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25.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS: Tommy DeVito Dies Aged 92. Tommy DeVito: Four Seasons founding member dies aged 92. Tommy DeVito, a founding member of US pop group the Four Seasons, has died aged 92 after contracting Covid-19. His death was announced by two other founding members of the group, Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio, who said he "would be missed by all who loved him".... DeVito teamed up with Valli in 1956 and four years later they formed the Four Seasons with Gaudio and Nick Massi. Their hits included Oh What a Night, Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry and Walk Like a Man. DeVito, who supplied baritone vocals and lead guitar for the band, quit in 1970 saying he was tired of touring. The Four Seasons were one of the most successful "doo-wop" bands of the 1960s and their story formed the inspiration for the award-winning musical Jersey Boys. After breaking through in the '60s with pop hits, they had an unsuccessful attempt at psychedelic pop, and then moved on to a more Motown sound - which eventually led to Valli enjoying a solo career. DeVito, who was born Gaetano "Tommy" DeVito in Belleville, New Jersey, died on Monday in Las Vegas Nevada after being admitted to hospital with coronavirus, Variety reported. A friend, Alfredo Nittoli, posted on Facebook on Tuesday: "My dear friend Tommy passed away in Las Vegas at 9:45 last night. With deep regret I am writing this sitting in his living room. I was informed by his daughter Darcel there will be a service in New Jersey." DeVito and Valli began performing together in a group called the Four Lovers which then, with Gaudio and Massi onboard, changed into the Four Seasons in 1960. The group went on to enjoy a string of hits. DeVito was a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Four Seasons were inducted into the hall in 1990. Nick Massi died in 2000 at the age of 73. R.I.P. Gaetano "Tommy" DeVito. Source: BBC News

25.01.2022 BUONA DOMENICA!!! Who else is eating pasta today??? Enjoy!

24.01.2022 Lest We Forget. November is a month to remember the fallen, the Veterans and all those still serving. As Remembrance Day comes and goes The Italian Guide would like to dedicate this photo of a field of poppies on the Piano Grande of Castelluccio (Perugia, Umbria, Italy), the famous plateau in the National Park of Monti Sibillini with the map of Italy made using trees to all those brave Men and Women. Enjoy! #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #VeteransDay

24.01.2022 Tomato & Anchovy Pasta. Enjoy!

24.01.2022 How Italy Captured Our Hearts. How #Italy captured our hearts and created an unstoppable culture along the way. This is a fantastic article by Luke Slattery for The Australian, well worth the read. Enjoy!

24.01.2022 Naples Shocked by Death of Maradona. Naples shocked by death of Maradona, 'the greatest'. Ciao Diego says Napoli of Argentina legend who led them to 2 scudetti. Naples, Italy was shocked Wednesday by news of the death from cardiac arrest after a brain op at the age of 60 of soccer legend and favourite adopted son Diego #Maradona, with stunned people in Piazza Municipioo saying "he was the greatest of all".... Outside his former temple, the San Paolo Stadium, people openly wept for the diminutive football genius, who led SSC Napoli to two scudetti in 1987 and 1990 and Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986. Neapolitans swapped memories of his greatest moves and goals. One woman told a reporter "this 2020 is really the worst year ever". Napoli posted a photo exulting in the sky blue shirt with the caption "Forever" and a blue heart. tweeting "Ciao Diego". Naples Mayor Luigi de Magistris said "Diego Armando Maradona is dead, the most immense footballer of all time. Diego made our people dream, he redeemed Naples with his genius. In 2017 he became an honorary citizen. Diego, Neapolitan and Argentine, you gave us joy and happiness! Naples loves you" R.I.P. Diego Armando Maradona. See the ANSA.it report via the link below.

