The Guglielmo Marconi Award, the Order Sons of Italy in America’s (OSIA) highest honor, is named for the Nobel prize-winning Italian physicist who invented wireless telegraphy. It is presented biennially to an Italian American who has made significant contributions to the United States. This year’s honoree is Senator Maria Lorts Sachs, who served a...

Gli Stati Uniti sono i primi estimatori e consumatori dei prodotti Belli e ben fatti italiani (BBF), denominazione che indica il Made in Italy di livello medio-alto, che rappresenta da sempre uno dei settori più floridi quando si tratta di export. Tra questi prodotti che uniscono estetica e funzionalità, tecnica e bellezza, un posto di spicco lo ha...

A popular italian restaurant in Bonsack is closed this week after the owner died in a kayaking accident. Sal's Italian Restaurant owner Salvatore Scotto-Dicarlo died in a kayak accident on Carvins Cove Monday. Since then well wishers have been dropping off flowers at the door of the restaurant. Loyal customers like Gerda Sternfeld drove by the rest...

Miami è la città del glamour, della vita notturna anche in pieno giorno. Miami è la meta elettiva dei “ricchi e famosi” provenienti da ogni parte del pianeta Terra che abitano ville dai costi proibitivi per il resto dell’umanità e hanno barche che sembrano bastimenti ormeggiate sul loro molo privato. Sì, Miami è questo, ma solo in parte. Tale aspet...

Natuzzi Italia has opened a 9,000-square-foot store at CityPlace in West Palm Beach, a move that signals the shopping, dining and entertainment center continues to boost its home furnishings offerings. The Italian furniture brand is located on Rosemary Avenue, just south of the Cheesecake Factory restaurant. Natuzzi’s products, made in Italy, featu...

Whether you're in the mood for a delicious Italian meal, a rustic brick oven pizza or a fine glass of wine and a nice variety of small plates, you can find it all at Carmela's Brick Oven Pizza and Wine Bar on Ocean Avenue in Stuart. Owned and operated by the Fatigate family, this cozy restaurant features three distinct dining venues, including a ca...

Saratoga, New York, native Matt Vinetti brought years of culinary experience to the kitchens of Northeast Pennsylvania when he transplanted to the area to oversee the Woodloch properties in Hawley. He then worked at Camelot Restaurant & Inn, Clarks Summit, before he took up the mantle of executive chef for Dupont eatery Arturo’s Restaurant. Since s...

As an only child growing up in Sorrento, Italy, Cinzia Cripe recalls her parents' mandate that she grow up to be "someone important." To them that meant she needed to earn a doctoral degree. "I didn't want to do that," said Cripe, 58, a Brandon resident for the past 20 years. To honor the wishes of her mom and dad, she studied for six years in Napl...

Businessman Fabio De Furia is the new president of the Miami Scientific Italian Community (MSIC), unanimously elected today by the Shareholders’ Assembly. The Board of Directors will be composed of Dr. Alessia Fornoni, Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Director of the Peggy and Harold Katz...

Giorgio’s on Hillview is replacing the former Mercato Pizzeria & Bar (previously Ocean Blues, The Table, Zoria) and is expected to open in mid-July. Co-owners Giorgio Guastella, who was proprietor of Mercato for the past year, and Elena de Luca, both native Italians, have given Michael Garey “carte blanche” as operating consultant in redoing the en...