A Michelin-starred chef is leaving Copenhagen’s Noma to revolutionize American school lunches
by Jenny Anderson After working as head chef at Noma, the famed two-Michelin-star restaurant in Copenhagen, Dan Guisti is taking on an even bigger challenge: school lunches in America. Giusti, an Italian-American born in New Jersey, founded a for-profit food service company called Brigaid that hopes to work with school districts a...
Monteverde brings taste of Italy to West Loop with homemade pasta
There are dozens of Italian restaurants in Chicago, but only a small percentage go that extra mile and make all of their pastas in-house from scratch. A new restaurant in the West Loop is committed to hand-making everything, including one pasta dish that has become a personal favorite. When Sarah Grueneberg left Spiaggia, she took wit...
Think Italian cookies are too dry, too plain? You just need coffee or wine or some deep family ties
Expressions of Italian heritage this time of year are usually not subtle. It's the heaping helping of pastaand sauce, the zooma-zooma music of Louis Prima, the St. Joseph's Day parade filling the streets. In such bold and bodacious company, the traditional Italian cookie that's so much a part of the seasoncan seem plain, humble and maybe even home...
IV edizione del Premio Internazionale GRADIVA NEW YORK (2016)
La rivista GRADIVA bandisce la quarta edizione del Premio Internazionale Gradiva. Al Premio si concorre con un libro di poesia in lingua italiana, pubblicato fra gennaio 2015 e aprile 2016. I libri partecipanti al Premio non saranno restituiti. Non è prevista alcuna quota di partecipazione. I partecipanti possono facoltativamente iscriversi, in fo...
2016 Sons of Italy road race and walk
Join us on Saturday May 28, 2016 for the return of the Methuen Sons of Italy 5k road race! Beginning at 11:00am from the Methuen Sons of Italy at 459 Merrimack Street in Methuen, shirts to the first 200 registered, post race refreshments, cash prizes to first 3 male and female finishers and awards across all ages groups to 80+, Military Division (a...
America's First Urbani Truffle Lab Opens In NYC
Urbani Truffles USA, the world's leading truffle purveyor, announced the opening of its newest venture -- Truffle Lab NYC. The Lab will act as a creative concept, test kitchen and tasting room with an ultimate goal of bringing new experiences to truffle lovers in the heart of the big city. Under the guidance of the VP of Global Marketing, Sabrina...
Gardner Museum to host talk on Italian migration to Central Mass.
Fitchburg State University Professor Teresa Fava Thomas will present a program on migration from Italy to Central Massachusetts at The Gardner Museum on Thursday, May 12. The presentation will explore traditional life in the mountains above Venice, Italy, and the reasons why people migrated to Central Massachusetts between 1880 and 1920. The talk...
Sofia Coppola's La Traviata opens at Rome opera house
by Ruth McKee An operatic collaboration between an American film-maker, an Italian haute couture king, and a British set designer will make its debut this weekend. Sofia Coppola's La Traviata will open at the Opera of Rome on Sunday in a production featuring costumes made and designed by Valentino with backdrops created by Nathan Crowley, the...
Giugno Festa! @ Italian American Marching Club NOLA
Giugno Festa!When: Saturday, June 25, 2016 – 8-11pmWhere: Marcello's Catering Venue845 Carondelet Street, NOLA As June 1st rolls around, we're all thinking that summer is here. June also means one other thing..."Giugno Festa"! The IAMC invites you to celebrate your Italian Heritage with our very own "Giugno Festa". Come savor your favorite Italian...
Salvatore Presutti, da Pratola Peligna all'Ohio, principe dei ristoratori d'America
Era abruzzese "Il Principe in cucina" dei ristoratori in America. Salvatore Presutti era nato nel 1889 a Pratola Peligna (AQ). Il grande attore Bob Hope degli "spaghetti fatti in casa" nel Ristorante "Presutti's Villa" disse: "un giorno spero di trovarli anche in paradiso". La storia di un altro figlio d'Abruzzo raccontata da Geremia Manci...
2019 Dodge Journey Goes From Being American To Italian
It looks like the 2019 Dodge Journey could be more Italian than American as it was been reported that the upcoming model might be produced in Italy. According to AutoNews, FCA will be moving the production of the Dodge Journey from Mexico to Italy. The vehicle has been in Mexico since 2011 but it looks like it will be making its way to Europe...
Italy’s food industry to zero in on the US market
by Emanuele Scarci The Italian food industry is zeroing in on the US market: the government, through the Special Plan for Made in Italy, is investing €50 million in a deal with US retailers. "Last year we exported to the U.S. €3.5 billion with a growth around 20%," said the president of trade group Federalimentare Luigi Scordamagl...
