Chocolate gianduia preserves the arteries and improves cardiac health
Everyone has said joke that chocolate is good for health. Today it has been found that this statement is partly true. Specifically, the gianduia maintains the heart of health . If dark chocolate, as is already known, some doses improve the circulation, the hazelnut also improves the elasticity of the vessels and improves vascular health especially...
On a float with Vic DiBitetto at the 2018 San Gennaro Feast in NYC's Little Italy
This past Saturday served as my normally scheduled weekend rotation for the Advance. It happened to be the same day I was invited by San Gennaro festival orchestrator, Mort Berkowitz, to ride on a float through Little Italy. (The feast runs through Sunday, Sept. 23.) One of my assignments on September 15 was to report on the experience. And a wond...
Agora Gallery to showcase cutting edge Italian artist
Italian artist Gabriele Pellerone’s work will be on display as part of “Autumn Equinox: Collective Visions in Abstraction and Figuration” at Agora Gallery in Chicago. Pellerone’s innovative works shatter the boundaries of contemporary painting techniques. Using silicone rubber as his canvas, the artist composes his works with a tattoo machine and n...
Paving its future: Ferrari unveils wide-ranging new plans
Ferrari is paving its way to future growth with a look to its roots. The company's new CEO, Louis Camilleri, unveiled a new business plan Tuesday that includes reviving iconic models and embedding them with Formula One technology. Significantly expanding Ferrari's electric-gasoline hybrid powertrain offering and affirming plans to introduce a utili...
Quel genio di Kenneth Jay Lane!
A poco più di un anno dalla sua scomparsa, Kenneth Jay Lane (22 Aprile 1932 – 20 Luglio 2017) viene celebrato per la prima volta in Italia dal Museo del Bijou di Casalmaggiore con una antologica “alfabetica” curata da una delle più apprezzate esperte di bigiotteria americana, la prof. Maria Teresa Cannizzaro, in collaborazione con la dr.ssa Fiorell...
David DiChiera, opera powerhouse and influential Detroit booster, dies
Dr. David DiChiera, the unlikely impresario whose cultural developments helped lead the way to redemption for downtown Detroit, died just before 10 p.m. Tuesday at his home in the Detroit Golf Course Community, said a spokesperson for Michigan Opera Theatre. He was 83 and had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in April 2017. DiChiera was small o...
First look at Parma Italian Roots, opening Sept. 21 in Scottsdale
At just 27 years old, Chris Gentile has already won recognition for being the youngest executive chef in downtown San Diego. He opened Double Standard Kitchenette when he was 24 and has since earned praise for serving inventive Italian-inspired cuisine including fresh pastas, wood-fired pizzas and creative small plates. Gentile is about to turn 28...
ISSNAF BAC Talks - September 2018
Wednesday September 26, from 19:00 to 21:30 PDT. Lucia's, 2016 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94704. Get tickets here. BAC Talks are ten-minute presentations on a variety of topics that we believe you will find captivating regardless of your field of interest. Following the talks, you will have the opportunity to chat with the speakers and the partic...
CIAO St Louis and St. Ambrose Church Present Family Health and Wellness Fair
CIAO St Louis and St. Ambrose Church have joined together to bring the community a Health And Wellness Fair, Sunday, October 14, 2018, in the Church Hall from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. The event is a first of its kind for the parish. When CIAO Board member and parishioner, Loretta Vitale April, asked Monsignor Bommarito what he thought of the idea of a...
Studying in Florence: a classroom with a view
It’s back-to-school time in Florence, and like every semester, between 3,000 and 5,000 American college students will flood the city, coming to study abroad here. Shedding light on this phenomenon are representatives of the two largest organizations involved in this sector: Fabrizio Ricciardelli, director of the Kent State University Florence Cente...
Bardea brings 'interpretive Italian' cuisine to downtown Wilmington
Scott Stein thinks it's probably better that he and Antimo DiMeo didn't get the space they initially wanted for Bardea Food & Drink, the Italian restaurant the partners are opening in downtown Wilmington. Stein says five years ago they had settled on a site near Fourth and Market streets. But, for a variety of reasons, the space didn't work out. It...
New York: il “GEI Friendship Award” all'Ambasciatrice Mariangela Zappia
La nuova Rappresentante Permanente presso le Nazioni Unite, Ambasciatrice Mariangela Zappia, è stata premiata oggi con il “GEI Friendship Award” nel corso di una colazione data in suo onore dal GEI - Gruppo Esponenti Italiani, a New York. Numerosi e qualificati ospiti che includevano VIP, esponenti del mondo imprenditoriale ed rappresentanti dei me...