Inside the Italian food warehouse every cook should know about
Beatrice Ughi’s Italian connection. Plus, obsessing over chicken rice, how to use extra pumpkin filling, where chefs eat on their night off and how food waste affects climate change. I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, with this week’s Tasting Notes. Many people are spending Black Friday weekend on the websites of big-box retailer...
Cinepanettoni: Italian Christmas Comedy Movies
It all began in 1983 with Vacanze di Natale (Christmas Holidays), a comedy by Italian directors and screenwriters Carlo and Enrico Vanzina. The movie reunited most of the actors who played in the successful movies Sapore di Mare (Taste of the Sea, 1982) and Sapore di Mare 2 – Un Anno Dopo (Taste of the Sea 2 – One Year Later, 1983). The two romanti...
Golden Globes: Maura Delpero's “Vermiglio” nominated for best foreign film
Maura Delpero's “Vermiglio” has already won the “Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize” at the last Venice Film Festival and is in the running for the Oscars, awaiting the shortlist for the “International Feature Film Award” category of the 97th edition, which will be announced on Dec. 17. Yesterday the announcement on Cbs: the film has been included amon...
Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection in Chicago in March 2025
In order to meet Cupid and Psyche, as is only right since they are two mythological figures, one has to penetrate into the ancient heart of the capital, in Trastevere. Beyond a small secret garden, crowned in the center by a citrus tree, is a room with a very high ceiling where the mortal Psyche, who in beauty equaled Venus, forever holds in her ma...
Italy will soon have its own register of Historical Workshops
Italy is a mosaic of traditions, culture and craftsmanship that tells a story unique in the world. Among the alleys and squares of Italian cities, historic stores are the silent guardians of this heritage, handing down for generations the knowledge, techniques and values that help define the identity of our country. To protect and enhance this pric...
Andrea Bocelli to be inducted into Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame
World-famous Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is set to be inducted into Mohegan Sun Arena’s Walk of Fame prior to his show this weekend in Connecticut. Bocelli will return to the arena for the first time in 15 years, for a 7:30 p.m. performance on Sunday, Dec. 15. The Walk of Fame induction will happen at 6 p.m., just before showtime. Mohegan official...
The 10 most beautiful villages in Tuscany to visit once in a lifetime
Tuscany is an Italian region that offers a wide range of tourist choices. From the sea to the mountains, via the hills with their vineyards and of course the cities of art, first and foremost Florence. If your idea is to stay in Tuscany, we thought you might find a guide to the 10 most beautiful villages useful. A journey back in time where history...
Nevada’s largest paper manufacturer acquired by Italian company
An Italian company has acquired Nevada’s largest paper producer, making them the fourth largest tissue paper producer in North America. Sofidel, an Italian-based company, acquired the tissue division of Clearwater Paper in November for $1.06 billion, effectively closing the tissue division for the Spokane-based company. Now, Sofidel has taken over...
Discover the Mysteries of Italy’s Park of Monsters, a 16th-Century Garden Filled With Strange, Colossal Stone Creatures
Visiting the Sacro Bosco (Italian for Sacred Grove), a 16th-century garden in Bomarzo, Italy, is no ordinary walk through the park. The seven-acre site’s sculpted monsters, open tombs and dramatic depictions of supernatural combatants make the experience more akin to braving a Renaissance version of a haunted house. Visitors can wander through a ti...
Is This Park City’s Best New Italian Restaurant? Inside the Buzz Around LOMA
Ever since Chef Adam Ross and his wife Meisha opened Twisted Fern restaurant in Park City in 2017, I have been telling anyone who will listen to me to go eat there. It’s not just one of my favorite Park City eateries, but one of Utah’s best restaurants in my opinion. And so, I was thrilled when I learned a few months ago that Adam and Meisha were...
What’s In A Name? In Frascati, It’s A Charming Italian City With Its Own Wine And Wonderful Food
Many Italian wineries proudly name their wines after the towns around which their vineyards are spread —Barolo, Brunello di Montalcino, Fiano di Avellino and the lovely small city of Frascati, less than an hour south of Rome (if the autostrada is not jammed up) and within the province of Lazio. The wine named Frascati itself has not, until recently...
Stolen children: How the Vatican sent babies of unwed mothers to US for adoption
John Campitelli started searching for his birth mother when he was only 11 years old. Born in 1963 in Turin, Italy, he was adopted two years later by an American Catholic couple in New York. For years, he believed his birth parents were dead, although no one had ever given him any explanation about why he was given up for adoption. In 1991, after y...