Dazi Usa anche sul cibo italiano. Nel mirino olio, formaggi e vino
Negli Stati Uniti rischia di arrivare entro la fine dell’anno una stangata su olio d’oliva, formaggi e vini italiani. L’Ufficio del rappresentante al commercio americano (Ustr) ha appena pubblicato una «lista nera» del valore di 4 miliardi di dollari di prodotti provenienti dall’Unione europea da “tartassare” come ritorsione per la disputa tra i co...
2019 Filitalia International Scholarships - APPLY NOW
The Filitalia International is happy to announce that we are receiving applications for 2019 Scholarship awards. The majority of scholarships are available for Filitalia members only, but some specific ones are also for non-members. Please pass the information attached to your fellow members and students with an interest in the Italian culture & he...
Celebrating the 243rd Anniversary of American Independence
Every July 4, Americans around the globe celebrate in grand style the anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence. On that date 243 years ago, 56 brave men from 13 American colonies took the bold step, which, as Abraham Lincoln put it 87 years later, “brought forth…a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the prop...
Lee Iacocca, Visionary Automaker Who Led Both Ford and Chrysler, Is Dead at 94
Lee A. Iacocca, the visionary automaker who ran the Ford Motor Company and then the Chrysler Corporation and came to personify Detroit as the dream factory of America’s postwar love affair with the automobile, died on Tuesday at his home in Bel Air, Calif. He was 94. He had complications from Parkinson’s disease, a family spokeswoman said. In an in...
Amid Immigration Tensions in the U.S., Author and Playwright Details Italian Immigration Experience Through New Historical Fiction
After 10 years of research, recording stories passed down by family members and gleaning much that was chronicled in his 2004 documentary, “Prisoners Among Us,” writer, lyricist, playwright and documentarian Joseph M. Orazi has released his captivating novel of historical fiction, L’America. This powerful series will remind readers of the impact im...
Rhythm is Our Business, by Mike Fiorito
While the African American impact on jazz is recognized and well established, the contribution of Italian immigrants on jazz is not. Italians arrived in America playing mandolin, violin, guitar and piano. They brought traditions of Southern-Italian marching bands, opera and folk histories. Whether Neapolitan, Sicilian or Calabrese, they understood...
Il legame storico ed economico tra Italia e Nord America
La politica estera americana con la svolta del Presidente Trump si caratterizza per un approccio volto a riesaminare gli esistenti strumenti di cooperazione, sia sul piano bilaterale sia su quello multilaterale, alla luce di aggiornate valutazioni circa l’impatto per la sicurezza e gli interessi degli Stati Uniti. Il 14 aprile 2019, si è svolta a W...
Sebastian Maniscalco Headlines the Mountain Winery July 19th!
This past January comedian, actor and best-selling author Sebastian Maniscalco had “the biggest week of his career” to-date according the Entertainment Weekly. That week included performing four shows at “The World’s Most Famous Arena,” Madison Square Garden, and releasing his new Netflix Original special– Stay Hungry – streaming now. On the heels...
IABF youth baseball and softball clinics are a big hit in Italy
After two successful clinics led by John Franco, Mark Cardillo and Roberto De Franceschi in Rome and Nettuno last summer, the Italian American Baseball Foundation (IABF) returns to Italy for a series of youth baseball and softball clinics from July 13-19, 2019. Italian baseball and softball players born between 2003 to 2012 are invited to participa...
Enel Green Power will fuel Oreo-maker Mondelēz International with green energy in the United States
Enel, through its US-based renewable company Enel Green Power North America (“EGPNA”), signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with food and beverage company Mondelēz International (“Mondelēz”) under which the latter will purchase the energy delivered to the electricity grid from a 65 MW portion of EGPNA’s Roadrunner solar photovoltaic (PV)...
Naples Rolls Out A Fine-Tuned Dough And The New 'Cloud Pizza' Is Born
What's Italian for "sheesh"? Ever since the quasimythic birth of margherita pizza in Naples in 1889, Neapolitan pizzaioli have regarded their variety as the only true pizza, looking down upon differing styles in Brooklyn, Chatham, Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Melbourne, New Haven, Stockholm and Tokyo. For more than a century, they have seen anyth...
Lost Italian: Quick and easy but still delicious, Gio's Pork Pizzaiola is a good choice for dinner
I had to travel to Iowa unexpectedly last week to attend the funeral of a dear uncle who left this earth far too soon. Thankfully, my two Italian men volunteered to help me out with this week’s column by choosing the recipe and producing the photo shoot in my absence. My gratitude for this show of love is deep, and I hope I can do justice to the fu...