History & culture
Savor the Great Moments in a "Bitter" Life
March 2023 | Diana Lucarino-Diekmann
One of the great moments in life, for a typical Italian, is to share a passion with friends and family, happy as well as bitter. There are many great moments in my life that led to my love affair with Italian bitters.
Amaro literally means...
The Feast of St. Joseph
March 2023 | Janice Therese Mancuso
One of the most important holidays for many Italian American and Italian Catholics is the Feast of St. Joseph or La Festa di San Giuseppe. St. Joseph, a carpenter, and the foster father of Jesus, is the patron saint of carpenters, orphans and the...
Save Sammezzano
March 2023 | Joanna Lucarino
Questo articolo descrive il Castello di Sammezzano, una struttura nel comune di Reggello (Toscana). Il castello ha una storia molto particolare. Fu costruito dagli antichi romani, ne fu ospite Carlo Magno. Nel corso di più di mille anni, il...
Passing the Torch
March 2023 | Ben Lariccia
In this column La Gazzetta will introduce notable members of our local Italian American community. We will hear from men and women whose ancestors’ contributions have resulted in today’s outstanding, productive citizens.
Joseph “Joe” Lambert...
Letters from the Veneto
March 2023 | Myra Robinson
In winter in the Veneto, the skies are often blue even though the air, coming down from the Dolomites, is glacial. We typically find indoor places to visit, preferably with log fires and a bit of wine tasting thrown in for good measure, and that’s...
Book Review: The Neapolitan Quartet
March 2023 | William Giovinazzo
“The Neapolitan Quartet” is a set of novels to which many Americans have been introduced through the HBO series, “My Brilliant Friend”. While the television series does an excellent job of capturing the essence of the books and is well worth the...
Great Italians: Dante, Poet of Love and War
March 2023 | William Giovinazzo
L'articolo descrive la meravigliosa vita di Dante Alighieri. Nelle sue opere Dante aveva dato il senso ad un amore puro, semplice e gentile. Ad esempio, nella sua opera La Vita Nuova, Dante descrisse un amore divino per Beatrice, la ragazza che...
Passing the Torch
February 2023 | Ben Lariccia
In this column La Gazzetta will profile notable members of our local Italian American community. We will get to hear from men and women whose ancestors’ contributions resulted in today’s outstanding, productive citizens.
Roslyn Torella is an...
Letters from the Veneto
February 2023 | Myra Robinson
It has been 15 years since I bought my small apartment in the Veneto, and even longer since my love affair with Italy began.
As a typical English family, we had always taken our summer holidays in France. We enjoyed speaking the language after...
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