24.01.2022 How Many Squares Do You Use??? Enjoy! Giuseppe the MC

23.01.2022 Miracle of Modena: Maserati aims for revival after COVID devastation. Six months ago Modena, Italy was a ghost town; an eerie early warning about the coronavirus pandemic's brutal capacity to devastate economies and unleash a tidal wave of death....Continue reading

23.01.2022 Italy, World’s Highest COVID19 Death Tolls. Italy is again seeing one of the world’s highest coronavirus death tolls but it no longer registers as a national tragedy. In a hot-spot town north of Milan, the biggest mortuary has performed a month's worth of funerals in two weeks. At the chapel of a hospital morgue in hard-hit Naples, a priest spends his mornings reciting the names of the dead, thinking about how the still-positive bodies go "right into the bags like soldiers."...Continue reading

23.01.2022 The Italian Jetsons Enjoy! Anthony Rodia Comedy

22.01.2022 Napoli 1910. A rare film of Naples, Italy filmed in 1910. Enjoy!

21.01.2022 FIRST LOOK: Maserati MC20. The first Maserati with Wing Doors | MC20. Hear for the first time in this video what the new Maserati MC20 sounds like! Are you a fan of the look? Special thanks to Supercar Blondie. Enjoy!

20.01.2022 Amalfi Coast is Breathtaking. The Amalfi Coast in #Italy is Breathtaking. Enjoy!

20.01.2022 HOW TO SPOT A TOURIST TRAP. ITALIAN CHEF REVEALS THE SUBTLE SIGNS YOURE OUTSIDE A TOURIST TRAP. These days, we all like to think ourselves low key foodies. But the reality is, when youve been thrown across the world in a tin can and been dumped, bleary eyed, in some bustling city, finding the perfect spot to have dinner is harder than scoring a date in a Mesopotamian monastery.... DMARGE spoke to Head Chef / Co-Owner of Sydney Italian Restaurant Vanto, Filippo Perra, to get his take on the features that give away an inauthentic Italian restaurant. Regarding a phoney restaurant if any of the pasta dishes have cream in the sauce run away! Authentic restaurants will honour the small traditions like no cheese on seafood dishes too. Often the phoney restaurants have adopted westernised styled dishes which would not be eaten in #Italy. As for finding a true Italian restaurant outside of Italy, Chef Perra said: If you hear the customers speaking Italian to each other you have found yourself a good Italian Restaurant. Generally, expats crave those authentic flavours and customs from home and will seek out a genuine Italian restaurant or cafe for a good meal and great wine, or even just a quick espresso. I believe it is so important to find somewhere with a feeling of home, wherever you are. Likewise, to find an authentic dinner spot when travelling, Mr. Perra advises you seek out a busy local Trattoria [Italian restaurant] for the best cuisine, fair prices, and an authentic Italian experience. I recommend researching the most famous dishes of the region you are in. The internet can help so much these days and there are always plenty of reviews to help you find the perfect local dish. Vanto Managing Partner / Co-Owner Santino Agrillo adds: I believe the best way to find good restaurants is by asking around ask the locals or friends who have travelled there themselves. Sometimes you must go with your gut feeling! The most authentic food is never going to be in the tourist squares. Also, if you see a queue of locals outside a restaurant go inside (even if it is a shabby place)! Often, good looking restaurants are not reflective of good food. Another foodie insight, which DMARGE learned listening to a Flight of Fancy podcast earlier this year, is that a kitchen hand (or chefs) Instagram story may now be a smarter place to look than your hotels community noticeboard. Former editor of Delicious Sharnee Rawson admitted on the podcast: So many of my friends will want to go somewhere cos they saw it on Dan Hongs Instagram. Another tip Ms. Rawson gave was to, go through the archives of great publishers. They [The New York Times] might say youve got to go to this restaurant, and then you look up that restaurant, then you look up the people that work there and see what theyre eating and then go down the rabbit hole that way. See the DMARGE article via the link below... Enjoy!

19.01.2022 Italian Self-Help. There is no self-help in an Italian family. Enjoy! Sebastian Maniscalco

19.01.2022 81 Year Old Husband Serenades Wife in Hospital. At 81, this gentleman performs in the hospital courtyard for his hospitalised wife. Not being able to visit her due to the anti-Covid rules, her husband plays the accordion under the window of the hospital in Castel San Giovanni, in the Piacenza area, in order not to miss her.... Due to the ban on entry to family members in the hospital, dictated by the anti-Covid rules, Stefano Bozzini sought an alternative in order not to miss his proximity to his wife: he asked for permission to enter the inner courtyard, so he took a chair and took a seat in front of her window and then began to play a romantic serenade on his accordion. The wife and the medical staff enjoyed the particular performance. The gesture of love and care of the 81-year-old elder, who for the occasion also wanted to wear the alpine hat, bounced on social media and local newspapers, after someone on Sunday had filmed it with a smartphone. Watch this loving performance via the Avvenire link below... Enjoy!

