Yorktown's Circolo da Vinci Hands Out Student Scholarships
Six area high school seniors were awarded scholarships Thursday, May 10, by Circolo da Vinci, a nonprofit Yorktown organization that promotes Italian-American heritage. The 36th annual scholarship dinner was held at Vittoria’Z in Jefferson Valley. This year’s scholarship award recipients were: Matteo Cosentino of Fordham Preparatory School (Albert...
Italian Luxury Furniture Maker Giorgetti's First Branded Condo Project Breaks Ground In Houston
The high-end style and time-tested craftsmanship of Italian luxury furniture-maker Giorgetti has inspired the form, function, finishes— and lifestyle—for an entire condo development. A mid-rise, Giorgetti Houston broke ground May 15 in the Upper Kirby District, an area of upscale retail, restaurants, galleries and neighborhoods located four miles w...
La New York che profuma d'Italia: "Ma la vera Little Italy ora è nel Bronx"
C’era una volta Little Italy, il quartiere italoamericano più famoso d’America, casa di migliaia di italiani emigrati qui dalla fine dell’Ottocento agli anni 50, ultima ondata migratoria massiccia. Fu in quella porzione nella Lower East di Manhattan che si stabilirono gli italiani, soprattutto del Sud: i siciliani a Elizabeth Steet, Mulberry street...
10 Ways to Summer Like an Italian
Summer is here, ushering in hot sunny days, endless outdoor adventures, and festive gatherings with friends and family! Our summer mantra? JUST CHILL and embrace your inner Italian to the fullest. Here are 10 ways to summer like an Italian at Eataly Boston! 1. SEASON SIMPLY.When it comes to creating a dish, we Italians prefer to use just a few hig...
The Long-Running Pasta Show of Queens
As he stacks four one-pound packs of bucatini on Cassinelli’s compact counter, Giovanni Cali all but apologizes for his pasta purchase.“I can make it at home,” he said. “But I don’t want to.” It’s as difficult to find a store that sells bucatini, which looks like spaghetti with a hole in the center, as it is to make it. And this is why Mr. Cali has...
The Arm of St. Thomas Aquinas
In the 1270s, Thomas Aquinas founded a Dominican academy in the monastery attached to San Domenico Maggiore. Extraordinary witness accounts from this time testify that the priest was able to levitate during meditation. In one instance, the sacristan of the basilica witnessed Aquinas levitating while simultaneously speaking to Christ, who compliment...
Caputo Trattoria opens at Foxwoods; River restaurant new in Wethersfield
The new Italian restaurant at Foxwoods Resort Casino officially arrived on Kentucky Derby Saturday — bright, airy, tasty and somewhat pricey in the space formerly occupied by Al Dente. Caputo Trattoria opened this month from Craveable Hospitality Group, which runs also-satisfying David Burke Prime steakhouse next door in the Grand Pequot Tower’s re...
The Sicily-New Orleans Connection: Jazz is the Art of Encounter par Excellence
We Play for Tips, the outstanding new album by the Sicilian saxophonist Francesco Cafiso, is a homage to New Orleans jazz. The title comes from a saying that Crescent City street musicians have emblazoned on their caps, an image that Cafiso says stuck with him after a trip to New Orleans when he was a teenager. But the latest recording by the 28-ye...
MADEINITALIA: Il brand di calzature sbarca in USA
Cresce ancora l’export per Brandsdistribution, la società italiana creata da Carlo Tafuri che, con i suoi 30 milioni di euro di fatturato, rappresenta una delle piattaforme ecommerce B2B più importanti al mondo. L’azienda è pronta a lanciare il proprio brand di calzature MADEINITALIA sul mercato USA nel canale B2C grazie all’imminente apertura di u...
South Shore author to read homegrown poetry at Holy Family
One Staten Islander woman has put together a series of poems based off of her unique upbringing in both Brooklyn and Staten Island. Maria Giura, a New Springville native for the past 20 years, has compiled a series of her most notable poems in a recently released book titled, What My Father Taught Me. Giura will be reciting the works featured in he...
Antique gondola docked in place of honor at the Venetian
There are restaurants from top chefs such as Wolfgang Puck and Lorena Garcia, elegant hotel suites, shows that pull from Motown favorites and the movies of Baz Luhrmann and nightclubs that fill with bouncing bodies year after year.But the signature attraction at the Venetian casino resort in Las Vegas has always been its gondolas — slim, stately bo...
A Taste of Italy: teaching Italian culture, cuisine and wine to a new generation of chefs
How a perfect night looks like when you are an Italian food lover? The answer could come from people who attended the Taste Of Italy event, organized by the International Culinary Center at the Airbnb HQ in San Francisco on May 11th, with the purpose of celebrating Italy’s culture, cuisine, and wines with some special guests and cooks. Not only is...