Per la prima volta il Teatro Regio di Torino approda negli Stati Uniti e in Canada e porta in tour il Guglielmo Tell di Giacchino Rossini, con tappe a Chicago (3 dicembre), Toronto (5 dicembre), New York (7 dicembre) e Ann Arbor (9 dicembre).   A guidare la compagnia, composta da artisti di fama internazionale, ci sarà Gianandrea Noseda, app...

by The Italian Trade Agency   On Wednesday, Dec. 3, the Italian Trade Agency and the Italian Association of Geographic Indication Consortia hosted journalists at Osteria del Principe to educate and promote Italian products.   The Italian Trade Commissioner, Pier Paolo Celeste, executive director for the U.S., said, "The Italian Trade...

by Kevin Kessler   I had just taken the bus from Williamsburg and was now having visions of an Italian nonna feeding her husband nearly every bite of food on his plate. It was six o'clock on a Monday and I was in Forest Hills, Queens, enjoying the simple but excellent bruschetta laid before me.   Sitting under a vaulted ceiling in a r...

di Liliana Rosano A New York e dintorni Rosanna Di Michele è diventata una celebrità. Una faccia che è ormai un'icona, grazie allo stile personalissimo che la contraddistingue: capelli nero corvino racchiusi in una frangia stilosa, in perfetto abbinamento con la montatura degli occhiali in celluloide.   Sorriso e calore tutto italiano, Rosa...

Since it's technically illegal to sell food from a truck in NYC, we've been seeing a dramatic rise in the number of higher-end food carts. Well, at least higher quality than the standard halal or hot dog cart. Food carts are legal in NYC, as long as you have the right permits and licenses. One of the newer food carts is Li-Sal's Italian Kitche...

When you think of "Little Italy," you may picture the well-known Italian American neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan and the Bronx — but did you know that there are hubs of Italian culture in almost every corner of New York City?   Following their mass immigration to New York in the late nineteenth century, Italian Americans dispersed throu...

UTICA — Griffo, Brindisi announce |scholarshipsState Sen. Joseph A. Griffo, R-Rome, and Assemblyman Anthony J. Brindisi, D-Utica, announced that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications for four $1,500 scholarships to be awarded June 10 at the Annual Legislative Conference Day.

Many consider cooking a form of art. And few would deny that what Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi are concocting in their kitchen at Torrisi is anything less than that. But they, along with their partner Jeff Zalaznick, have extended their art beyond the kitchen. What is fine dining in NYC? What can be novel or innovative in an industry drowning in...

The Eastchester Italian American Citizens Club has given out eleven scholarships to graduates of both Tuckahoe and Eastchester High.   Ten of the students received $1,000 and one of the graduates received $2,000 because of an outstanding essay that she had written. The scholarships were awarded at the Eastchester Italian American Citizens Cl...

By Lester Haines The owners of a fast-food truck are bemoaning their ejection from a New York horse racing track, after the powers that be deemed its snappy name "Wandering Dago" a tad offensive to Italian Americans.   Wandering Dago proprietors Andrea Loguidice and Brandon Snooks (pictured below) had secured a spot to sell their nosh to pu...