19.01.2022 Florence: 'The same as it was in the 1970s'. A postcard from Florence, the best place in Europe for a city break. Travelling to Florence, Italy these days is not like the post-apocalyptic weirdness of July, when you could go to the Piazza del Duomo at midday and see not a single soul. Instead, its the same as it was in the 1970s except with Wi-Fi and better plumbing. Its basically the perfect mini-break.... September is always a wonderful month to visit the Tuscan city. Its less scorching than August; the sun doesnt beat down directly on those narrow streets quite so ferociously. Even the mosquitos have given up by this point in the year. But it is hot enough to eat out in the evening in shirtsleeves. And right this minute, its also got the optimum level of tourism if youre a tourist that is, rather than a seller of plaster reproductions of Michelangelos David. You still have to book to get into the Uffizi Gallery to see Botticellis Birth of Venus and the Caravaggio Bacchus, but I went online in the evening and got a slot next morning at 9.30am. There was a queue to get in but it was polite, socially distanced, and titchy 10 minutes' wait at the most. And while I wasnt alone looking at Primavera, I didnt have to fight my way through a crowd to catch a glimpse of it either. It was me and a smattering of early-bird tourists. When I came out after about an hour you can be quick when you dont have to shuffle round after huge school groups there were even living statues getting their Pagliaccio facepaint on, and some well-rested ponies drawing tourists in little carriages around the Piazza della Signoria. I have found the photographs of Piazza Santa Croce, empty save for the odd attention-starved pigeon, deeply depressing. Beautiful, certainly, but eerie and lonely. No town that depends so heavily on tourism as Florence does can be a happy place to be when its abandoned in high season. But the city doesnt feel desolate these days. In fact, it appears remarkably chipper. The Mercato Centrale Firenze has its new season porcini mushrooms in stock. The little jewellers and mosaic makers on the Ponte Vecchio are all open and raring for business. The Antica Farmacia Santa Maria Novella known as the oldest shop in the world looks like its set fair for another 400 years. So what if you have to wear a mask while visiting? You can take it off to smell the pot pourri. Best of all, when you sit down at the end of the day for a well-earned Aperol Spritz, the waiters bring it fast and with a smile. Youre not just another demanding tourist these days youre a precious and valued guest. Hopefully, this state of affairs wont last too long: Florence needs more than the sprinkling of foreign visitors it has now. But theres currently no quarantine; the weekend weather forecast is 32 degrees and sunny What are you waiting for? See The Telegraph's article via the link below... Enjoy!

19.01.2022 3 MINUTE COVID19 TEST. Italy makes #COVID19 super-fast saliva test. #Italy has come up with a super-fast saliva test for COVID-19. The new test has been made by a company at Merate near Lecco north of Milan. It is called Daily Tampon. It achieves results in just three minutes. The test has been realised with the collaboration of the Università del Sannio. It has already been approved by the health ministry, paving the way for imminent production.... See the ANSA.it report via the link below... Enjoy!

