Southern Italian Desserts - A Book Review "Intorchiate"
Just in time for Christmas giving and enjoyment is Southern Italian Desserts by Rosetta Costantino. With seventy-five classic desserts worthy of sumptuous holiday feasts, to snacks for surprise guests, and cookies for Christmas giving, Ms. Costantino, a native of Calabria, has collected treasured recipes from home bakers and pasticciere of Italy's...
Two restaurant veterans open new Eugene dining spot, Baker Butcher
By Sherri Buri McDonald Two seasoned chefs who left established careers in Los Angeles to be closer to family in Eugene have opened a restaurant in the Fifth Street Public Market in downtown Eugene. The husband-and-wife team of Scott and Nicole Garrett recently opened Baker Butcher, an Italian restaurant, in the market's international foo...
Google 'heatmap' reveals New York, Rome and Barcelona as the most photographed places on Earth
From the Empire State Building to the Blue Mosque, plenty of people take photographs of iconic architecture when on holiday.And now Google Maps' Panoramio 'heat map' of the world allows people to see the most photographed travel destinations. Three of the five most photographed places on the planet are in the EU, according to the popular service,...
Table For Flood Relief: Alec Schuler On Northern Italian Cooking and Tangerine Two
Next up is Alec Schuler the chef/proprietor at Boulder's Arugula & Tangerine restaurants. The restauranteur is passionate about Italian cooking, and his kids. He'll be preparing six Italian-inspired courses paired with Italian wines at his upcoming Great Roads To Great Chefs weekend this Friday and Saturday, February 7 and 8. Click her...
Locanda Del Lago gives you the north of Italy on the Westside
The Westside does Italian. If ever there were a past shortage, the effect in L.A. would be felt most severely from Beverly Hills to Brentwood and nearby points south and west. Fortunately, such a disaster scenario has yet to occur. So, rejoice Westsiders, and indulge in the ubiquity of decadent Italian cuisine without ever having to cross...
Los Angeles, Italia Film and Fashion Festival: Anatomy of a success
by Elena Vipera The Hollywood Reporter described the 9th edition of the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival as 'The last major film event before the Oscars,' which wrapped up its last screening day on the evening of March 1st at the TLC Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. The event - organized by the Istituto Capri nel Mondo, i...
Celebrate Ravioli Day with Cafe Prima Pasta
Get ready to put the beer down and grab a plate cause Café Prima Pasta Celebrates National Ravioli Day this Thursday, March 20th! Take a load of the tastiest pasta in Miami with complimentary pasta bites throughout the night. The critically acclaimed Italian spot is celebrating with free home made ravioli bites on Pasta's biggest night! Ca...
Students visit Italy for PACCE Project
Exploring Contemporary Cultures Through Art – that's what a group of University of Wisconsin-Platteville students did during their recent Winterim. Funded in part by the Pioneer Academic Center for Community Engagement, the short-term, faculty-led study abroad program partnered with the Istituto Pontificio Sant'Apollinare in Rome, Italy to give stu...
Belinelli emerges as next great Spurs role player
On the list of free agents available last summer, Marco Belinelli's name certainly didn't stand out. He spent six years bouncing around the league, was traded once for an on-his-last-legs Devean George and again for failed lottery pick Julian Wright. So when he signed a two-year deal with the San Antonio Spurs in July, it didn't grab much attentio...
Comedian Jordan Pease
There aren't many gay comics who would leap at the chance to perform for a crowd of military veterans or suburban Latinos. But where some might see a potentially resistant audience, stand-up comedian and author Jordan Pease only sees a new potential group of friends ready to laugh. Born and raised in New Jersey into an Italian-American fam...
Experience Italy in Garden City News From The Children's Room
Calling all children ages 4-12...Join Camp Italia and New York Italians on Wednesday June 4th from 4:30-5:45pm at the Garden City Library for a fun and interactive session on Italian language and culture! Experiencing the Italian language and culture is a wonderful opportunity...Italy has so much to offer - from its melodic language, rich...
Mo’s Italian Spot on Kansas City’s Prospect Avenue celebrates family recipes
A little building on Prospect Avenue has been home to several restaurants, some that have moved on to higher profile spots. Now a new operation has moved in: Mo's Italian Spot — "Mo" for Monica Abato Malik who is using recipes from her Italian grandparents. Malik and her husband, Raheem Malik, opened the restaurant earlier this month at 59...