Genova per noi: a Washington DC omaggio alla città italiana tra musica, poesia e storia
"Genova per noi. Musica, Poesia, Storia e Territorio" è il titolo dell'evento che è stato ospitato ieri presso il Friendship Heights Village Center di Chevy Chase, nei pressi di Washington DC. Organizzato dall'Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaborazione con la Società Italiana di Cultura di Washington DC, l'evento ha visto l'esibizione del...
Stepping back into the 19th century: The incredible Italian castle that looks like it's been frozen in time
These are the haunting images of an Italian castle that still stands in pristine condition, despite being left abandoned for more than 20 years. The Castello di Sammezzano in Tuscany, Italy, was built in the early 17th century by Spanish nobles and was even visited by Emperor Charlemagne, before it was turned into a hotel-restaurant. It has b...
A sure hand with true Italian at Calafuria in Midtown Ren
by Johnathan L. Wright Calafuria occupies a renovated bungalow on South Center Street in Midtown (back in the day, it was Rose's sandwiches). The restaurant lies in Midtown, but it's not of Midtown (or at least of Midtown's more annoying aspects). As in: Calafuria doesn't feel derivative, like something someone saw or ate in San Francisco or...
Medford's ITA 101 offers satisfying course in Old-World taste
Here's the quick read on ITA 101, the Italian BYOB helping light up Medford's quaint Main Street: It's the kind of place where regulars not only tote along their best bottles, they also bring classy stemware from which to sip. Which is to say, the 40-seat dining room doesn't trade in fancy accouterments, but chef Kevin Maher's menu plays well with...
Italian specialty shop Casa di Palma now open in Bellport Village
It was vacation. A mother-and-daughter trip, to be precise, to her families' roots in Italy is where Lisa Ihne of East Patchogue became inspired to open an Italian specialty food store in Bellport Village. She just didn't know it yet. It was only after arriving home that she started to think about recreating that charm of the Old Country...
How a funeral home in Italian Catholic Dyker Heights opened up to Chinese customers
In 2001, Joe Aievoli put up a small sign in Chinese on the Aievoli Funeral Home in Dyker Heights, which had been serving the area's largely Italian Catholic population since 1900. "People thought he was insane. They said he was going to alienate his other customers," recalled Pat Marmo, owner of Daniel J. Schaefer Funeral Home, who considers Aievol...
The jarring of tomatoes as ritual and tradition
by Dolores Alfieri And then late August comes, full of its heat and humidity, and we know it's time to pull out the wide steel drums, the plastic crates stacked full of clean Mason jars, the old bed sheets and blankets, and the comically large wooden spoons, because it's time to jar the tomatoes. Clear your schedule for the day, and come o...
Mind your coffee! Some tips on how to get Italian coffee always right
By Francesca Bezzone I am an odd Italian coffee lover: I started drinking it when I was in my twenties, spending my youngest years in worship of the more exotic world of teas. I still like tea, but coffee... coffee is a different story. And as I lived for decades outside of Italy, I developed a taste for non traditionally Italian kava: I l...
Beyond Words: Italian Renaissance Books exhibit opens Sept. 22 at Gardner Museum
Rarely seen, exquisite Renaissance manuscripts and early printed books make this a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition. Beyond Words: Italian Renaissance Books showcases over 65 Renaissance paintings hidden between the covers of rare books in Boston's libraries and museums. The works – remarkable for their beauty and jewel-like colors – will be on view a...
Dining: Firm grasp of Italian fare at Boulder's Via Perla
The location of the newest addition to Boulder's lineup of Italian eateries, Via Perla, which opened in March, shouldn't come as surprise to anyone with a rudimentary command of Italian. It does, however, raise the question of whether there's an American restaurant in Italy called Pearl Street situated on an actual Via Perla. Gnocci A...
UNICO to hold Columbus Day ceremony Monday at Sparta park
The Sparta chapter of UNICO National will hold its annual Columbus Day ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Dykstra Park. The ceremony at the Christopher Columbus Monument will include raising the American, New Jersey and Italian flags. The Sparta chapter was founded in 1998, but the national group dates from 1922 as an outgrowth of anti-...
The San Francisco Bay Area Welcomes Lorenzo Ortona, San Francisco’s New Italian Consul General
By Catherine Accardi The Bay Area is pleased to welcome Lorenzo Ortona as the new San Francisco Consul General of Italy. Although headquartered in San Francisco, the Italian Consulate serves Northern and Central California, and a territory that extends from Hawaii to Alaska and Washington State. Consul General Ortona graduated wit...