2016 Contemporary Italian Film Series
When: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 | Tuesday, July 19, 2016 and Tuesday, July 26, 2016 | Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - Doors open at 6:30pm and film begins at 7:15pm Where: Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford, Houston, Texas 77006 The Contemporary Italian Film Series is a monthly series of Italian movies, projected in Itali...
Italian Restaurant Week Houston - Austin
In the light of the Extraordinary Italian Taste (EIT) campaign, the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce has selected 8 restaurants in Houston and 4 in Austin for the Italian Restaurant Week program. EIT is a campaign dedicated to promoting authentic Italian products in North America. The Italian Restaurant Week will be held during the w...
Granieri was always helping someone
Rosemarie Granata Granieri was happy to raise her family, serve her church and volunteer for the Christopher Columbus Ladies Auxiliary. What she didn't want to do was travel. "Mom didn't like to go far. She went to Dallas a few times, and to Houston and Corpus." said her daughter Janice Hobbs. "She was perfectly happy staying home." ...
American Society of Italian Heritage Crawfish Boil: North Shore Notables
by Elizabeth Moore Crawfish and culture forged a beautiful friendship at the American Society of Italian Heritage crawfish boil on the Sunday before Memorial Day. Joe Macaluso polished his prized pocket trumpet and played a medley of patriotic songs from each of the military branches -- Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard -- as...
M’Tucci’s preparing to expand into Rio Rancho early in new year
Take authentic Italian tradition, mix it with 25 years of handson experience in the New York restaurant industry and you get the unique flavor of M'Tucci's. M'Tucci's Italian Restaurant plans to expand into Rio Rancho with M'tucci's Moderno early in the new year, according to owners Jeff Spiegel and Katie Gardner. Gardner s...
Italian feuds brought immigrants here
Feuding at home brought many Italians to Louisiana in the middle 1850s. A good number of them used ties to the old country to establish themselves in food distribution businesses, first in New Orleans, then across south Louisiana. Most of the Italians who came here during that era were from Sicily, many of them fleeing after the failure of...
Premiazione degli Studenti delle Scuole Medie e Superiori di Houston Partecipanti al Concorso Letterario in Lingua Italiana
La Nona Conferenza dei Ricercatori Italiani nel Mondo del 14 dicembre ha avuto un momento particolarmente significativo con la cerimonia di premiazione del concorso letterario sponsorizzato dal Comites in collaborazione con il Consolato Generale d'Italia, con il duplice obiettivo di promuovere la lingua e cultura italiana presso i giovani, e al tem...
Italian, Venezia-style
Italian chain restaurants have become shorthand for describing those who don't like "real" food or aren't "shopping local." Now here's an unpopular position: They're not that bad. Not really. I mean, if you're craving the most authentic Italian food in Oklahoma City, you're already facing a bit of an uphill battle. But the way some people...
188 South-bound: Upscale Italian cuisine with a Texas twist
Jay McCarthy, the corporate chef and operating manager at 188 South, believes the new Italian restaurant stands out among the rest because of one simple reason — every ingredient used is simple, fresh and delivers a unique taste customers won't soon forget. 188 South, located at 188 S. Castell Ave., opened Aug. 15, and is operates daily from 10 a....
Italian American Society of Jefferson Westbank Italian-Open helps Cafe Hope
Proceeds from the 2015 West Bank Italian Open were presented at a recent Italian-American Society meeting to Luis Arocha, executive director of Café' Hope, a restaurant training program in Marrero for at-risk youth. The presentation was made by the golf tournament's honorary chairman, Kenner Mayor Mike Yenni, and Wayne J. Nocito, wh...
Why African American churches in New Orleans celebrate a Sicilian holiday
by Nina Feldman Every day for a few weeks leading up to St. Joseph's Day on March 19, David Roe coordinates a daily bake at his home in New Orleans' St. Roch neighborhood. Volunteers drop in and help bake and decorate traditional Italian cookies, all of which will go on the St. Joseph's altar at St. Augustine church. Some of the best are t...
Houston, abbiamo… un palermitano di successo: dall’Ismett agli Usa, Fabio Triolo non si ferma più
Palermitano, ha vissuto e studiato fra la Sicilia e l'America, decidendo qualche anno fa di lasciare definitivamente il suo impiego all'Ismett di Palermo, dove ha fondato l'Unità di Medicina Rigenerativa e Terapie Cellulari, per il Texas Medical Center di Houston. Adesso Fabio Triolo (a destra nella foto @Paolo Giandotti mentre incontra il preside...