Restaurant owner brings Italian recipes to Darlington, finds warm welcome
by Joe Perry Many years ago in the small Sicilian town of Carini, Vincenzo Monterosso watched his mother cook. He learned how to make olive oil and cheese on the family dairy farm run by his father, Salvatore, who also grew plump tomatoes. It was at the side of his mother, Giacoma Monterroso, though, where he learned slow-coo...
Dallas' favorite Italian sausage-slinger turns 50
Jimmy's Food Store, Dallas' beloved ma and pa grocer turned Italian specialty shop, is now 50 years old. Their sausage and meatballs are the best in town — having them on the menu is a good get for virtually any restaurant. These folks have a complicated understanding of what Italians want. They have deep roots in Dallas, and they have been working...
Protocol of Understanding to promote high-quality Italian cuisine abroad presented today at the Farnesina
The Protocol, signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, Maurizio Martina, and the Minister of Education, Universities and Research, Stefania Giannini, sets forth an articulate action plan to promote Italian high-quality cuisine and products. &...
Visiting Assistant Professor in Italian Studies: One–Year Appointment
Gettysburg College invites applications for a one-year visiting faculty position in Italian Studies at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor (https://www.gettysburg.edu/academics/italian/) beginning August 2016. Qualifications: The successful candidate should have a commitment to teaching in the liberal arts tradition and show a p...
Gaetano Salvemini and the Italian exiles: Book presentation and conversation
13 Apr 2016 6:00 PM. Center for Italian Modern Art. 421 BROOME STREET, 4th floor. New York, NY 10013 Join us for a special evening of conversation around the presentation of a new publication, Gaetano Salvemini: Lettere Americane, 1927-1949 (Donzelli Editore, 2015), with the editor, Renato Camurri, and Professors Romy Golan, Ernest Ialongo, and St...
The Colossus of Watts: Sam Rodia – Designer and Builder of the Watts Towers
By Niccoló Graffio "Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them." – Lyof N. Tolstoy: What is Art?, 1898 When I was a teenager my father would take us every s...
Coro-Dante Concerto di Primavera - Sunday, May 15, 2016, 5:00 PM
When: Sunday, May 15, 2016, 5:00 PMWhere: Dante Alighieri Society, 41 Hampshire St., Kendall Sq., Cambridge Coro-Dante Concerto di Primavera: All-Italian Repertoire Chorus of the Dante Alighieri SocietyKevin Galiè, M.M., J.D., Director - Ilana Cady, Pianist - Choruses and Arias from Amilcare Ponchielli's - La Gioco...
Fiola review: Italian ecstasy in the nation’s capital
Chef Fabio Trabocchi's biggest competitor is himself. When it comes to haute Italian cooking in Washington, there's Fiola Mare in Georgetown and his original Fiola in Penn Quarter. For a few years now, I've been talking up the former. But guess what? Senior is out-cooking junior right now, the evidence arriving with a treat from the kitche...
Rome a surprise addition to Europe’s top 10 destinations for foreign direct investments
An unexpected promotion for a city that has been facing a very difficult juncture in the last several years. According to the new European Attractiveness Survey by EY, a multinational professional services firm, Rome has entered for the first time the top 10 list of the most attractive cities in Europe for foreign direct investments. While...
Piero Selvaggio, the native of Modica who wrote the history of Italian cuisine in the USA
Piero Selvaggio, born and raised in Modica, relocated with his family to the USA at the age of 18. He is considered the ambassador of Italian cuisine in the US and the best restaurateur of all times. Selvaggio believes his success is tightly linked to his origins and his sicilianness. With great pride he tells us how he started at the lowe...
La Festa dei Gigli Presented by Stephanie Trudeau
When: Thursday, June 23rd at 6:30PM Where: Italian American Museum, 155 Mulberry Street, New York, NY 10013 Film - Memory of the Dancing Lily by Joe DeRise and Angelo Januzzi Suggested donation of $10 per person Fullbright Scholar Stephanie Trudeau will compare and contrast the celebration of the Festa Dei Gigli as celebrated...
For the Zeck brothers, locally sourced LoRe Pasta is their baby
By Pat Tanner When it comes to making fresh pasta, how local can you go? Just ask brothers Mario and Richard Zeck, whose nascent business, LoRe Pasta, sources flours from Hunterdon and Bucks counties, eggs from Hillsborough, and herbs and vegetables from the farmers who sell at the West Windsor and Montgomery farmers markets where LoRe Pas...