The Best Italian Food in Boston's North End
Boston's North End is known as its Little Italy and is reputed to have not only some of the city's best Italian restaurants, but also some of its best places to eat regardless of ethnic heritage. The North End's narrow winding streets ring with the sounds and smells of old Italy. You'll even hear people yelling "Ciao." and there is the ong...
Gigliola Staffilani and her parable to success
By Lavinia Pisani Gigliola Staffilani is the only Italian woman teaching full time pure mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Originally from Martinsicuro, a town in the Abruzzi region, her future was supposed to be as a hairstylist. "I am glad that I could be a role model for many girls who may be interested in beco...
Ferrari: nei prossimi due anni il mercato americano sarà il primo per esportazioni
Da Trento agli Stati Uniti. Su quest'asse scommette Ferrari per fare diventare quello americano il primo mercato di esportazione per la cantina nei prossimi due anni. Fondata da Giulio Ferrari nel 1902 - quando ancora Trento era una provincia dell'Impero austro-ungarico - e da lui ceduta alla famiglia Lunelli 50 anni dopo, l'azienda punta sulla sua...
Italian veterinarian and All-American shot putter finds niche in Hermiston
A track scholarship lured Eugenio Mannucci to the United States, but true love and a job in veterinary medicine is why he stayed. The All-American shot putter from Italy recently started work as a veterinarian at Hermiston's Oregon Trail Veterinary Clinic, where he practices traditional medicine and acupuncture on animals large and small. &nb...
Mount Carmel fundraisers face tough challenge
by Mark Sullivan Our Lady of Mount Carmel's pastor has issued a message to parishioners committed to reopening the shuttered, crumbling church: If you want it repaired, you'll have to pay for it yourselves. "I made very clear to them the ball is in their court," said Monsignor F. Stephen Pedone. "They have their work cut out for them....
Italian Company for the Night
This week, I took a train out to Long Island to meet my grandparents at their friends' house. As I walked in the door, I gave and received a kiss on the cheek from every man and woman, most of whom I either didn't know or had met when I was too young to remember. At one point, one of them held my shoulders and took a step back for a better look bef...
Review: At Bricco in West Hartford, Seasonal Italian That Aims for Balance
Restaurants are notoriously short-lived, but Restaurant Bricco, a West Hartford mainstay since 1996, is not only alive, but thriving. How many dinners have crossed the counter from the open kitchen whose wood-burning stone ovens greet arriving guests? Assume an average of 275 covers per night, and Billy Grant, its chef and owner, is somewhere aroun...
Local books and authors: Italian immigrant family saga
Former Akron resident pens 1920s immigrant tale. Children of Italy, a historical romance by former Akron resident Christine Simolke, provides well-researched details on the lives of Italian immigrants in 1920s Appalachia. Using stories of her own grandmother and great-aunts as inspiration, Simolke fashions the story of a family and their secre...
Celebrating Italian culture in northern Nevada
by Alexandria Cannito A little taste of Italy is making its way back to the Biggest Little City. "One Italian family would buy the grapes and bring them over and everybody down the street would purchase the grapes from them, make their own wines and different things like that," says John Aramini, a sauce cooker in this year's event. "...
The never-ending love story between Tuscany and Americans finds in Castello di Casole a new wonderful chapter
by Sara Magro Americans seem to have a fatal attraction for Tuscany: as soon as they arrive in the region and admire its landscapes, they immediately feel like buying a farmhouse, a village or a castle to turn into a private house or a hotel. In the past years, the real estate business was flourishing so much thanks to American, British a...
Italian culture and history: Assisi, Umbria
WTI Magazine #84 2016 October 17Author : italia.it Translation by: One of the most famous towns in Italy is Assisi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and, above all, homeland of St. Francis, the man who renounced all his possessions in order to devote his life to helping the needy. Dedicated to him is the splendid Basilica, one of the em...
Italian Masters Do It Better
Italian Masters Do It Better: Exhibition of Contemporary Italian Art from the Post-War Era until today. Exhibition Opening: November 28th, 2016, 6.00-9.00 PM. Exhibition Dates: November 28th, 2016, to February 26, 2017. Gallery Director: Franco Valli; Marketing Director: Melissa Bovolenta; Consultant Curator: Mari...