18.01.2022 IT'S THE WEEKEND!!! Here is a great song to get you up and dancing. Enjoy!

18.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS: BUDDY VALASTRO INVOLVED IN TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. 'CAKE BOSS' STAR BUDDY VALASTRO IMPALES HAND IN GNARLY ACCIDENT. WHILE BOWLING AT HOME!!! Cake Boss - Buddy Valastro is recovering following a horrific bowling accident where his right hand was impaled ... and required multiple surgeries.... The famous baker suffered the gruesome injury Sunday while spending some QT with his family in the bowling alley in their home. A rep tells us there was a malfunction with the bowling pinsetter -- a problem the family's had in the past and usually a common fix, but not this time around. We're told Buddy Valastro tried to release a bowling pin from the cage mechanism, but his right hand got lodged and compressed inside the unit. His rep described what happened next this way -- "Unable to remove his hand, [Buddy] can see a 1 1/2" metal rod slowly and repeatedly impale his hand three times between his ring finger and middle finger." After more than 5 minutes, Buddy still couldn't get his hand free from the metal rod jammed through it. His rep says his sons, Buddy Jr. and Marco, "rushed to the garage for a reciprocating saw to cut through the metal rod" and finally got Buddy's hand free. Buddy was rushed to a hospital where he underwent emergency surgery to remove the rod and stabilize the wound. A second surgery followed ... performed by renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michelle Carlson in Manhattan. The rep says Buddy (Cake Boss) will have an uphill battle given it's his dominant right hand. He faces a long road to recovery and therapy. Buddy's not exactly ready to call this a pinhead move... but he's definitely kept his sense of humor through this painful ordeal. He posted a pic Wednesday from his hospital bed with the caption, "I was involved in a terrible accident a few days ago... What do you think of my new accessory?" Sending positive vibes, boss!!! See the TMZ report via the link below.

18.01.2022 Poor Cat!!! English Translation: "Tony, what happened to the Cat?" "I gave it Whisky like you told me!" "Wiskas... I said WISKAS!!!"... Enjoy! See more

17.01.2022 The Appian Way. The Appian Way is over 2000 years old and is still in use today! Built in 312 BC, it was once one of the most important roads in Rome. Enjoy!

16.01.2022 HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!!! Sharing one of Joe Avati's most watched clips from 2020! Enjoy!

16.01.2022 Christmas Comes To Torino, Italy. Turin, Italy is the first Italian city to be lit by Christmas lighting. Enjoy!

16.01.2022 Sophia Loren. and Marcello Mastroianni. Sophia Loren - Official and Marcello Mastroianni in an interview, amid squabbles and linguistic blunders. Enjoy!

15.01.2022 Italian Women & Keto. Enjoy! Anthony Rodia Comedy

15.01.2022 ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER CONTE RESIGNS. Conte resigns, govt crisis now in president's hands. Giuseppe Conte on Tuesday handed his resignation as premier to President Sergio Mattarella, the president's office said. Conte, who left the presidential palace about 30 minutes after entering, is expected to seek a mandate from the head of State to form a new executive with a broader coalition....Continue reading

15.01.2022 So, so true!!! Buona Domenica!!! Enjoy!!!

14.01.2022 Lasagna Chips and Dip. What if we told you we can turn Lasagna into Chips & Dip!!! Okay we know that just because a video has the word Lasagna in the title does not necessarily make it Italian but we wanted to not only show you a fun way to trick up your Lasagna but to show you how far Lasagna has come from it's Ancient Roman roots and how it is embraced by the world today. Enjoy!

13.01.2022 GRAZIE DIEGO!!! Maradona was a son, a brother, a friend. Naples isays: "Grazie Diego". The feeling is that everyone has lost a family member. The voices of the Neapolitans come together to pay homage to Diego. #maradona #GrazieDiego

13.01.2022 Congratulations Team Italy! Teresa and Michelle flying the flag for #Italy and making us all so very proud! Last night Teresa and Michelle Minichiello, aka Team Italy, won their heat against Kiki and Aly, aka Team Venezuela, on Channel 7's Plate of Origin. The total scores between the two teams was close but it was Mother Teresa's Squid Ink Pasta combined with Michelle's liquid gold Prawn sauce taking them across the line with three perfect tens from judges Manu Feildel, Matt Preston and Nonna Gary Mehigan. In Bocca Al Lupo! Enjoy! #PlateOfOriginAU

12.01.2022 Our Culture Is In Good Hands. It is the future generations that will carry on the traditions. Grazie Diretta Calabria Music. Enjoy!

12.01.2022 Whale Of A Time! These lucky tourists came across a Whale while on a boat tour of the Costa viola in Calabria, #Italy. Enjoy!

12.01.2022 Cruise Ships Sail Again in Italy. Is this a good or bad idea? Italy-based Costa Cruises is the latest cruise line to return to the waters with the lines Costa Deliziosa due to depart from Trieste, Italy, tomorrow....Continue reading

11.01.2022 "BUON NATALE" An Italian Christmas. Tickets are on sale NOW for the Emiliani Italian College's first ever major event. Tickets are available through Eventbrite and are limited to ONLY 120. Follow the link below to secure your tickets! Enjoy!

