A un anno dalla sua elezione al Quirinale, Sergio Mattarella vola negli States: dal 6 al 13 febbraio il presidente della Repubblica fara' tappa a Washington, dove e' atteso da Barack Obama alla Casa Bianca, a New York con visite all'Onu e a Ground Zero, e poi in Texas, a Houston, dove, guidato dagli astronauti italiani, visitera' la sede della NASA...

Tavola restaurant is excited to partner with the Charlottesville Sister City commission on an exchange of culinary talent between two Italian restaurants: Ristorante il Falcone in the sister city of Poggio a Caiano and tavola restaurant in Charlottesville. Each restaurant will send its chef to the other for one week.   From June 6-...

by Laura Ingles   They say in America that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Turns out that's pretty universal. "Her love for food started with a love for her husband, because the restaurant owner was her husband," says Caterina Martini, translating for seventh-generation Italian chef Roberta Vivetta Cintelli. "She starte...

Italian company Provides Metalmeccanica is planning to establish its first U.S. manufacturing operation in Augusta County, creating 45 jobs. Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Thursday that the company will invest $6.1 million for the project.   The company manufactures evaporators and condensers and supplies those components to major HVAC compa...

by Marissa Hermanson Chef Mike Isabella's name isn't foreign to foodies. The D.C.-based chef and cookbook author has starred on a little TV show on Bravo called "Top Chef." And now, his food is right here in Richmond.   Isabella's Italian-inspired restaurant, the first of which opened in Washington's Chinatown neighborhood in 2011, serves u...

di Andrea Canepari   Cari Connazionali, ho il piacere di comunicarVi che con decreto ministeriale n. 5013/142/BIS del 27 marzo 2015, pubblicato sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 87 del 15 aprile 2015, il Generale Gianmarco Bellini è stato nominato Console onorario d'Italia a Norfolk, Virginia. I contatti del nuovo ufficio consolare onorario sono...

by Mary Ann Barton   There's a new restaurant in Shirlington that held its soft opening over the weekend: Osteria da Nino. The new Italian restaurant and bar takes the place of The Curious Grape, the longtime Shirlington wine store and restaurant.   The restaurant is located at 2900 S. Quincy St. in Shirlington Village. The Curious Gr...

It's that time of year. The 9th Annual Richmond's original Italian Street Festival is Saturday, September 28th and Sunday, September 29th and you are invited to come out and enjoy! Local caterer Brian Thompson is one of the vendors this year and shares a tasty preview, his Tomato Caprese Flatbread.   Source: http://wtvr.com

By Roger Morris For those of us who were writing about wine at the time, it was a surprising, even humorous-sounding, development. The Italians were coming to Virginia to make wine. The year was 1976, and we had already been shocked once that season. Napa Valley (with some help from Sonoma grapes) had just won both red and white categories of...

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Luca Paschina, General Manager and winemaker of Barboursville Vineyards, was inducted into the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in recognition of his leadership in the establishment of Barboursville Vineyards as the standard of excellence in Virginia wines.   His Excellency Claudio Bisognie...