The inaugural Arizona Concours d'Elegance, a premium automotive event that starts up Arizona collector-car auction week, has chosen Packard and Maserati as its honored marques for the Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, concours held at the historic Arizona Biltmore Resort and Hotel.   Maserati, the renowned Italian racing and performance brand, is marki...

Most people, and rightly so, would have thought pepperoni was born in Italy. Although it is hard to say exactly when it was created, it probably popped up in the early 1900s when Italian butcher shops and pizzerias began to flourish on the streets of a burgeoning Italian-American society. Notes food writer and historian John Mariani, who wrote a b...

Join us on March 15 at the Wigwam Resort for "An Italian aFare to Remember" with Sinatra Stylist Sebastian Anzaldo. The foremost Sinatra impersonator, Anzaldo has starred as the "Chairman of the Board" from Vegas' "Tribute To The Rat Pack" show to ABC-TV's "The Next Best Thing, Who Is The Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?" And more recently he has h...

Another Italian eatery is preparing to open in the recently closed Anzio Landing restaurant space in Mesa. Pacino's, at Power and McDowell roads, will serve contemporary Italian fare with "a little bit of Hollywood," says owner Frank Spaccarelli. He and his wife, Alicia, have moved to Mesa from California, where they previously opened, operat...

The Arizona American Italian Club located at 7509 N. 12th St., Phoenix will host the Fourth "Beauties of Italy" (Le Bellezze d' Italia Quarto) Charity Italian Car Show on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.   This year, the show will celebrate 100 years of Maserati and the return of Alfa Romeo to the U.S. after two decades. Alfa Romeo & Fiat of Sco...

Time to brush up on your italiano.The Italian Film Festival USA recently added Tempe, Arizona, to its 11-stop schedule. This year marks the 10th edition of the fest, which brings contemporary Italian films stateside to cities including Boulder, Colorado, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Don't worry; there will be subtitles.   The single-day ci...

Portillo's Hot Dogs — the Chicago-based fast-casual eatery that opened its first Arizona location in Scottsdale earlier this year — is set to hire 200 more hourly positions for a new Tempe location beginning this week. Starting Wednesday, May 29, those interested can apply in person at an on-site hiring center adjacent to the construction of the n...

by Marco R. Della Cava   Few Ferraris make the heart beat faster than a 1959 250 GT Long Wheel Base California Spider, or as its simply known to those who know — a Cal Spider. Seductive, powerful and rare, these iconic Prancing Horses typically can only be glimpsed in books or on posters. Which is why David Gooding is especially proud that...

by Mark Ewing   Scottsdale winter auctions always offer a few gems. Gooding & Co. has two more appealing Ferraris from the Golden Age of sports cars. First, a 1950 Ferrari 166 MM/195 S Berlinetta Le Mans. Built in 1950, chassis 0060 M is based on the highly successful 166 MM/195 S chassis, with aerodynamic coachwork by Carrozzeria Tourin...

This past May, Chrysler Group LLC donated one of its iconic American-built supercars, a 2013 Street and Racing Technology (SRT) Viper GTS, to the Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF), a nationally recognized nonprofit based in Washington D.C.   The SIF is the philanthropic arm of the 109-year-old Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA), the largest...