Roslindale butcher shop celebrates 50 years
Don't ask how the sausage is made, the old saying goes, but at Tony's Market in Roslindale, chances are you'll like the answer. Every Thursday and sometimes on Wednesdays, owner Antonio DeBenedictis can be found at the back counter, wielding a curved butcher knife to trim up to 300 pounds of pork butt. Read more Source:&n...
Bites & Sips - Traditional Italian fare can be found close to home
By Paul Stephen If you've felt out of sorts since "Italian food" started meaning tapas-style plates of broccoli rabe with a balsamic reduction instead of grapefruit-sized meatballs or zesty sausage and peppers on a jumbo platter, it looks like your bout of uncertainty is coming to an end. A new wave of restaurants is reviving what many di...
Trenitalia and United Airlines: Italy and the United States even closer
Italy and the United States even closer thanks to an agreement signed between Trenitalia and United Airlines, that will allow both companies to offer new and better opportunities for connections to their customers with the combined sale of airline and train tickets, through the network of Travel Agencies Italian. The agreement, pointing to...
Le strade per “La merica”: il libro sull’epopea degli italoamericani
Come eravamo noi italiani quando "Lamerica" si scriveva senza apostrofi e il miraggio di una vita dignitosa si concretizzava al di là dell'Atlantico. Milioni di persone, di molte regioni italiane, scelsero il Nuovo Mondo per un progetto di vita, per vivere meglio, per costruire un futuro. Oltre 500 fotografie inedite da cui riemergono rico...
For cookbook author Michele Scicolone, it's easy being green
Michele Scicolone's first memories of visiting Italy are of the vegetable gardens. Artichokes, peppers and zucchini grew everywhere, even in the highway medians. She was just a child, but that indelible memory has brought her full circle. She's returned to Italy year after year, exploring the regional foods, teaching classes and leading culinary t...
Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Italy Honors Tom Albanese At its Ball of the Year
Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy (BGTI), a nonprofit that empowers war refugee, migrant and at-risk youth living on the streets, announced the honoree of its Ball of the Year to be held on Saturday, April 26 at The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. BGTI will present the Man of the Year Award to Tom Albanese, Director of Business Developme...
Kairos Italy Theater Injects Youth and Energy Into Boccaccio’s Decameron at the Italian Embassy
by Charlene Giannetti The Decameron by 14th century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of novellas containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men hoping to escape the Black Death by isolating themselves in a secluded villa outside Florence. So what could be more fitting than to see three of th...
'Night on The Town' Fundraiser in Mineola Remembers Plainview Resident
Pasquale Lubrano, a Plainview resident, emigrated from Italy to the United States in 1957, he was seeking the American dream. He realized his dream in 1980 when he opened La Bussola Ristorante, a restaurant in Glen Cove. As business grew, he opened additional locations in Huntington and Mineola, and his four sons joined the family restaura...
Recreation Director Ralph Bernardo Receives Union County Human Relations Commission Unity Achievement Award
Clark Director of Recreation Ralph Bernardo received the Union County Human Relations Commission 2014 Unity Award for Achievement in Public Service at a presentation held Monday night in Union. Bernardo was recognized for his dedication in serving the community and improving the quality of life for Clark citizens. Read more ...
Enel Green Power to name North America head as CEO
Italy's biggest renewable energy company Enel Green Power is set to appoint the head of its North America unit Francesco Venturini as its new chief executive, a source close to the matter said on Wednesday. "The candidate is Venturini", the source told Reuters. The company, whose board is due to meet on Friday for the appointment, decline...
Osteria Rossa opens: Downtown eatery combines taste of Michigan and Italy
If you're trying to get a sense for the philosophical underpinnings at Osteria Rossa, just look at the top left corner of the menu, where it reads "warmth of the Mitten, soul of the Boot." In a nutshell, that's the name of the game at Osteria, a casual Italian restaurant that starts its first dinner service on Wednesday, June 4 at 4 p.m. a...
Alessandra Rotondi, la narrastorie del vino che seduce gli americani
di Liliana Rosano Il mondo del vino entra nella sua vita per un senso di colpa. Il ricordo della vigna del padre, nella zona del Chianti, ha accompagnato la sua infanzia e adolescenza. Delle giornate trascorse insieme al papà e al rito autunnale del vino, le rimane un profumo indelebile. E pensare che lei il vino non lo beveva proprio. Ex...