Rochester's Little Italy Neighborhood to celebrate its 4th Anniversary this Friday at Noon at Rocky's on Jay St!
Rochester's Little Italy Historic District (an official city neighborhood and nationally-recognized historic Italian American enclave) will celebrate its 4th Anniversary this Friday, June 2nd, 2023, at noon at Rocky's Italian Restaurant on Jay Street (one of our neighborhood's most iconic and historic Italian American owned businesses.) The Little...
Michelangelo’s Favorite Italian Coffee Drinks
In the world of Italian coffee, legend has it that Michelangelo once confessed he never could have painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel without drinking many Caffè Corretto throughout the day. “Ci Credo! I believe it,” says Francis Cinoa, founder and owner of New Jersey based Saravella coffee, “All fun aside, to appreciate the variety and crea...
From Liguria and Sardinia, two great (very rare) meditation wines
This week's rare wines require us to travel through history by sea. We start from Liguria, precisely from Bonassola. Here Davide and Giuseppe revived the Ruzzese grape, a variety cultivated since 600 AD and then forgotten at the beginning of the last century. Only 1,500 plants give us a sweet wine from dried grapes, of great character and charm. Th...
Italian American Heritage Club donates to Cape Henlopen Food Basket
The Italian American Heritage Club of Sussex County Delaware presented the Cape Henlopen Food Basket with a $500 donation, along with food donations from club members. Mark Sievers, vice president of the Cape Henlopen Food Basket, was guest speaker at a recent club dinner and explained the organization’s purpose is to provide food to Delaware indiv...
Beyond the crowds: Italy’s enchanting countryside escapes
Step into a world where time slows down, and the soul of Italy reveals its most captivating secrets. Venture beyond the iconic cities and immerse yourself in the untamed allure of the Italian countryside. Join us on a journey through both celebrated havens like Tuscany, Umbria, Sicily, and Apulia, as well as discover lesser-known treasures tucked a...
A new New York restaurant, pizzeria and bakery has an opening date in Bradenton
The much-anticipated Morrone’s N.Y. Deli, Restaurant, Pizzeria and Bakery has a menu, a website, social media pages and — most importantly — an opening date. Did we say much-anticipated? “All day long, people have been asking for weeks when we’re opening,” said owner Ermanno Morrone. Here’s the latest: Morrone’s, 5913 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton, opens...
What do you know about “trabocchi”?
Along Italy’s Adriatic coast, you’ll find a unique seaside construction, the trabocchi (or trabucchi): they are a traditional type of fishing machine, popular in the regions of Molise, Puglia, and especially Abruzzo, specifically along the Costa dei Trabocchi, a stretch of coastline between Ortona and Vasto. These traditional fishing machines are p...
Unheralded singer voiced iconic Disney heroine
American children have heard the singing and speaking voice of Snow White for generations, but few know that the talent behind iconic animated character is an Italian American named Adriana Caselotti. Caselotti’s mother was a singer in the Royal Opera in Rome, and her father a music teacher from Udine. This video reveals exactly how that lineage an...
A week in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy’s mosaic
Hidden in the far northeastern corner of Italy, the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia has been a crossroads for centuries. Bordered by Austria and Slovenia, the region stretches from the Alps and the Dolomites in the north to the Adriatic sea almost an hour’s drive to the south, where populations from the Romans to the Austro-Hungarians have left the...
Italian Restaurant Carlotto Opens in New York’s Union Square
Rockwell Group has completed its design for Carlotto, the second New York restaurant from Canada-based Toptable Group. Located next door to sister eatery Oceans, the new Italian concept pays homage to the matriarch of the owner’s family and their enduring roots. “Rockwell Group was inspired by classic Italian dining experiences and the existing spa...
What to do in Cagliari like a local: 7 travel tips
Cagliari shines under the sun at the centre of the Mediterranean, with its splendid white limestone palaces. In this city is concentrated all the history of the Mediterranean sea: founded by the Phoenicians, dominated by the Romans and Carthaginians and finally at the center of disputes between Pisans and Spaniards, before ending up in the hands of...
BOOK: Immigrant NYC cops ‘The Italian Squad’ fought the mafia, anarchists and bigotry
If you’re going up against the mob, you’d better have a gang. The New York Police Department put one together back in 1904. New immigrants, and new kinds of crime, were flooding the city and the old Irish cops on the beat didn’t understand either. It was time to launch a special force. They called it “The Italian Squad.” Paul Moses’ latest book pay...