Corning Celebrates its Friendship with Italian Sister City
People from Corning’s sister city in Italy, San Giovanni Valdarno, celebrated their long-lasting friendship with the people of Corning. Corning’s Mayor William Boland and San Giovanni Valdarno’s Mayor Valentina Vadi exchanged loving embraces, gifts, and decide to re-sign their allegiance to one another, that has been intact for 20 years. Mayor Bola...
This Italian Restaurant in New York City’s West Village Is Ideal for Sunday Dinners
When we imagine the ideal Sunday dinner Arthur & Sons will forever come to mind. The West Village spot that serves up heaping plates of pasta and stacks of eggplant piled high alongside heavy pours of wine and espresso martinis is casual, fun, homey and somehow very hip with its black and white checked floors and nostalgic posters lining the walls....
US becoming more open-minded says Piero Lissoni as he announces New York architecture office
Italian designer Piero Lissoni says that American clients are becoming more amenable to investing in detail-oriented architecture as he announces the official opening of Lissoni Architecture in New York City. After a certification process through the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in New York, Lissoni announced the opening of Lissoni Archit...
Ferraro Foods Adding New Long Island Distribution Center
On May 23, Piscataway, New Jersey-based Ferraro Foods — one of the largest specialty distributors of food and foodservice supplies to Italian restaurants and pizzerias in the U.S. — announced a major expansion of its Long Island distribution business. Ferraro said it plans to add a 230,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center at 80 Wilshir...
The Grand Mulberry uses a custom-formed brick to animate a New York facade
In 1932, 98 percent of the heads of households in the area of New York City now variously known as Little Italy, Soho, or the Lower East Side were Italian emigrants, The New York Times reported. This wave of immigrants, who largely arrived in the U.S. from the 1880s through the 1920s, were preceded by the Italianate, a mid-19th-century tripartite s...
Italian American Tony Di Piazza's association donates $20,000 for a library in Romagna
The hearts of Italian Americans in support of the people of Emilia Romagna devastated by the floods. An important solidarity initiative starts from Tony Di Piazza, former vice president of Palermo calcio, and his cultural group, Associazione culturale italiana di New York, of which the Italian American is chairman. In fact, $20,000 will be donated...
Cinema Guild Books June Release For ‘Umberto Eco: A Library Of The World,’ Documentary About Italian Literary Giant’s Voluminous Interests
Cinema Guild announced it will release the film, directed by Davide Ferrario, beginning June 30 at Film Forum in New York City, followed by an expansion across the country. Umberto Eco: A Library of the World, which takes viewers inside Eco’s extraordinary personal library, premiered at the Rome Film Festival last October. We have your first look a...
Alba Accanto Is Manhattan’s New Luxe Amalfi Coast Oasis
Introducing New York’s latest haute spot, Alba Accanto, which has actually mastered the joie de vivre of the Italian summer holidays in the heart of Manhattan, transporting guests to the island of Positano through its signature Italian dishes and vibrant coastal decor. Following the success of Prince Street Hospitality’s wildly popular neighborhood...
Restaurant review: Pietro Cucina Italiana
If all Italian food means to you is spaghetti and meatballs or penne alla vodka, then listen up. Traditional Italian cuisine has a rich history with so much to offer, and there are many restaurants waiting — one of which is right in Stony Brook’s backyard. Two colleagues and I had the pleasure of dining at Pietro Cucina Italiana in Saint James. Whi...
Celebrity Chef Giada De Laurentiis to Give Keynote Address at 67th Summer Fancy Food Show
The Specialty Food Association is thrilled to announce that Giada De Laurentiis—Chef, Emmy Award-winning television personality, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and founder of lifestyle platform Giadzy.com —will give the keynote address at the 67th Summer Fancy Food Show. The Summer Fancy Food Show is the largest B2B specialty food industry event in...
Out to Eat … at Grano in Schenectady
Grano brings fresh, local ingredients to its menu unique Italian dishes and more in downtown Schenectady. Grano’s motto of. “Fresh. Local. Simple.” is seen in practice throughout the wide variety of dishes it serves. Located at 426 State St., right by Proctors Theater, the theater’s shows drive a lot of business to Grano, but what keeps them coming...
Marco Cappelli, Sophisticated Musician Between Naples and New York
Marco Cappelli, the Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer, makes music that is beyond category while remaining connected to Southern Italy. He has founded a new label, 41st Parallel Records, to distribute his genre-bending works. Cappelli, a musician from Naples, lives in a walk-up apartment, in a building with an Italian American landlord, in the...