Lonardi Named WGCA All-American
Baylor women's golf senior Laura Lonardi was named a second-team All-American by the Women's Golf Coaches Association on Tuesday. Lonardi joined current Bear Dylan Kim and former teammate Hayley Davis as the only All-Americans in program history. Lonardi's honor is the fifth in the last five seasons for a Baylor player under head coach Jay Goble....
University of Oregon to Expore Italian Culture and Language
From April 11th to April 14th, the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Oregon in Eugene will be hosting the 2013 American Association of Italian Studies Conference. Scholars, intellectuals and writers who research and contribute to Italian literature and cultural studies will take part in a substantive exchange of ideas and experti...
Fun, tradition and the largest bocce ball tournament in the state
By Marie Mischel For 80 years, All State Italian Day at Lagoon has meant one thing to Gloria Goddard and her family: tradition. Goddard's Aunt Irene was a charter member of the Italian-American Civic League and would take the young Gloria with her to the organization's meeting. The first All State Italian Day celebrated the end of...
L’Italia all’Aapex di Las Vegas con l’ICE
Verrà inaugurato oggi, 5 novembre, a Las Vegas il Salone AAPEX dedicato alla componentistica auto, ricambistica ed attrezzature per garage ed auto-officine. Tra i 2.412 espositori provenienti da 32 Paesi diversi presenti al Centro fieristico Sands Expo Center anche gli italiani: sette le aziende tricolore che partecipano alla Collettiva Ice. ...
Ferraro’s family to launch Pizza Forte
Three proven local restaurant operators are launching new concepts. The family behind longtime local fave Ferraro's will debut its new venture, Pizza Forte, this spring, offering Roman-style pizza, Hofmann hot dogs, meatballs and more at two locations—inside Sunset Station and at the Hard Rock Hotel. Chada Thai & Wine creator Bank Atch...
Southern Soul: Fine-dining Italian is dominated by northern fare. Can Bellino make the south rise again?
In the first century of Italian-American cuisine, nothing north of Naples mattered. The vast majority of the Italian immigrants who migrated to this country in the late 1800s and early 1900s came from their motherland's hot and impoverished south, a land of red sauce made from heat-loving San Marzano tomatoes and mozzarella from the milk of indigen...
Tempe java expert teaches Italians about espresso
by Georgann Yara As the owner of a Tempe-based espresso wholesale and distribution company, Patrick O'Malley regularly makes business trips to Italy, where he's surrounded by fellow java professionals in an educational workshop or seminar. But in the birthplace of espresso, the Bisbee native is the one doing the teaching as the Eu...
Confirmed! New York's Carbone Replaces Sirio Ristorante at Aria
by Bradley Martin Rumored for almost a year, the replacement for Sirio Ristorante at Aria will indeed be New York's hit, retro Italian-American restaurant Carbone. The Maccioni family's restaurant occupied the space across from Jean Georges Steakhouse and Michael Mina's American Fish, now Bardot Brasserie, for five years before sh...
'Immensely grateful' - Mario Monti died just hours after he and wife Josephine were named Oregon's longest-wed couple
Stalwart that he was, Mario Monti lived just long enough so he and wife Josephine could be honored as the longest-wed couple in Oregon. Monti, a member of St. Ignatius Parish in Southeast Portland, died March 14 at age 98, just hours after Worldwide Marriage Encounter presented the certificate for 71 years of faithful matrimony. The M...
Aprire un Business negli USA: La Storia di “Sierra Italia”
Questa settimana intervistiamo Lorena di Sierra Italia, che ci racconta della loro decisione di lasciare l'Italia e aprire un negozio di prodotti italiani negli States.Da dove cominciare? Da un piccolo paese della provincia di Siena!!Mio marito ed io abbiamo sempre avuto il "sogno americano" e, visto che gli affari in Italia andavano calando, nel 2...
Taste of Italy – Siragusa's Authentic Italian Food
There's Italian food and regular food. Growing up in an Italian family, I quickly learned the difference. Homemade bread is the perfect accompaniment to decadent pasta, and for dessert? Something equally filling. There was always lots of food, and a lot of encouragement to eat more. My grandparents owned an Italian restaurant in Murray through the...
Italian songs, arias take the stage at Davis
Teachers and singers from across Fairbanks and North Pole are joining for one night to perform 26 Italian songs and arias on stage at 7 p.m. Friday in Davis Concert Hall in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Fine Arts Complex. The performance is a fundraiser for the National Association of Teachers of Singing. The cost is $5 at the door, b...