The Lido Civic Club to Honor John D. Porcari
The Lido Civic Club of Washington, D.C., will be honoring the outstanding civic achievements of Italian American Mr. John D. Porcari with the Lido Civic Club Man of the Year award. The event will take place at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, November 21, 2015. John D. Porcari is Senior Vice President and National Direct...
La Stazione Toledo vince il premio della "International Tunnelling Association"
Nuova soddisfazione per Napoli. La Stazione Metro Toledo ha infatti vinto nelle scorse ore il premio della "International Tunnelling Association" nella categoria "innovative use of underground spaces". Si tratta di un riconoscimento importantissimo a livello internazionale: l'Oscar delle opere in sotterraneo nella categoria "Uso Innovativo...
Gay Talese Honored at 21 Club for Classic Sinatra Profile
A half century after completing a magazine piece that had frustrated and disappointed him, Gay Talese was honored at the 21 Club for his landmark Esquire story on Frank Sinatra. Tom Wolfe, Robert Caro and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg were among those seated at the banquet table Monday night as toasts were offered to Tale...
Good Food, Fun and Laughs on the Menu at UNICO’s Annual Pig Roast
The Plainfield Chapter of UNICO held their annual Pig Roast this past weekend, as more than two hundred attendees enjoyed good food, fun spirits and Italian heritage. The event held at the Italian American Club in Scotch Plains kicks off the annual Christmas season in Italian style. This annual event helps to raise funds for high school se...
The ecstasy of 'Hateful Eight' Maestro Ennio Morricone
by Matt Stieb Most genre titles suck, serving as meaningless shorthand for nerds in the field. Vaporwave? Gaslamp Fantasy? But, the Spaghetti Western moniker so perfectly nails the phenomenon of Italian directors setting movies in the American West that it gives worth to the entire operation of genre. In the early '60s, American filmmaker...
A Mano: Townsend Wentz's Italian BYOB opens on Fairmount Ave.
by Michael Klein Wentz will remain at Townsend, where he was named chef of the year in 2014 by Craig LaBan and was a semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation's best new restaurant. Townsend also was Philly Mag's restaurant of the year in 2014. Executive chef Michael Millon - a Lansdowne native who has worked with Wentz for 10 y...
Trovare l'America. Gli Italo Americani nelle collezioni della Library of Congress
In febbraio inaugura, negli spazi del centro espositivo Pake la mostra "Trovare l'America" - nata da un libro a cura di Linda Barret Osborne e Paolo Battaglia (con la premessa di Martin Scorsese) e realizzata appositamente per Castelvetro. Un modo per sviluppare e analizzare insieme quello che è stato un fenomeno storico di importanza straordinaria...
Ancient Italian Pasta Technology Reborn in California
The ravioli pin or mattarello per i ravioli is an old Italian ravioli making device whereby a pastaiolo can lay out pasta and filling, run the roller over and – eccoli! – raviolis are born. As with many interactions between Italy and California, innovation has crept into the picture and the ravioli pin has been completely redesigned by Italian Amer...
Escape to the Italian countryside
by Rick Steves To connect with the rural charm that defines Tuscany, consider exploring by car and staying not in towns but in farmhouses. Savvy travelers can slow down and get a taste of Italian rural life in the traditional-yet-cozy lodgings of a countryside B-and-B or an "agriturismo" -- a working farm that takes in guests. As...
Not One, but Two Cocktails from Mario Batali’s Newest Restaurant
With the Oscars (a.k.a.Vanity Fair's Olympics, our Kentucky Derby, our Super Bowl) fast approaching, many of us here could use an extra drink. With that in mind, this week's cocktail hour brings you not one, but two cocktails from La Sirena, Mario Batali's latest, highly anticipated restaurant in New York's Maritime Hotel. Since opening ea...
St. Joseph's Day Feast with a cooking demonstration and history lesson!
When: March 21, 2016 - Time: 6:00-9:00PM Costs: Members $75 - Non-members $85 Where: Trattoria Romana, 1476 Hylan Blvd | Staten Island, NY 10305 Join NOIAW's Staten Island Network once again this year for its annual St. Joseph's Day dinner and cooking demonstration! Enjoy a feast of sustenance for the mind and the body with us on March 2...
Il settore orafo vola sui mercati esteri
Tra i mercati esteri la Svizzera si posiziona al primo posto tra gli sbocchi commerciali dei gioielli italiani. Il 2015 sarà sicuramente un anno da ricordare per il settore orafo grazie all'incremento nel fatturato del 3.8%, dovuto in particolare dall'andamento favorevole delle esportazioni. Oltre alla Svizzera ottime performance si regist...