Springfield resident carries on Italian tradition
More than 200 people celebrated Friday night at Dominic Arillota's home in the city's East Forest Park neighborhood. It was an Italian feast that used to be held in downtown Springfield, but about four years ago the building that hosted it was shut down. Ever since, Dominic has helped to keep the tradition alive. He told 22News each year i...
Change at the NYS Fair: After 40 years, Anna's Italian food stand says farewell
by Don Cazendre Anna's has been serving Sicilian pizza, meatball subs, chicken parm and other Italian favorites on the West End of the New York State Fair for 40 years. Now, it looks like 2014 is Anna's final fair. Co-owner Anna Desiderio passed away last year, just before the fair began. But her sons say that's not the reason An...
Ancient Italian Grain Flour Introduced in New York City for the First Time by Italian Milling Company, Molino Grassi
Grano del Miracolo, an ancient grain flour saved from extinction by the Italian organic milling company Molino Grassi, is now available for the first time in the US. Master Baker Ezio Rocchi, based in Genova, Italy, showcased the Molino Grassi line of flours at a NYC event on September 17th, and baked a selection of Molino Grassi flours in...
St. Louis entrepreneur offering food tours of The Hill
For more than 40 years, Manzo's, an Italian market located at the corner of Devonshire and Macklind avenues in south St. Louis, stood as an iconic home-grown business founded by Sicilian immigrants and kept alive by their children. Manzo's thrived for decades as a St. Louis institution, selling Italian sausage, cheese, wine and other delicacies to...
Massimo Bottura Adds His Touch to Risotto
If Italy's most celebrated modernist chef is coming over to make brunch, don't be surprised if he shows up packing a sleek nitrous oxide siphon. It's just for the bread crumb foam. Massimo Bottura, the energetic chef and owner of the three-Michelin-star Osteria Francescana, in Modena, arrived at my Brooklyn kitchen with a motley tool kit....
Portland Opera Marks Its 50th Birthday
This coming Friday, the Portland Opera will mark its 50th season with a production of Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus. While this performance may particularly appeal to lovers of classic opera, General Director Christopher Mattaliano also hopes the larger community will embrace the art form. "Opera started as a very popular art form," he ex...
Angelina Jolie ‘Unbroken’ Book: Will Jolie’s Poignant Biopic Be A Serious Oscar Nominee?
"Unbroken" is an upcoming war-drama movie produced and directed by Angelina Jolie. The film is a movie adaptation of the 2010 nonfiction book, "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand. Before its world premiere, Jolie's "Unbroken" took Hollywood by storm as a serious Oscar nominee. Angel...
Visit of Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero in Madison, WI
Ambassador Cladio Bisogniero will arrive in Madison, Wisconsin on the evening of November 30, and will be greeted by the Consul General of the Chicago Consulate Office and members of the Italian Workmen's Club of Madison (IWC). The IWC is coordinating the Ambassodor's visit. On Monday, December 1st, the Ambassador will have breakfast at th...
Mafia, maxi operazione tra Italia e Usa: 8 arresti
Maxi operazione contro Cosa Nostra e 'ndrangheta messa a segno dallo Sco (Servizio Centrale Operativo) della Polizia di Stato in Italia e negli Stati Uniti: colpito l'asse criminale che collega l'Italia all'America. Il blitz è scattato a Milano, Matera, Trapani e New York, dove la Polizia ha eseguito provvedimenti di custodia cautelare in...
E' morto Gino Pellegrini, lo scenografo che lavorò per Disney e Kubrick
A 73 anni se n'è andato Gino Pellegrini, uno dei più straordinari creativi e visionari che l'Italia ha donato al cinema. E' stato scenografo per la Disney e per Stanley Kubrick, ha lavorato a capolavori come 2001 Odissea nello spazio, Gli uccelli, Indovina chi viene a cena, Mary Poppins, La spada della roccia, Un maggiolino tutto matto. &...
Il mondo di progetti tra Roma e New York di Paola Sinisgalli
Ci sarà stato per forza lo zampino della dea Fortuna nella vita della romana Paola Sinisgalli, dal 2010 a New York, che ringrazia la dea bendata e prima di tutto i suoi genitori. La sua storia sembra una commedia natalizia, di quelle da guardare davanti al camino. Classe 1986, bocconiana, Paola Sinisgalli è votata all'internazionalità sin...
Riaperta la Capital Campaign di Filitalia International/ Nestico: diffondere lingua e cultura negli USA
La Capital Campaign di Filitalia International, attuata per sostenere il Museo della Storia dell'Immigrazione Italiana di Philadelphia, è stata riavviata ieri, 14 Gennaio, con una visita privata coordinata dal Fondatore e Presidente Emerito di Filitalia International, Pasquale Nestico. Durante l'evento, Nestico ha sottolineato che il Museo...