Category: Culture

Italian “snacks”? Kitchen jewels within everyone’s reach

NEW YORK – Calling it a “book” is a diminutio. Just browse it quickly to realize it. “Italian Snacking”, the latest work by Anna Francese Gass, is not a simple “cookbook”: it is a work of art. Of course, cooking is an art in itself: but this new volume by the famous Italian-American culinary influencer goes beyond the classic “recipe book” and is – rather – the catalog of a museum of precious Italian culinary “jewels”: snacks. 

Authentic Italian cuisine under the spotlight in Vancouver with “Mamma Marzia”

VANCOUVER – It’s Italian Heritage Month in Canada, and there are initiatives in the name of ‘Italianness’ taking place almost every day throughout the country. One of these took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the initiative of Marzia Molatore, a well-known Italian-Canadian chef, creator of the “Bella Cibo” brand and author of the book  “Cooking With Mamma Marzia” which had great success in Canada and beyond. 

“Adagio”, A Sentimental Noir

TORONTO – A master of the crime thriller, filmmaker Stefano Sollima takes the viewer into the deep waters of conflicted fatherhood with “Adagio”. The film explores the multiverse of the father-son relationship, while uncovering the humanity within its tragically flawed characters. Fans of Sollima know him for his gritty crime dramas (film & TV), notably “Sicario”, “Suburra”, Romanzo Criminale and “Gomorrah”, but “Adagio” is perhaps the perfect amalgamation of these works, with a tinge more sentiment than his audience might expect.