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 ...

WEST VILLAGE, Manhattan -- Vivian Cardia's life story has been a true New York tale. She grew up working at the historic Beatrice Inn in New York's West Village, a famous rendezvous for the city's ...

I was born the second child of three to my parents, Laurette Nana Kawasumi and John Lewis Montesanto, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Originally from Los Angeles, both my parents were the descendants of ...

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 ...