… IN TUTTA ITALIA! BY JACK PILIPONIS Like many countries with strong Catholic/Christian culture and traditions, Italy marks the weeks leading up to Lent with colorful, sensual, food- and drink-filled celebrations. In Italy, it’s called “Carnevale,” derived from Latin “carnem levare” — take the meats; in ancient times that… Continue reading
Thank you Nick and Carmine for hosting our Sentieri Italiani Christmas Party at Bella M’Briana, on Saturday, December 17, 2016. Great food, great company! Thank you, all our students and friends, for the constant support you have given Sentieri Italiani during all these years! Grazie di cuore e Buone Feste… Continue reading
What you call Bolognese sauce in America, we call ragù in Bologna, home to one of the most popular meat-based pasta sauces the world over. Don’t be fooled by those tourist-trap menus baiting you with “spaghetti with ragù alla Bolognese”: ragù is to be consumed chiefly with tagliatelle. Other pasta… Continue reading
On Sunday, September 25, we experienced the delicious cuisine of Sicily at Antica Pizzeria. Antica Pizzeria is located at 5663 N. Clark Street. Check out our next event on our events page or like us on Facebook to keep up with Sentieri news and events. Continue reading
On September 22, Italy will inaugurate its first Fertility Day, a national initiative launched by the Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin to urge women to take advantage of their fertility years and make more babies in response to a falling birth rate. In 2015, Ansa reported (http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2016/07/08/italy-has-lowest-birth-rate-in-eu-eurostat-2_727d004b-8844-4e81-82a1-5248954e0d7b.html ), Italy had… Continue reading
Like us, Italians are no strangers to political controversy. While Italian voters aren’t facing a general national election, they will be asked to approve ambitious constitutional reforms this year. These seem at least as controversial and momentous as our presidential election. The proposed reforms are intended to reduce fragmentation that… Continue reading
Sentieri group traveled to Italy in 2016. Continue reading
Not too long ago, the city of Naples won a world record. What did they do exactly? That’s right, they made the world’s longest pizza! Naples is the birthplace to the famous Neapolitan style pizza or as Italians like to probably call it, real pizza. So naturally speaking, making the… Continue reading
