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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...

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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...

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By Teresa Politano Your bread arrives with no presumption at Rezza. It's accompanied by a simple bowl of olive oil, adorned by just a smattering of sea salt.   But that bread is from Sullivan Street Bakery, a New York favorite with a cultlike following, a bakery that describes its bread with reverence, in the poetry of the sommelier (nutty...

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De Cecco, the world's third largest manufacturer of pasta, was inducted this summer into the Italian Trade Commission's Hall of Fame, recognizing De Cecco's enduring commitment and contribution to the Italian food industry in the United States. The recognition came as De Cecco celebrates 120 years of success in the American marketplace.   De...

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According to WWD, the René Caovilla brand will turn 80 next year and is gearing up to celebrate with the third generation in place at the head of the company and plans to expand globally. Events to mark the anniversary are slated to take place in Venice, where the brand is manufactured, and in New York, in addition to other cities in Europe early n...

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by Ralph Malachowski   If Tennessee Williams had written his character, Big Daddy, as a Sicilian, and placed the action of that play during his funeral, you only begin to get the story line of "My Big, Gay, Italian Funeral" playing at the Saint Luke's Theatre at 308 West 46th Street in New York City.   Like an episode of "The Bob Newh...

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Thirteen years ago Pope Francis was still known as Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires. In 2000, Bergoglio led a procession through the streets of the Argentinean capital carrying an ancient relic of St. Anthony of Padua. The popular Franciscan saint is known to help people find lost items such as lost jobs, lost homes, and lost hope.  ...

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di Riccardo Chioni   Il Tiro a Segno come Piazza del Campo e come spettatori, i benefattori de Il Centro che tifavano non meno dei contradaioli senesi, in occasione di una rievocazione del Palio organizzata dalla Federazione delle Organizzazioni Italo-Americane di Brooklyn per raccogliere fondi destinati al costruendo Community Center. Idea...

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by Judith Hausman   There's an Italian restaurant at each of the four corners in Eastchester where you'll find Casa Brusco - but it's trying to set itself apart. "There's no chicken parm here - we're trying to move away from the Italian-American cliché," says general manger Diana Buonsignore. Chef Alberto Ricci comes to Casa Brusco from seve...

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With knowledge of your ancestral town in Italy, it is possible to start research using Italian records. Italy offers many records beyond birth, marriage and death. Mary M. Tedesco, founder of ORIGINS ITALY, frequently conducts genealogical research in Italy. She will help you discover what records are available and how they are accessed.   T...

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