As Columbus Day approaches pride in my Italian ancestry is worn openly and celebrated. The feats of the great navigator Christopher Columbus and his discovery of America were taught to us in the ...

Amelia Conte finds two black spiders in her pasta. But the 2-year-old from St. James doesn’t mind at all. "Due ragni!" Italian teacher Catrina Percontino says to Amelia, who is digging with a serving ...

Picture every color of the rainbow, with herbs cavorting gayly with veggies, and edible flowers brightening the space, and you have an Italian garden. When starting a vegetable garden, an Italian ...

When you grow up with an Italian mother, you are familiar with the phrase, “let’s go in the kitchen and have coffee.” Most people, regardless of their ethnicity or heritage, are used to the idea of ...