Following 20-year absence, Italian Festival returns to Italy
by Bethany Kurtz Long-time residents and new comers gathered to help rebuild an Italy tradition on Saturday. The Italian Festival and Parade, which originally started to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the town's founding in 1879 and continued until about 20 years ago, once again took over the main street in Italy. Parade float...
Ottava conferenza dei ricercatori Italiani nel mondo (Houston, 1 dicembre 2012)
La Conferenza dei Ricercatori Italiani nel Mondo, organizzata dal COMITES con la collaborazione ed il patrocinio del Consolato Generale, si riunisce a Houston per la sua Ottava edizione. La Conferenza e' finalizzata alla presentazione e divulgazione del lavoro svolto dai ricercatori che sono collegati all'Italia grazie alla loro nazionalita' o sfer...
La Piccola Cucina's Cultural Culinary Experience for Children scheduled Feb. 22
A special edition of La Piccola Cucina's Cultural Culinary Experience for Children will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel of Houston from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22. According to a Italian Cultural and Community Center news release, "La Piccola Cucina is a program dedicated to children 5 to 12 years old, aimed at teaching the I...
Restaurant shakeup: Longtime French place to shutter and make way for an ambitious new Italian seafood spot
A Tex-Mex restaurant in Uptown Park won't be the only new restaurant created by Lasco Enterprises' decision to open Anejo in the space previously occupied by Arturo's Uptown Italiano. Now longtime Arturo's general manager Shanon Scott is setting off on his own to open Sud Italia Ristorante, which will take over the space currently occupied by Frenc...
Giada De Laurentiis' book tour to stop in Houston
by Syd Kearney Emmy Award-winning cook and author Giada De Laurentiis is bringing her "Happy Cooking" book tour to Houston Nov. 14. Joined by a moderator on stage at the Cullen Performance Hall, De Laurentiis will share her inspiration for her latest cookbook and then take questions from the audience. De Laurentiis is the host of thr...
Relic of popular Italian Catholic saint coming to Tulsa
By Bill Sherman The bones of Saint Maria Goretti, a popular Roman Catholic saint who lived a century ago in Italy, will be in Tulsa next week, part of a visit to 25 dioceses in 16 states. It is the first time the relic has been in the United States, and only the second time it has been out of Italy. Maria Goretti is the youngest saint in...
Not just pizza at Pizzeria da Lino – and it’s all good
By Karen Peterson The sign on North Guadalupe Street says "Pizzeria da Lino" and I've passed it a hundred or a thousand times without guessing that Lino's serves more than pizza. In fact, this small, intimate and cozy place is a trattoria – an informal Italian eatery serving pizza and pasta, certainly, but more besides. It's...
Café Mercato offers inviting Italian-American fare
by William Porter Whatever other virtues Café Mercato possesses — and there are several — the newish spot in Denver's Lowry neighborhood has to be the only upscale Italian restaurant anywhere with a close-up view of a B-52 Stratofortress. That's how close the establishment is to Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, where...
Nuns, guns and the Wild West: the extraordinary tale of Sr. Blandina
By Mary Rezac Billy the Kid, a notorious bank and stage-coach robber of the Wild West, met his match in the most unlikely of people when he met Sister Blandina Segale. According to legend, and to Sr. Blandina's journal and letters, one of Billy the Kid's gang members had been shot and was on the brink of death when the doctors of Trin...
Popular Italian-American restaurant says thief brought their art back
Last month, we told you about a popular Italian-American restaurant in the metro that was fed up because they caught one of their customers on surveillance video stealing art off their walls. This was at Flip's Win Bar and Trattoria. The good news is the restaurant owners say they got their artwork back... They even posted the n...
Little Italy Delivers Petition to Pulaski County Courthouse
The Little Italy Incorporation Task Force yesterday delivered its petition for Little Italy to become an official town in Arkansas to the Pulaski County Courthouse with 235 residents signing in favor of the efforts. Under Arkansas law, a minimum of 200 qualified voters' signatures was required before the petition could be submitted. "The L...
Celebrity Chef Rocco DiSpirito At Risotto Festival Raising Big Bucks for Pediatric Cancer
By Michael & Matthew Food, philanthropy and fun activities for the whole family abound at the 11th International Risotto Festival chaired by Donae Cangelosi Chramosta and husband Rob Chramosta. The afternoon of cool weather, great food and flashy fun cars raised in excess of $100,000 for The Scarlett Fund for Pediatric Cancer Research...