The Best Old-School Red Sauce Italian Joints in NYC
by Christine Fischer With Italian restaurants a dime a dozen in NYC, it's hard to know where to find the stuff grandma would approve of -- we're talking lasagna, veal Parm, and manicotti (or "manicot," as grandma might say). When you're craving the sauciest, cheesiest, most colossal plate of Italian-American food you've ever eaten, there...
Lawrence Inserra Jr. Joins Montclair State University Board of Trustees
Lawrence (Larry) R. Inserra Jr., the chairman, chief executive officer and president of Inserra Supermarkets, Inc., was sworn in as a Montclair State University trustee at the February 5, 2016, meeting of the University's Board of Trustees. "Larry Inserra is a longtime friend and supporter of Montclair State University," said President Sus...
Get that pasta fix Adamo’s Kitchen
By Ann Martin Rolke Sacramento has needed a casual but high-quality Italian restaurant for a long time. The kind you find in North Beach in San Francisco, a staple for that regular pasta fix. Turns out that Adamo's Kitchen quietly filled that niche when it opened in July 2014. John Adamo and his family own the building that also house...
Gluten-Free Italian Restaurant Risotteria Closes After 17 Years in Village
A longtime Bleecker Street business has shuttered for good. Risotteria doled out gluten-free Italian food since it opened in 1999. But over the past three years, business dropped 17 percent, owner Joseph Pace said. He was able to offset the loss for a while, but in January, business was off 50 percent, he said, and remained that way s...
IAWA’s Open Reading Series–Saturday, April 9, 2016–Featuring Wendy Galgan and Tony Gloeggler
WHERE: Sidewalk Café, 94 Avenue A (6th Street) East Village, NYC-10009 WHEN: Saturday, April 9, 2016 @ 5:30 – 7:30 pm WHO: Wendy Galgan directs the Women's Poetry Initiative at St. Francis College in Brooklyn and edits Assisi: An Online Journal of Arts & Letters there. Her poems have appeared in California Quarterly and The AFCU Journal,...
Turismo, in Italia continua a crescere. Gli introiti? Ai colossi stranieri
I numeri registrati nel 2015 da ItalyXP parlano chiaro: più di 10.000 clienti serviti provenienti da oltre 100 paesi diversi, con risultati molto interessanti sui clienti a lungo raggio (USA, Australia, Nuova Zelanda, India e Canada). L'ordine medio conta 1,3 attività e riguarda in media 2,2 persone (per lo più famiglie). Le tipologie...
The Gage & Gemini Bistro Owners Bringing Southern Italian to Southport
At a rare Tuesday morning press conference, Billy Lawless (The Gage, Acanto) and Ryan O'Donnell (Gemini Bistro) unveiled their Lakeview plans that first surfaced in 2015. They're opening a southern Italian restaurant this summer called Coda Di Volpe over at 3335 N. Southport Ave. There's also a third partner, chef Chris Thompson, who they...
IT and US: Defending Columbus Day in Utah
WTI Magazine #79 2016 May 13Author : Nick Fuoco Translation by: Columbus Day is a day that we as Italians hold very dear as a way to honor the Italian heritage and strong immigrant culture of this great Country. Recently, il nostro giorno, Columbus Day, came under attack in the State of Utah via S.B. 170 which was crafted by State Se...
A native Italian and today Paramus resident, still cooking here
Fortunato Nicotra remembers those first confusing months after leaving his native Italy to run the Italian fine-dining institution Felidia in Manhattan. "Everyone was asking for chicken francese," he said. "I'd say, 'I'm Italian – I don't know what chicken francese is.' " Today, Nicotra remains a relative rarity in America – a chef born and raised...
Festa Italiana offers authentic taste of Italy
by Erik Anderson The fourth annual Festa Italiana sponsored by Habitat for Humanity will offer Frederick an exceedingly rare cultural experience in America: a true taste of Italy. "My goal is really to try to promote what is a more authentic aspect of Italy," said festival chairwoman Maria Giovanna Galasso, who came to Frederick from...
College a caccia di talenti tra Torino e Verona
Giocare a calcio in America non è poi impensabile e per i giovani calciatori si aprono le porte del soccer e dei college universitari Usa. Dopo il successo di Roma dove più di 40 giocatori sono stati selezionati dai coach americani ottenendo borse di studio importanti, College Life Italia ha ospitato due showcase al nord Italia, prima a Torino e po...
The Italian contribution to the world’s largest telescope
Soon, the world's largest telescope will be built in Chile and named "E-ELT", European – Extremely Large Telescope. It will have a mirror of 39 meters in diameter; the diameter of its rotating dome will be 85 meters and it will rise almost 80 meters above the ground. Its total weight that will be 5,000 tons. Such a massive project would not have be...