The Youngstown Connection recently returned from a trip of a lifetime
By Guy D'Astolfo The Youngstown Connection has made a lot of amazing trips over its 28 years of existence, including a few visits to Europe. But its recent trip to Italy topped them all, said Carol Baird, the founder and director of the city schools' song and dance troupe. The 14 high-school age members, plus Baird and three...
Review: Bar Sugo’s Seriously Italian Menu Goes Beyond the Sauce
What makes Bar Sugo special among the Italian places in Norwalk is its chef's creativity, its two dozen small plates (plus half a dozen pizzas), and a focus on farm-to-table fare. The menu from the chef and owner, Pasquale Pascarella, changes daily, depending on the market's availability. In a phone conversation after my visits, he told me...
Digging Into L.A.'s Italian Past
by Nicholas Slayton The El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument offers a number of attractions. Visitors can stroll down Olvera Street and buy kitschy goods, check out the city's oldest building or grab a meal at one of the area's Mexican restaurants. They can inspect the monuments to the city's founding in 1781, drop by the Chinese A...
5 Under-the-Radar Italian Vacation Destinations
Between Instagram, the Internet, and your own vacations, you're probably familiar with Italy's better-known holiday spots (we're talking places like Lake Como, Venice, Tuscany, Rome, and Capri, to name a few). They're all stunning, fairy-tale locations, to be sure, but not exactly undiscovered. In fact, with all the tourists flocking to these local...
Help the Sons of Italy's Commission for Social Justice Save Columbus Day
Dear friends, our national Columbus Day holiday has been under attack to be renamed "Indigenous People's Day". Most recently we have seen these attempts in Colorado; Utah; Montana; Los Angeles, California; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Spokane, Washington. The Order Sons of Italy in America is not opposed to a day which recognizes indigenous people...
Third Annual Italian Heritage Day
Sunday, Oct. 2 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Children 17 & under receive free admission | Regular museum rates for adults. Tu e la tua famiglia are cordially invited to commemorate your italianità at the History Center with a full day of interactive activities designed with K-12 students in mind. In honor of Italian Heritage Month, loc...
Ciao can you refuse?
St. Augustine's Catholic Church in Lincoln City will be offering a Taste of Italy this Friday, Oct. 7, with a gala dinner and silent auction to raise funds for outreach programs and parish improvements. The evening will start at 5 pm, with a no-host wine bar, appetizers and a silent auction. An Italian dinner, including salad, main course and...
Making mozzarella a passion, not a job, for Doris’ Sal Coppola
Sal Coppola came to America, learned how to make mozzarella and, 60 years later, it's still his craft. "There's nothing else I'd rather do. It gives me a lot of pleasure," says Sal, from his kitchen set-up by the deli at the Doris Italian Market in North Palm Beach. "There's nothing else I enjoy. It makes people happy. I like to make people ha...
Italian traditions: Festa del Torrone in Cremona
WTI Magazine #84 2016 October 17Author : folclore.it Translation by: The countdown for the 2016 edition of the Festa del Torrone di Cremona has begun. From Saturday 19th to Sunday 27th November, the town will host 9 days of celebrations which will make Cremona the European capital of food and entertainment. The objective is to exceed...
Luciano Owner Given Huge Award at The Ferrari Kid Annual Gala
Luciano Italian Restaurant owner Gennaro 'Jimmy' Centofanti (pronounced Chento-Fahn-tee) was given the "Campione peri Bambini" (Champion for Kids) Award from The Ferrari Kid organization at their Annual Gala at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort & Spa, Saturday, November 12, 2016. The Ferrari Kid experience is designed to give children copi...
How Italian-American brothers boosted Montalcino's production of Brunello wines
Montalcino is an Italian town in southern Tuscany, two hours' drive from Rome's Fiumicino Airport. It is almost synonymous with Brunello di Montalcino, the most famous wine it produces. Up until the 1970s, Montalcino comprised relatively small producers, partly because its profusion of microclimates - areas with distinct soil and weather -...
Traditional Italian Christmas Dishes You May Never Have Heard Of
By Anna Lebedeva The most important feast of the year is fast approaching. This is the time when Italian families, proud of their local traditions, prepare the dishes, which recipes have been passed down from generation to generation. Looking at Christmas meals in Bel Paese makes you understand that, indeed, there is no such thing as Italian cuisi...