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5 Inventive Italian Restaurants in New York City

by Nitika Choraria | Fri, 10/10/2025 - 11:14

In New York City, Italian and Italian-American cuisines are not just categories; they are memory, migration and identity served by the plateful. Between 1900…

Culture

Enrico Caruso and Dorothy Park Benjamin on their wedding day

4 Famous Italians Who Tied the Knot Stateside

by Toni DeBella | Sun, 06/08/2025 - 16:00

Later this month, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are set to wed in Venice — and local opinion on the over-the-top nuptials is divided.What’s not up for debate…

Lifestyle

These Italian-American Communities Are Proudly Claiming Pope Leo XIV as One of Their Own

by Mary Gray | Mon, 05/12/2025 - 03:49

In the many frenzied media reports predicting Pope Francis’ successor, Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost flew under the radar.But on May 8, after a two-day,…

Culture

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra with Ursula Andress and Anita Ekberg

The Italian-American Singers Who Walked So Frank and “Dino” Could Fly

by Alexa Ahern | Thu, 10/17/2024 - 15:00

It’s Italian-American Heritage Month and our celebration wouldn’t be complete without acknowledging those musical anthems heard ‘round the world — think…

Food & Drink

4 Cookbooks That Changed American Perceptions of Italian Cuisine

by Alexa Ahern | Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:25

There’s a gorge between what we consider Italian-American food and the cucina italiana that we know today, but there’s a throughline that connects the sauces…

Culture

Figurines for nativity sets for sale on Via San Gregorio Armeno in Naples

Naples and the National Italian American Foundation Team Up to Save Craft of Christmas Cribs

by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 12/19/2023 - 07:15

The baby Jesuses, shepherds, wise men, politicians, popes and footballers dotting Naples’ iconic Via San Gregorio Armeno, the street known for its old-world…

Culture

Mulberry Street in New York City in the early 20th century

Italy Magazine Team Members Share Their Favorite Italian-American Films

by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 10/26/2023 - 04:30

As Italian-American Heritage Month draws to a close, some members of our Italy-based American staff (and one Italian living in the United States) shared their…

Culture

9 Common Italian-American Slang Terms and Their Origins

by Serafina Paladino | Wed, 10/18/2023 - 09:37

Growing up in an Italian-American home, I learned words and phrases in Italian that had been passed down for generations. These colloquialisms helped shape my…

Culture

October is Italian-American Heritage Month. Here’s How One Italy-US Organization is Celebrating.

by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 10/04/2023 - 16:00

As Italian-American Heritage Month gets underway, the National Italian-American Foundation is preparing to host a gala weekend on October 14 and 15 at the OMNI…

Food & Drink

Latest “Pizza Polls” Show Americans Prefer New York-Style to Neapolitan Pies

by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 09/13/2023 - 08:00

A recent report by the Washington Post found that Americans like New York-style pizza — the thin, cheesy, by-the-slice type — over other kinds of rotund…