Life + Style

Last week Dolce & Gabbana launched its latest fragrance, Dolce Rosa Excelsa. To promote the new perfume they put together a little video, starring none other than longtime muse, iconic actress and 81-year-old-mega star – Sophia Loren! The film is …

I recently caught up with award-winning Tuscan winemaker Ginevra Venerosi at a local New York trattoria to taste and talk about the wines of her estate Tenuta di Ghizzano. There is something immediately, attractively transparent about Countess Ginevra Venerosi. I …

Peter Mondavi Sr., Napa Valley visionary responsible for the success of his family’s winery for more than 50 years died on February 20th at his home in St. Helena, California.  He was 101. Mondavi was born in Virginia, Minnesota, on …

Art historian Laura Morelli is on a mission to help travelers to Italy in search of genuine handicrafts discern treasure from trash. Her “Authentic Arts” travel book series was devised with the idea of guiding visitors to the discovery of …

Buried underground and nearly invisible to the eye, the Antinori’s new Cantina just north of Florence is introducing a new wave of architecture by using a design that merges delicately with nature. Every act in the building process of this …

In the last issue of L’Italo-Americano, we explored the legacy of 20th century North Beach photographer, J.B. Monaco, a legacy that has endured decades of change to the fabric of San Francisco’s Italian community.  Recently, L’Italo-Americano spoke with Rick Monaco, …

The art of the Neapolitan pizza-maker will be Italy’s contender to be part of the UNESCO’s World Heritage List, the national commission for UNESCO through a proposal by the agriculture ministry and with the backing of the foreign, university, environment …

“There is no wealth but life. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of human beings; that man is richest, who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful …

More than 200 years after it was invented, the elegant Bodoni typeface is still among the most admired and largely used around the world. Indeed, it is easy to come across the Bodoni font on a daily basis; it is …

The list of honorees reads like a who’s who among Seattle’s culinary elite: Armandino Batali of Salumi; food marketer Jon Rowley; Frank Isernio, founder of Isernio’s Sausage; restaurateur Tom Douglas and his wife Jackie Cross; and most recently, Charles and …