Schaumburg Boomers owner wins Tommy Lasorda award
The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame Monday awarded Schaumburg Boomers owner Patrick A. Salvi the first ever Tommy Lasorda Legends Award for contributions made to the game of baseball. Salvi, a Chicago trial lawyer, also owns the Gary Southshore Railcats in the American Association and the college wood bat franchise, NorthShore Na...
Agroalimentare: +22% export italiano 2015 in Usa, bene primi mesi 2016
E, per proporre i gustosi piatti italian style, i manager dell'Ice si sono affidati alla vastese Rosanna Di Michele, da anni in prima linea nel promuovere le bontà culiniarie dell'Italia a New York (e non solo). In una nota diffusa in occasione del salone Summer Fancy Food di New York, Ice spiega che nel 2015 l'export del cibo e del vino è...
Festa di Ferragosto Returns!
Join us on August 14th at Gino's Market in Hollywood for the second annual Festa di Ferragosto, a party to celebrate the Italian summer holiday (that actually takes place in Italy on August 15th). This is one of the funnest events we participate in and we look forward to seeing you! Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festa-di-ferragost...
Foreign visitors and luxury drive the tourist industry in Italy
by Chiara Beghelli A new 800-page report, Tourism in Italy, reveals a nation beloved around the world with an enviable and varied tourism industry, but also one with persistent problems that limit its opportunities for development. The twentieth edition of the report, by the Italian National Research Council and the research institute for...
Italy Sets Example on Reducing Food Waste as U.S. Tosses $161 Billion Worth a Year
Italy adopted new laws this week to cut down drastically on food waste — the second such law in Europe, joining France's. So what's the United States doing to reclaim the 30 percent of its food that's simply thrown away? Italy's Senate overwhelmingly gave final approval Tuesday to millions of euros of tax incentives to encourage businesses...
SUONO ITALIANO, FRIULI IN MUSICA - Laura Bortolotto, violin, and Matteo Andri, piano
Where: Embassy of Italy - Auditorium, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 When: 09/15/2016 - Doors open between 6:00pm and 6:55pm Info: Photo id and qr-code reservation required - Please note: reservations accepted exclusively through eventbrite. No phone or email rsvp available. Thank you for your understandi...
Northern Italian-inspired restaurant and wine bar opens in Portland’s West End
Rossobianco, a wine bar and restaurant serving northern Italian-inspired food, opened recently in Portland's West End and will have a grand opening in early September. The restaurant, at 3 Deering Ave., is a collaboration between David Levi, the owner/chef of Vinland in Portland, and Colleen Callahan, who most recently ran the wine and bee...
Fuhgeddaboudit! Oxford Dictionary says this N.J. exclamation is a word
A word that is synonymous with the New York and New Jersey dialect thanks to the pop culture portrayal of Italian-Americans in mafia blockbusters and television series is now in the Oxford English Dictionary. Fuhgeddaboudit is among almost 200 new words included in the September update to the dictionary, along with Yoda-like, clickbait and 'Me...
The best in Italian-American sweet treats — now on K-Card
Stepping off the Mount Vernon square into the Ferrari Baking Company, you might never expect to find a tale of true romance that stretches across continents. But that cross-cultural love affair — between two professional bakers — gave birth to this small storefront. About eight years ago, Carlo Ferrari met Denise Davis through a mutual fri...
Il 26enne italiano che vuole conquistare New York con le piadine
Tavoli di legno e tovaglioli di carta. I cestini del pane intrecciati di vimini. Un piccolo giardino sul retro che sembra una serra. L'impressione è di essere a Bologna, in una delle classiche osterie romagnole dove si mangia tanto e si spende poco. Dove tutto viene fatto in casa e dove il fiasco di vino non manca mai. Questo locale però,...
Pizza is alive and well in Charlotte County
The pizza parlor business is showing big signs of growth here in Charlotte County. Just last month, I introduced Vic's Primo Pizza in the Punta Gorda area, and this month there's news of an expansion at Pioneers Pizza in Port Charlotte — not to mention the official ribbon-cutting for the not-so-new Bella Napoli Pizzeria & Restaurant, whose owne...
Rising from fire to fame, barber shop proves its staying power
By Nilou Mouchhala Continentale Hair Salon, with a well-appointed maroon exterior and simple but bold letters across the top, has been at 214 Massachusetts Ave. for over 38 years. When I entered this hair salon I was greeted warmly by Joey DiSpena, the cheerful Italian-American owner who started this business back when he was an impetuous...