The Peninsula Social Club Foundation Scholarship Awards Dinner
The Peninsula Social Club Foundation of San Mateo once again awarded scholarships to graduating high school Seniors of Italian heritage that achieved academic excellence, showed leadership qualities, served the community and were proud to be Italian descents. The Foundation is a tax exempt non profit organization whose sole purpose is to r...
New Italian restaurant from big name chef shows lots of promise
by Eric Sandler After a week of previews with friends and family services, Osteria Mazzantini has officially opened. Developed by Mockingbird Bistro chef/owner John Sheely in tribute to his mother's Italian heritage, Mazzantini is an upscale casual restaurant along the lines of Ciao Bello and Coppa Ristorante. Inside the attractiv...
Visita istituzionale a Cupertino California usa dal 21 al 25 settembre
"Alla luce e nell'ottica della ripresa e del rafforzamento delle relazioni umane ed istituzionali tra le due Citta' Sorelle Copertino Italy - Cupertino Usa, ho il piacere di esprimere il mio personale apprezzamento unito a quello della comunità che rappresento per il vostro fraterno invito per una visita ufficiale a Cupertino nel prossimo mese di S...
Georgia Museum of Art to feature Renaissance medals and textiles
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present the exhibition "The Material of Culture: Renaissance Medals and Textiles from the Ulrich A. Middeldorf Collection" Oct. 26 to Jan. 12. Comprising works on loan from Indiana University Art Museum, this exhibition features rarely seen works of Italian Renaissance and Baroque decorati...
"Southern Italy and Genoa in the Early History of Pasta: Debunking the Myth of Arab Influence" with Dr. Anthony Buccini
Culinary Historians of New York presents "Southern Italy and Genoa in the Early History of Pasta: Debunking the Myth of Arab Influence" with Dr. Anthony Buccini, Thursday, October 10th, 2013 at 6:30 pm Check-in and reception | 7:00 pm Lecture. Historical pasta recipes will be served! $25 CHNY Members | $22 CHNY Senior & Stud...
Camp uses Italian's ideas to teach about invention process
Molly Ward likes to build things.She took a pizza box, duct tape and a stick and made a brake for a wagon.The 11-year-old from Bowling Green who is home-schooled said the brake didn't work at first. "The stick kept falling off," she said.After several attempts, Molly was able to make her brake work. She knows inventing things is a system of trial a...
Fort Myers Italian Fest this Sunday November 10th
The Rotary Club of Fort Myers returns to the Alliance for the Arts on Sunday, November 10 for Italian Fest 2013, sponsored by the Boston Red Sox Foundation. Italian Fest 2013 will tantalize your taste buds and provide entertainment for the whole family. Italian food will be plentiful, along with cold beverages, beer, wine, Italian ice and ice crea...
Batali: Eataly to Open Dec. 2
by Daniel Gerzina Mario Batali is excited to bring Eataly to Chicago. Very, very excited. Relaxing at the end of the bar at Otto in New York City (which Batali calls his "office"), the larger-than-life chef's eyes grew wider than his collection of Crocs when discussing the opening. First things first: Batali says the Eataly team i...
Mobilitiamoci per tenere aperto il consolato a Detroit
Nel 2009 dopo appena 10 giorni dall'annuncio della possibile chiusura del consolato a Detroit, l'allora Governatore del Michigan scrisse una lettera alle massime autorita' italiane per chiedere un ripensamento della decisione. Dal nuovo annuncio di chiusura sedi i 10 giorni saranno trascorsi lunedi' prossimo: a che punto siamo? Rispetto a...
Installation Mass set for new Rochester bishop
by Sean Dobbin Bishop Salvatore Matano will approach the door of Sacred Heart Cathedral on Jan. 2 and knock three times on the door. Bishop Robert Cunningham will open it. The symbolic gesture will mark the beginning of two days of worship to install Matano as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Rochester. The Jan. 2 solemn vespers...
The Yoox mastermind tells all
Entrepreneurship is probably difficult to acquire. But some men are just born with the gift. With ideas like milking wildebeest in Africa to how to fit a camera in a phone, Federico Marchetti, CEO and founder of the Yoox group, always knew he was meant to be an entrepreneur. It was just a matter of which direction to take. "I realised I wo...
Scalzo offers Tuscan cuisine in ease and elegance
When Giuseppe "Joe" Scalzo talks about Ciao Bella, his Tuscan-inspired restaurant, his passion for creating soul-satisfying dishes comes through. The Calabria, Italy-born Scalzo discovered that passion for cooking while working at a small restaurant in Florence, Italy—and then brought it to the U.S. After studying international business at...