Book Presentation: ITALIAN MOBILITIES
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. 24 West 12th Street. New York, NY 10011 - November 5, 2015 - 06:00 PMItalian Mobilities. (2016, Routledge). Edited by Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Stephanie Malia Hom. The editors in conversation with: Simona Wright, The College of New Jersey; Amara Lakhous, NYU The Italian nation-stat...
St. Louis celebrity chef brings Pastaria to Nashville
by Getahn Ward A St. Louis-based celebrity chef is bringing his causal Italian concept to Nashville with a location that should open next summer at the OneC1TY mixed-use campus on Charlotte Avenue. Pastaria Nashville will be James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef Gerard Craft's first restaurant outside of his adopted Missouri hometown and...
Italy Launches "Extraordinary Italian Taste" Campaign with Key Partnership Announcement in America
As part of Italy's "Extraordinary Italian Taste" campaign, aimed to promote authentic Italian food in the United States, the Specialty Food Association announced at a media event in New York City on Wednesday, that Italy will become the first ever partner country of its Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco next year. The show, which runs from J...
Sipping With The Fishes at Avo
The Italian influences in New Orleans are everywhere from St. Joseph's Day to the muffuletta. However, Avo's chef Nick Lama is about to go full-throttle with the green, white , and red. For December, he is rolling out his take on traditional Italian "Feast of the Seven Fishes." Anyone who has logged time with an Italian grandmother can tell yo...
UNICO honors Brian Piccolo Award nominees
Five Sussex County high school athletes were recognized Nov. 15 for their dedication and courage not only on the playing field but also in the community. The third annual Brian Piccolo Award Ceremony was held at the Glade Club House in Rehoboth Beach. James Albertella, a Cape lacrosse player; Erin Coverdale, a Cape hockey player; Adam Izzo...
Up Close and Personal With Author Deirdre Marie Capone
By Cookie Curci This is not your grandma's Al Capone. No, you won't find that notorious image in this book. He's not the Al Capone we've seen in countless films, documentaries and TV programs, not the Al Capone (1899-1947) who ruled the Chicago underworld during the "Roaring Twenties" or masterminded the St. Valentine's Day massacre. No, t...
Anderson County to host International Festival with Italian flair
By Frances Parrish Beverly Childs, executive director of the Anderson County Museum, took a trip to southern Italy in October, and now she is helping bring a slice of Italy to Anderson through the International Festival. Childs, a festival committee member, remembers walking through doors of Catholic churches in Italy and seeing the e...
Professor Franco Marrocco presents The Red Studio and Other Works at the Bridge Art Exchange of L.A.
by Benedetta Cicconi The Bridge Art Exchange Building in Santa Monica opened a little over a month ago on December 12th in collaboration with the Bice Bugatti Club Italy, the solo exhibit of Franco Marrocco, professor and director of the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan. The earliest paintings by Marrocco actually belong...
Why your pinot grigio should come from Italy's Alto Adige region
by Michael Austin One man's vino is another woman's wein. In Alto Adige, the Italian wine region also known as Sudtirol by the locals who drink "wein," multicultural bilingualism comes with the territory. This is Italy's northernmost wine region, bordering Austria to the north (thus, the language duality), Switzerland to the west, and...
Terry Tazioli takes television viewers inside the hearts and minds of today’s writers
by Rita Cipalla The love of words has fueled much of Terry Tazioli's 40-year career. He's been a print reporter, newspaper editor, television producer and news assignment editor. He's also co-author of a New York Times bestseller, "Volcano: The Eruption of Mount St. Helens." Currently, Tazioli is co-host of a public broadcasting p...
Mama's Pizza in St. Paul
Sometimes you want fra diavolo and sometimes you just want red sauce. In the latter case, considerMama's Pizza (961 Rice Street, St. Paul) to satisfy your classic Italian-American cravings. Sitting for nearly half a century on the corner of Rice and Front, it's a North End neighborhood institution, though one that you likely haven't heard of unless...
Chef Alessandro presents an Italian Fair at Focaccia, Hyatt Regency
Presenting Italian Fair at Focaccia with Chef Alessandro Persico where he will be serving dishes from a menu of four course authentic Italian delights which will be paired with interesting wines by Sommelier Sachin Shetty. The thematic set up at Foccacia will be reminiscent of a typical Italian market fare, bustling with people and chefs w...