Three times each year the faithful of Naples pray for “the Miracle of the Blood” on the first Sunday in May, on Sept. 19 when they celebrate their patron saint […]
Sal Lapio is taking it easy now, heading to work at 7 a.m. and heading home midafternoon, a sharp contrast to when he was running a gas station that was […]
Delaware native Tess Rafferty was vacationing on the Italian island of Ischia when she remarked to her husband that the people around them seemed straight out of an Agatha Christie […]
Honoring the motto “Educate, Not Eradicate,” the Native American Guardians Association stands proudly with the Italian American community, choosing to honor their great visionary Christopher Columbus as an “explorer” not […]
Alice Pizza Authentic Roman-style pizza al taglio and Italian happy hour. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sun.-Mon.; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Tue.-Sat. Entrees include pizza by the slice/margherita pizza, Patate Picante, Cacio e […]
In May of 1990, as a sales manager with my company, I was asked to help train a new salesperson in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, an area that […]
Louis DeSimone was born Feb. 21, 1922, in Philadelphia; His parents Anthony and Nicolina DeSimone were Italian immigrants. He was raised in Bridgeport, Pa., and graduated from what was then […]
Engaging in gardening, whether tending to flowers, vegetables, or herbs, yields benefits beyond the mere cultivation of plants. For many of us, it serves as a sanctuary of tranquility, diverting […]
While visiting family in Loreto Aprutino in Abruzzo, Italy, in May, I heard about Count Sebastiano Capponi’s 500 year celebration of Villa Calcinaia, near Greve in Chianti, nestled in the […]
To understand Malta’s close ties to Italy as compared to the other major islands around Italy, one needs to consider Italy and the surrounding islands as a family. Imagine Italy […]
UNICO Rehoboth Area volunteers, along with those from Rehoboth in Bloom, a program sponsored by Rehoboth Beach Main Street, continue to promote the beautification of the downtown area at the […]
ROMA – Alla fine dell’estate i detenuti presenti nelle 190 carceri e 17 istituti minorili (Ipm) sono 61.140, con un indice di sovraffollamento a livello nazionale del 130,06%, ma con […]
School is open and although Darla and I can’t actually go to school we can help you learn some Italian words for forniture (for-knee-tor-a) supplies you and children in Italy […]
This month’s Italian language lesson focuses on another linguistic divide. We will exclude other romance languages spoken in Italy which are recognized as languages and not dialects, such as Sardinian […]
This month in Italy marks the celebration of Ferragosto, or Assumption Day, on Aug. 15. The term Ferragosto comes from the Latin Feriae Augusti meaning Augustus’ rest which was a […]
Jacquie Peccina Kelly grew up in South Philadelphia, Bologna and Abruzzo, and that’s why she’s said that she’s “been spoiled with good food since birth, between my mother’s Abruzzese cooking […]
Although most Italian immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries settled in the nation’s large cities to meet the demands of industry, many others had a different experience, […]
NOTTINGHAM, Pa. – Pennsylvania snack maker Herr Foods has introduced three new limited-time flavors inspired by Philadelphia businesses, and is asking consumers to vote for their favorite variety. The chip […]