Nina Clemente Opens L.A.'s Di Alba, a Focacceria Haven in the Capital of the Celiacs
My partners wanted to do a to-go sandwich place. Having been a private chef in L.A. for about ten years I was, like, listen, sandwiches are not going to fly here,” said chef Nina Clemente, as she sat on a stool in her newly-opened Di Alba restaurant in the Arts District. The Italy-born, New York-raised chef, who was sporting a denim apron and her h...
Chazz Palminteri Honored Guest at IAM Golf Classic
The Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend the 15th Annual Golf Classic http://www.IAMGolfClassic.org Monday, May 22, 2017. 11:00 A.M. Shotgun. Play Golf With Acclaimed Actor, Screenwriter and Producer Chazz Palminteri, "A Bronx Tale". Honored Guest. Pine Hollow Country Club. 6601 Rt. 25a, East Norwich, NY 11732. All Players - Auto...
Italian Bluegrass master Beppe Gambetta
He once crossed the Iron Curtain to play a bluegrass fest in Czechoslovakia. He sought out Slovakian gypsies to learn their traditional music. He sought out Pete Seeger to jam at his home. He traveled to Mexico just to play with a Mariachi band. Forget the Dos Equis guy. Beppe Gambetta is the Most Interesting Man in the World. Since hearing Doc Wat...
Pino Bianco at Turning Stone offers Italian food worth the drive
Have you ever put your order for starters and mains in at a restaurant and then, after finishing bread and starters, bet that you wouldn't be able to eat your main course? If we were sharing a table with you at Turning Stone's Pino Bianco, we would take that bet. Even though we were satisfied when our meal had barely begun, we finished nearly all o...
2017 WisItalia Italian Language Program of the Year award
Cari tutti, On behalf of the Officers and Directors of WisItalia I would like to invite you to the 2017 WisItalia Italian Language Program of the Year award event on April 2, 2017. We will be honoring St. Joseph Catholic Academy (SJCA) in Kenosha WI. At SJCA Italian is taught beginning in 7th grade through senior year of High School. AP Italian s...
Employment: Tiro a Segno Fellowship in Italian-American Culture
The next round of applications for the Tiro a Segno Visiting Fellowship in Italian Studies will be accepted from now until April 7, 2017, for positions to be held in Spring 2019 and Spring 2021. Please see details below if you are interested in applying. The Department of Italian Studies and the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University i...
At Fulio’s, new owner, chef offer Italian with a twist
Expect the same taste of Italy at Fulio’s, along with a little more of the Mediterranean. Longtime proprietor Peter Roscoe recently transferred the restaurant to Allan LaPlante, who with new chef Sean Whittaker is planning an expanded menu beyond the Italian peninsula to the more than 20 countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Whittaker, made fa...
You don’t love the World Baseball Classic as much as Jon Morosi, but he hopes you’ll watch anyway
Jon Morosi’s first taste of the World Baseball Classic came on March 7, 2013, when he watched from the press box as Italy scored two ninth-inning runs to beat Mexico 6-5 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The game had some personal relevance for Morosi, then a Fox Sports writer—he is Italian-American, his wife his Mexican-American, and that was the first ever...
WPRI Celebrates 30 Years of Meteorologist Tony Petrarca
Tony Petrarca refers to his first time on the air at WPRI after graduating from Lyndon State College as “the scariest three-and-half minutes in his life.” “March 17, 1987,” Tony recalled. “I just remember going a mile a minute. My mom called after the newscast [and said] ‘You were hyperventilating. Slow down.’ But it got better from there.” Now, WP...
“Cannoli” is plural because you’ll want more than one — trust us
A few months ago, I came across my mother’s cannoli recipe, which was typed out on two now-yellowed pages and still stapled together. The xeroxed copy dates to the late 1970s, when Mom used to teach cooking classes in her New Jersey kitchen. She had given it to me eons ago, along with copies of her recipes for egg pasta dough, Bolognese sauce, stuf...
'Little Italy' owner, Pioneer Square icon passes away
Luigi De Nunzio died Monday at the age of 63. The Pioneer Square restaurateur and icon had been a fixture in the neighborhood since the 1970s. He suffered a heart attack December 30. The community continued offering their condolences and appreciation to De Nunzio Tuesday. “He was very much one of a kind. Yes, and he will be terribly missed,” said J...
Meet the south-side family who saved its beloved pepper seed for 5 generations
On Des Moines’ south side, peppers grow as freely as turf grass. Italian-Americans here eat them like candy. They can and freeze them. They put them in sauce, on pizza or in eggs, fry them up with olive oil and potatoes, or even spread them on bread as an alternative to peanut butter. Among all the pepper love, a really good one stands out. An immi...