up a long, straight colonnade of trees. This ends at a circle with a tall bronze fountain — three mermaids holding up a young boy — and life-size statues that represent the four seasons. You see a wide traditional house with today's imposing entry, steep roofs, arched windows, even a turret. This...
CIAO celebrates St. Joseph, Italian culture at special Cayuga County event
What about your cultural roots? Are you even curious? Paolo Ricci decided it was time to find out more about his father’s Italian heritage. Retired Auburn fireman Mike Vasco wanted to spend time with Italian Americans interested in cultural practices, which his own kids disengaged from at home. Ricci and Vasco joined more than 100 other me...