After posting a regular-season record of 12-6 and earning the third seed in the North Providence Youth Basketball Association ...

Best kept secret on the Italian pescatarian table? Baccalà. Salt cod. Yes, you heard me right: this salt-preserved delicacy makes Italy swoon. Indeed Italians are only second to the Portuguese as the ...

Early in Season Two of The Sopranos, Junior (Dominic Chianese) finds himself in jail. While he’s away, we find his lieutenant Bobby Baccalieri meeting Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) in the back of ...

If you were coping with the end of The Sopranos in 2007, you might have started hoping for a spinoff. Maybe something with A.J. (Robert Iler) trying to make it as an actor (or anything, really) in New ...

To prepare the codfish alla ghiotta, first cut the desalted cod into pieces, without removing the skin (1). Clean the onion ...

Mesiti had considered making a serious documentary to explore the influence the media has on creating images of Italian Americans in general, but decided to take the comedic, less common approach to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Over the years, many a customer had tried to pry this recipe for Baccala from Bob LaMoia, chef/owner of LaMoia Restaurant and Tapas Bar in Providence. In the spirit of Christmas, ...

When my mother and I took our first trip to her beloved Naples, Italy, I knew it wasn’t the famous Castel Nuovo or Palazzo Reale in front of which she would want her photograph taken. Instead, I led ...