11.01.2022 PHOTO GOING VIRAL: A Daughter's Love For Her Mamma. Woman stands on car roof for hours to see mother in Italian hospital. A woman stood on the roof of her car for most of the day to try to make contact with her mother, hospitalised with covid-19 in Como, northern Italy.... The woman, who is unable to visit the hospital due to coronavirus prevention rules, stood for hours on end to catch a glimpse of her mamma, reports Italian news agency ANSA.it. The scene was immortalised in a photograph - which has since gone viral - posted on Facebook by Salvatore Amura who lives opposite the Ospedale Valduce. Amura said that people often spend hours on the street trying to reach out to their relatives - "without success" - in what is emblematic of the difficulties and anxiety experienced by those with family in hospital due to covid-19. Amura said that although he took the photo in the late afternoon yesterday, the woman had been standing on top of her car since that morning. "She was getting desperate because she couldn't see her mother, but without giving up" - wrote Amura who concluded his post: "We hope all this ends soon." Enjoy! See the Wanted in Milan article via this link below. https://www.wantedinmilan.com//covid-19-woman-stands-on-ca

10.01.2022 Marco - Schiaccia Olive. Stainless Steel Olive Splitter/Crusher. NOW ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE AND EBAY!!! Dish Washer Safe and Made in Australia. This easy to use olive splitter for making preserved olives saves you time, is easy to clean and store.... SEE HOW IT WORKS VIA THIS VIDEO>>> https://www.instagram.com/p/B-jiuhRjARP/ STOCK IS LIMITED SO BUY NOW directly from the manufacturer and shipped to your door, no postage and handling within Australia. Enjoy!

10.01.2022 12 Beautiful Destinations in Italy. 12 beautiful destinations in #Italy to visit in your lifetime. Is there any country on earth that wears its history as lightly as Italy? Roman ruins sit cheek by jowl with Renaissance palazzos, while modern skyscrapers cast their long shadows over neoclassical cathedrals. But there are many more reasons why this is the fifth most visited country in the world the rolling landscapes of Tuscany, the sandy beaches of Sardinia, the fashion credentials of Milan, and the delectable cuisine of just about everywhere from the Alps down. So, from the ancient streets of Rome to the lapping waterways of Venice, Italy, the serene beauty of the Italian Lakes to the dazzling glamour of the Amalfi Coast, these are some of the Italian cities and regions that every traveller ought to visit. Enjoy!

10.01.2022 Making Tomato Paste In The Sicilian Sun. Tomatoes, sunshine and salt makes Sicilian 'astrattu'. What do you do when you have loads of tomatoes? Make tomato paste! In Italian it's called estratto di pomodoro; in the Palermo area where Pina lives folk call it 'astrattu'. The ingredients you need are non irrigated tomatoes, strong sunshine and salt. Pina makes the process look elegant and easy.... 'Siccagno' refers to the way these tomatoes are not irrigated. The actual variety of tomatoes can have also names like Ruccaloru, Pizzutello e Valledolmo. Watch the Pasta Grannies video via the link below... Enjoy!

10.01.2022 When Italian Kids Go Back To School. When Italian kids go back to school during a pandemic. Watch and Follow Giuseppe Meleca for all his latest hilarious videos. Enjoy!

09.01.2022 Preserving Olives The Italian Way. Do you make jarred olives? Enjoy! Grazie Hardcore Calabrese

09.01.2022 Buona Domenica! Here is a Tarantella Catanese to kick-off your Sunday. Enjoy!

07.01.2022 Italians Vs Australians. It's the similarities that define us, not the differences! Who else wasn't allowed to go to school camp, have sleepovers or.... Gap Years! Enjoy! Joe Avati

06.01.2022 NEXT GENERATION. Teaching the next generation and keeping our traditions alive. Enjoy!

06.01.2022 6 THINGS YOU DO NOT DO IN NAPOLI. Here are six things that you should NEVER do when you are in Naples, Italy. Enjoy!

