Gino Angelini, lo chef italiano più noto in America, racconta i suoi clienti vip
Gino Angelini, lo chef italiano più rinomato Oltreoceano, racconta di Cameron Diaz e John Travolta„Il piatto che va per la maggiore all'"Angelini Osteria" di Los Angeles è la lasagna di nonna Elvira. Lasagna verde, alla romagnola, condita con sugo e besciamella e impreziosita con un ciuffo si spinaci fritto. Ne prepara un centinaio di porzioni al g...
Polidori Sausage Named One Of Denver's Certified Green Businesses
Polidori Sausage was recently named one of Denver's certified green businesses. Each year, the organization, Certified Green Denver, hosts the "Green Business Showcase," highlighting green restaurants, salons, offices, and other businesses in the Denver community. This year's event was held at Linger Restaurant on Tuesday evening, June 14,...
Forget Rome and Milan - Here's a tastier (and less crowded) Italian city break
Turin, Italy's first capital, is home to Fiat, football, fabulous food, fine art and that most famous and enigmatic Christian relic, the Turin Shroud. As I stroll around this elegant and lively city, however, bordered by the Po and snow-covered Alps, part of the jigsaw is missing. It soon finds me. A rather gorgeous male (aren't all Italians in th...
The mystery of the columns of the ciborium at St. Mark’s in Venice
by Marco Bona Castellotti Among the furnishings of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, the ciborium is the most visible piece, yet it often goes unnoticed. As visitors parade before the Pala d'Oro (the Basilica's high altar), they walk past it without paying much attention to that sort of cross-vaulted canopy, which houses the main altar with the Pala...
Doveroso ricordo di Camillo Cianfarra Jr, grande giornalista di origini abruzzesi
Sono trascorsi esattamente 60 anni dal disastroso affondamento della nave italiana "Andrea Doria". Questo rende doveroso il ricordo di tutte le vittime di quel tragico evento. Pochissimi però sanno che su quella nave viaggiava e morì uno dei più grandi giornalisti abruzzesi: Camillo Massimiliano Cianfarra J. Questi era nato a Long Island nel 1907 m...
Sicilian-American Theatre Troupe Comes to Watertown
By Alex Newman A Sicilian-American theatre company is bringing its inaugural production to Watertown, an original piece titled La Storia di Colapesce. Trinacria Theatre Company created the story during a four-week residency in Sicily; its cast of eight American theatre artists is using the production as a means of promoting Sicilian h...
Iron Chef America judge, Mario Rizzotti, makes a stop in Sioux City during U.S. Italian food tour
By Christina Grijalva A little bit of Italy was in Siouxland Wednesday. Culinary Expert and 'Iron Chef America' judge, Mario Rizzotti, is cooking his way across the Midwest and that includes Sioux City. Farmers and vendors set up shop every Wednesday and Saturday for the farmer's market, but this Wednesday included a special gues...
Young Italians turning to farming bringing along their focus on innovation and technology
by Annamaria Capparelli An increasing number of young Italians are pursuing careers in agriculture, industry associations say, and funds are being earmarked especially to support their plans for innovation in the sector. Farm sector employees under the age of 35 rose by 15% in the first three months of this year, agriculture organization...
Alessandro Malaspina: Early explorer of the Pacific Northwest coast
By Rita Cipalla Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci might be famous for their early explorations of the New World, yet another Italian adventurer who commanded a four-year expedition to the Pacific Northwest, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand—said to be one of the greatest scientific expeditions of the day—is virtually unknown today...
2016 Washington, D.C. Columbus Day Ceremonies celebrate Centennial of National Columbus Memorial at Union Station
This year's Columbus Day ceremonies in the nation's capital will take place on Monday, October 10, 2016, the 104th anniversary of the National Columbus Memorial. The Memorial, which stands in front of Union Station, was unveiled by President William Howard Taft as part of a multi-day celebration in 1912. It was created by the noted sculptor Lorado...
Giovanni Rana Has Made Its Way To America Just In Time For National Pasta Day
After decades of bringing the love of refrigerated pasta to Italy, Giovanni Rana® is proud to announce that they've officially "come to America." In honor of National Pasta Month, Giovanni Rana is introducing the "Dine With Rana" national consumer campaign along with a National Pasta Day consumer coupon! Giovanni Rana is the patriarch of the Itali...
'Sicilian Corner' hosts receive Italian Heritage Media Award
Mike Lomazzo of Windham and Tom Zappala of Merrimac know a thing or two about putting on a show — but on Oct. 3, the WCCM hosts were on the other end, guests at the Massachusetts Statehouse for a ceremony honoring their role in celebrating Italian culture and heritage. The ceremony, attended by Speaker Robert DeLeo and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, to...