Eat!Drink!Italy! With Vic Rallo Jr., Honored With Two New York Emmy® Nominations
The 57th Annual New York Emmy® Award nominations have been announced and Eat!Drink!Italy! with Vic Rallo has been nominated for two awards in the categories of Best On-Camera Talent: Program Host/Moderator,' and "Informational/Instructional" Program by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in New York. The nominations for th...
Documentary to examine stereotypes of Italian-Americans
New Jersey filmmaker Frank Gigante and Enrico Muzzi are teaming up to film "The Other Side," an independent project produced by Gigante's company My Way Produzioni. The film examines racial stereotypes and how prejudices are formed, with a focus on the Italian-American culture. "The Other Side" features many New Jersey locations such as Va...
One venerable Italian restaurant replaces another
At the end of this month venerable Italian restaurant, Alfredo 100, will move into the space at 7 E. 54th St. vacated in December by Bice, which closed after a protracted financial struggle. Alfredo 100 is owned by Russell Bellanca, who lost the lease last year in Rockefeller Center for Alfredo of Rome, the restaurant he'd opened in 2001. The new...
Friscia Pharmacy Owner and Coney Island Civic Champion Frank Giordano Retires
By Will Bredderman The corner pharmacy — that all-but forgotten place filled with mortars and pestles, pills, powders, potions, ice cream on a hot summer's day, and the friendly shopkeeper with an apron on behind the counter — was Frank Giordano's world for 50 years. In fact, he was that friendly shopkeeper. Read more So...
La Bocca Ristorante Offers Authentic Italian Cuisine
La Bocca Ristorante's storefront on Church Street in downtown White Plains blends in with its surroundings, but its logo is definitely an attention grabber. A round disc carved to look like a man with a gaping mouth, the logo of La Bocca Ristorante is the La Bocca Della Verita, or the Mouth of Truth, an ancient Roman artifact said to bite down on...
"Ostia Antica segreta: era più grande di Pompei"
Scoperta una parte di Ostia Antica fino ad oggi 'segreta', più grande di Pompei. Recenti indagini archeologiche svelano infatti che l'area era molto più vasta di quanto ritenuto. La Soprintendenza archeologica di Roma parla di "risultati eccezionali: nel I secolo a.C, il Tevere non chiudeva la città a nord, ma la divideva in due parti". To...
Children learning Italian ‘travel’ to Melilli, meet students in Middletown’s sister city
by Cassandra Day Thanks to modern technology, a group of children learning Italian language and culture "traveled" across the North Atlantic to last weekend to meet the mayor and students just like them who live in Middletown's sister city of Melilli, Sicily. About 10 children ages 7-13 who study at the city's Italian American Com...
Authorea, the italian startup Harvard fell in love with
«I want to bring sexy back to science», says Alberto Pepe, the 35 year old co-founder of Authorea, a startup based in New York City. It's «the collaborative platform for research», reads its website. It's also the first startup created by an Italian that is able to raise money among NYC investors, thanks to the VentureOutNY program that ev...
Italian or Italian-American? 5 ways to tell if you are in an authentic italian restaurant
Every American restaurateur is a little bit Italian too. As a matter of fact, they would swear on their half-Italian half-Irish long gone and beloved grandmother that their "Spaghetti Bolognese" is the best in town. The recipe they follow is taken from the dear and precious heirloom cookbook that said grandmother hand wrote when she first...
Italian Language and Culture Day at Montclair State: Time Travel—in Italiano!
The Italian Teachers Association of New Jersey (ITANJ) and the Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America at Montclair State University joined forces on March 26th for their seventh annual collaboration, Italian Language and Culture Day. This full day of performances showcased the hard work and creativity of middle school and h...
Il Piemonte in vetrina al Summer Fancy Food
Sono 9 le aziende piemontesi, delle province di, Biella, Cuneo, Novara e Torino, che dal 29 giugno all'1 luglio partecipano all'edizione 2014 del Summer Fancy Food di New York, fiera di riferimento per il mercato alimentare negli Stati Uniti e Nord America. La presenza piemontese rientra nel Progetto Integrato di Filiera (PIF) Piemonte Food Excell...
Restauro completato al Tempio di Portuno al Foro Boario di Roma, grazie ad American Express
E' il "trend" del momento: sponsorizzare la salvaguardia del patrimonio artistico dell'Italia. Ancora di più quello della Città Eterna, dove ogni elemento o scorcio è di per sé un capolavoro di inestimabile valore estetico e storico. Lo sa bene American Express che da tempo si pone in prima linea con attività che favoriscono il restauro di...