06.01.2022 EXPENSIVE FASHION SHOOT!!! We have no idea what is going on in this photo or why but from we could find out it looks like some sort of fashion shoot. Damn expensive fashion shoot by the looks of it! Enjoy or not!

05.01.2022 Napoli - Naples, Italy. Hands up if there are any Napoletani on this page. Enjoy!

05.01.2022 Meat Tray Lasagna. IT MUST BE STOPPED!!!.... jarred garbage needs to get in the bin!!! And yes we should all know by now that Nat swears like a drunk Pirate. Enjoy! Nat's What I Reckon

05.01.2022 Rosa's 'Sfoglia Lorda' Mini Ravioli. Sfoglia lorda is a speedy way to make ravioli and Rosa is a speedy pasta maker! She made these for The New York Times photographer - he is from Florence, Italy and he had never heard of this pasta before; it's special to the Romagna region but deserves to be better known. Watch the Pasta Grannies video via the link below... Enjoy!

05.01.2022 Claudia's Hand-Rolled Penne Called Garganelli. Garganelli pasta is typical of Regione Emilia-Romagna and Claudia loves to make them. If you don't have a gnocchi board you can make a smooth version. They are not difficult to make. See the Pasta Grannies video via the link below... Enjoy!

04.01.2022 Nonni TikTok Dance. Enjoy!

04.01.2022 REDISCOVER ITALY! This is not a dream. This is the land God has gifted us and its name is #Italy. Enjoy!

04.01.2022 Calabria. Hands up if there are any Calabrese on this page. Enjoy!

03.01.2022 BUONA DOMENICA!!! The Calabrian Life. Enjoy! Hardcore Calabrese

03.01.2022 100% Italian From Head to Toe. Sebastian Maniscalco, Gotham Comedy Club 2011. Enjoy!

02.01.2022 Alberobello - Passeggiata. Take a stroll or passeggiata through the 'trulli' unique town of Alberobello. Worth watching for the final shot overlooking this magnificent landscape. Enjoy!

02.01.2022 World's Largest Manufacturer of Mozzarella Cheese. James Leprino (born 1937/38) is an American billionaire, businessman, and chairman of the world's largest manufacturer of mozzarella cheese, Leprino Foods. He was listed as the 265th richest person in the US with a net worth of $3.1 billion, according to the 2017 Forbes 400 list.[4] Early life. James Leprino was born circa 1938. He is the youngest of five children of Mike Leprino Sr., who emigrated from Italy in 1914, aged 16..., settled in Denver, and was a farm worker before starting a grocery store in Denver's Little Italy in 1950. Career. After graduating from high school in 1956, he worked full-time with his father but due to pressure from large grocery chains, his father's store closed in 1958, so he started Leprino Foods with $615, focusing on making cheese for pizza, sales of which were booming. Leprino is the chairman and CEO of Leprino Foods, the largest manufacturer of mozzarella cheese in the world. In October 2017, his net worth was estimated by Forbes at US$3.1 billion. He supplies major pizza chains including Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, Papa John's Pizza and Little Caesars, and controls up to 85% of the US pizza cheese market. Personal life. Leprino is married with two children. He resides in Indian Hills, Colorado. Enjoy! Source: Wikkipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Leprino

02.01.2022 Southern Mothers - Le Mamme Del Sud. Mothers from the South. Le Mamme Del Sud Al Mattino. Enjoy!

01.01.2022 WHO LIKES FICHI D'INDIA??? Fichi DIndia - Prickly Pears. Picking, cleaning, peeling and eating Fichi DIndia in Calabria. Enjoy! #Italy

01.01.2022 Napoli Mourns Maradona. Naples, Italy says goodbye to Diego Armando Maradona: "He was one of the family". Images from the heart of the city, in more ways than one, where a spontaneous gathering has come together to mourn. #Maradona #MaradonaRIP #RIPMaradona

01.01.2022 Gnocchi Ricci From Amatrice. Pasta Grannies discover really tricky pasta to make: gnocchi ricci! Elvira is one of the few women in the village of Amatrice who can make a pasta called gnocchi ricci. It was traditionally made for families who could afford to buy it from the sfogline - the pasta makers in the village. Elvira would like this pasta to be better known and made. Try it, if you fancy a challenge! Enjoy!