Joe Benetti joins Oregon Pacific Bank board
Restaurateur and civic leader Joe Benetti has been appointed to the board directors of Oregon Pacific Bank. He officially joined the board May 19. "Joe has been a longtime friend and client of Oregon Pacific Bank," said the bank in an announcement of the appointment. "Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Joe Benetti grew up heavily influe...
Meet NYC Fancy Food Fellow Finalist: City Saucery
At City Saucery, tomato sauce is made the old-fashioned way. Locally-grown ingredients like 100% New Jersey vine-ripened tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, and aromatic herbs bring out flavors reminiscent of home-cooked meals from Mama's kitchen. Or in this case, Nonna's kitchen. City Saucery is a modern family business based in Staten...
Bar Tulia Pours Traditional Imported Italian Wines at Disisa Dinner on Thursday
by Tiara Brown Famous for its farmhouse design with a big city feel, Bar Tulia will host a Disisa Wine dinner this Thursday, June 25 on Fifth Avenue at 6 p.m. Bar Tulia is an Italian gastropub with modern pub fare, craft cocktails and fine Italian wines. Unlike many restaurants in the United States, the chefs at Bar Tulia do not c...
Consul General Natalia Quintavalle Joins NOIAW’s Distinguished Board
by NOIAW It is with great pleasure that we announce the newest member of our Distinguished Board. Hon. Natalia Quintavalle, the Consul General of Italy in New York, has been a great friend of our organization since she began her post in 2010. We are honored that she has accepted our invitation to join NOIAW's Distinguished Board. &nb...
Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival Officially Begins with Kick-Off Dinner
by Nate Fluharty It was a special night to kickoff one of the largest Italian festivals in the country and honor some of the men and women that also help make it one of the best. WTRF's Nate Fluharty was the proud emcee for the kickoff dinner of the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival. This year's dinner was held insi...
The Italian experience through the Italian language
Italy isn't just globally famous for his beauty or for his way of life. The Italian language has contaminated many fields: arts, poetry, food, design, cinema and music, becoming during the past century a truly global heritage. The Italian language still fascinated many people around the world, so for help them the App Babbel choose 8 Itali...
Novecento italiano a Washington - Apre ‘Le Onde’ allo Hirshhorn
Apre al pubblico il 22 agosto l' esposizione "Le Onde: waves of Italian Influence (1924-1971)", grazie a cui sara' possibile per la prima volta ammirare circa 20 opere italiane e internazionali appartenenti alla collezione permanente del museo, raramente o mai esposte prima. La mostra, resa possibile grazie al sostegno dell' Ambasciata d'Italia neg...
Take a look around the new Bar Toma
Bar Toma, Tony Mantuano's Italian restaurant in the Gold Coast off Michigan Avenue, reopens Aug. 21 as a casual pizzeria. The restaurant had been closed since July 6 for renovations, including the addition of a pizza oven. "At Bar Toma we have realized that people want our pizza, and we've been trying to do so many different things th...
Ciao Bella Living Italian Style: Italian programming hits the Philly area
By Peg DeGrassa There's reality TV, Court TV, TruTV, Scyfy-TV, Latino TV, BET, paranormal TV and just about every other kind of TV station out there. But there has never really been a station out there that highlights, spotlights and explores everything Italian American. Until now, that is. When my good friend Barbara Ann Zippi in...
Italy confirms European leadership in organic food, business leaps to over €3.8 bn
by Natascia Ronchetti The flow of 'Made in Italy' labeled organic food exports is turning into a flood. With more than €1.4 billion in turnover, organic businesses have seen exports grow by over 330% over the course of six years starting in 2008. A dizzying pace that, as confirmed by the Italian leadership in Europe with 10.8% of...
The 37th annual Houston Italian Festival set for Oct. 8-11
The 37th Annual Houston Italian Festival will bring Italian Bingo and Poker all' Italiana to this year's event along with a trio of new musical acts hot off the New York and Houston music scene. To be held on the grounds of the University of St. Thomas, the festival will run Thursday, Oct. 8, until Sunday, Oct. 11. This popular festiv...
Italians celebrate Columbus Day parade in downtown Denver
by Elisabeth Hernandez Sabino Romano and his family hoisted Italian flags in the air as they brought up the rear of the Columbus Day parade on Saturday morning in Denver. Romano has been showing his support for the holiday at the downtown Denver event for at least 20 years, he said. "It's an Italian thing," Romano said. "Plus...