A Shy Italian Shines
Though the origins of coffee hail from the Yemenite peninsula (in MOkha city), it only spread throughout Italy, starting from Venice, in the XVIth century, then in theUnited States, a hundred years later, with the opening of a Cafè in Boston. First question coming up is why the coffee we taste in Italy is literaly different from the one made in US...
Il Bacco Toscano seduce ancora gli States
Il primo amore non si scorda mai. E infatti gli Stati Uniti continuano a dimostrare il loro apprezzamento per i Vini toscani a Denominazione d'Origine Protetta. Vini che dal 2010 hanno cominciato a riconquistare le quote di mercato perse tra la fine del 2008 e il 2009, arrivando oggi a livelli superiori a quelli pre-crisi. Da gennaio a ottobre 201...
Marathon feast by way of Abruzzo
by Domenica Marchetti Hahri Shin was the first to arrive, at noon, a full hour before the scheduled start of the feast. He came outfitted for the occasion, wearing a bright-red Adidas track suit with white headband, and carrying a bottle of Rolaids. The occasion was the third annual Panarda, a nine-hour, 40-course banquet at Le Virtu, the...
Pastosa Ravioli celebrates first year in Cranford and 50 years of quality and tradition
Pastosa Ravioli, the third generation, family-owned and operated Italian specialty food company widely recognized as the source of New York's finest ravioli, fresh pasta and Italian specialties will mark its first year anniversary in Cranford with a two-month community celebration. Located at 200 South Ave. East in Cranford, this is the 10...
Big man in Little Italy Tom Iacoboni dishes on his love of food and family
For a number of years I've been on the Tom Iacoboni's email listserve on all things Italian. The listserve started when Tom managed the mailing list for two Italian organizations, and has now grown to more than 6,000 subscribers who receive his notifications on events, job opportunities and fundraisers. He chaired Little Italy's Columbus Day parad...
Gourmet Italian American meals in center of town
With unique twists on upscale Italian/American dishes, the new restaurant Otto Strada on Park Avenue has been bustling with hungry patrons who have heard about it through word of mouth since it opened in November. Located near several schools and parks, the corner restaurant has attracted families, moms' groups, young people, and singles o...
Little Italy loses icon Ralph Papa
Ralph Papa, the owner of the legendary Papa's Food Market in Wilmington's Little Italy, died Saturday at the age of 70. He died about 11 a.m. at Christiana Hospital, where he had been in intensive care with gall bladder problems and infection, then developed pneumonia, which affected his breathing and heart function, Rosemarie Papa, his wife o...
D'Angelo's Meats is said to be closing after 106 years in the Italian Market
by Michael Klein Amid the stalls and shops of the Italian Market, word has been spreading of the impending retirement of Sonny D'Angelo, whose grandfather opened the family butcher shop on Ninth Street just south of Christian Street in 1910. When D'Angelo, 67, hangs up his apron at the end of the month after a half-century of work, D'...
L'Aquila, il Gran caffè negli Usa il sogno americano a Philadelphia
Alla scoperta dell'America e alla sua conquista, più come una family Groove aquilana che come emigranti in fuga. Partire è un po' morire, «chi è felice non si muove» (Thomas Mann), è vero, ma Michele Morelli e Stefano Biasini del Gran caffè dell'Aquila non scappano, piuttosto inseguono un sogno americano, un american dream, in cerca di un'altra pos...
Tavola hosts Italian chef
There are two chefs working side-by-side at Belmont restaurant Tavola this week. One of them is Vivetta Cintelli, who is here on a chef exchange from Charlottesville's Italian sister city, Poggio a Caiano. Through translator Caterina Martane, Cintelli said she's excited to be in America. "It's a new experience in a totally different k...
Street Smart: in Hill East, Mangialardo and Sons Inc.
At Mangialardo and Sons (1317 Pennsylvania Ave. SE) you'll often see police cruisers, firetrucks and ambulances double-parked on the street out front during lunchtime. Inside the shop, there's usually a standing crowd of people waiting with numbered tickets in their hands: construction crews in blue hard hats, painters in speckled pants an...
Italian American Food Traditions At Weddings
If you're of Italian heritage or if you are marrying someone whose ancestors came from Italy, you may want to incorporate some Italian dishes in your wedding dinner menu. If so, choosing the right mixture of Italian and American foods can help to make a statement about who you are as a couple in addition to being delicious. Read m...