Bello Cucina brings fine dining to rural areas
The reservations have already been coming in to Bello Cucina. And it's not just for Valentine's Day. The Italian-themed restaurant that's part of a five-city Minnesota chain has already received reservation requests for the same days as the St. John's University and College of St. Benedict graduation ceremonies. Read more &n...
Tutti ai fornelli della Piccola Cucina
The Italian Cultural & Community Center is organizing a fundraiser that will finance our school programs and the Milford House renovation. The event is open to everyone that wants to support the ICCC! So don't miss the first cooking contest for kids ever organized in Texas! The Cooking Contest will take place at Hil...
Italian Women in Chicago
Date: 3/10/2015; Start Time: 7:00 PM; End Time: 8:00 PMDescription: Editors Dominic Candeloro, Kathy Catrambone and Gloria Nardini showcase experiences of Italian women who immigrated to Chicago with their latest book, "Italian Women in Chicago." The volume is an eye-opening, diverse and immensely readable collection of biographies,...
Italian company plans to invest $6 million in Lewiston plant
The Italian owners of a Lewiston facility that makes high-tech storage, picking and distribution systems plan to invest $6 million in the plant, which could lead to dozens of new jobs. A spokesman for Modula, owner of the System Logistics plant, said the investment signals a long-term commitment to the area and comes as the company has seen a...
Italian restaurant and rooftop lounge planned for downtown Rochester
by Clare Kennedy Nova Restaurant Group is building a two-part eatery in a new development in Rochester. The project is going into the H3 Plaza, a seven-story building in the city's downtown. Titan Development and Investments is constructing the $17 million complex, according to the Rochester Post-Bulletin. Nova's new concept will inc...
Piccolo Theatre stages Goldoni’s “The Venetian Twins”
Piccolo Theatre's production of "The Venetian Twins" features a madcap plot adapted by the Italian master Carlo Goldoni in 1747. Twins separated at birth turn up in Verona: one for an arranged marriage, the other to meet a girl who has run away from her family for him. But the proverbial story behind this story is somewhat dramatic. Goldon...
Passaporti a Chicago: Funzionario itinerante in Missour e Minnesota
Due missioni in aprile per il funzionario itinerante del Consolato generale d'Italia a Chicago che nei prossimi giorni si recherà in Missouri e Minnesota per raccogliere le impronte digitali dei connazionali che hanno bisogno di rinnovare il passaporto. Il funzionario sarà il 9 e 10 aprile a St Louis mentre il 23 e 24 aprile a Minneapolis....
University of Chicago’s Symphony Orchestra Presents: Viva l’Italia!
by Valeria Fanelli Celebrate spring with a musical journey to Italy – through the eyes of composers from northern lands who visited this beautiful and captivating country, at the Mandel Hall (University of Chicago) on April 25, 2015, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. The German composer Felix Mendelssohn described his "Italian" Symphony No. 4 i...
Dan Castellaneta: Italian of the Week
Daniel Louis Castellaneta was born in Oak Park, IL on October 29, 1957 to Elsie (Lagorio) and Louis (who traced family to Bari and Calabria in Italy). Louis would often play comedy records and always had his family laughing. Dan has credited his father for instilling in him a love of comedy and impersonations. When he was sixteen, his mother enroll...
Make Your Own Limoncello Italian Liqueur
True Limoncello is made in Sorrento, from lemons whose trees overlook the Mediterranean. However, if you have good lemons where you live (I'd want organically grown here), you can get pretty close and it's not difficult. Ingredients: •15 thick-skinned lemons (Eureka, Lisbon or Citron if you're in the US) •2 bottles (750 ml each)...
Mele stoccate nel cuore della montagna per risparmiare energia
di Alessandro Papayannidis Diecimila tonnellate di mele stoccate nel cuore della montagna, sotto 275 metri di roccia al termine di una galleria lunga 800 metri. Roccia antica: il giacimento di Dolomia è datato tra i 130 e i 190 milioni di anni fa, nel Giurassico. All'epoca il Trentino era una enorme scogliera marina, oggi invece è la sede...
Mangia! Sauce opens in Stowe
By Hannah Marshall If you have a craving for Italian cooking at home in the mountain town of Stowe, you no longer have to slave over a hot stove for hours to make the perfect sauce, or fly in your friend's grandmother from the Old World. Sauce, the new specialty shop in town, has you covered. Owned by Sharon Herbert, the space at 407...