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IAP 104: Ferragosto, Fredo, and the first American Saint- an Italian American Podcast...

ATTENTION FELLOW ITALIAN AMERICANS! This week marks the first emergency broadcast for the Italian American Podcast. Although the team was planning to take a week of rest and relaxation to celebrate the ultimate Italian vacation of Ferragosto, the wider world just wouldn’t let us rest because during the week leading up to the holiday the Italian American community was in the news for a host of re...

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Italian-American Food Is an Ancient, Time-honored Cuisine

In recent years, a number of food writers, chefs and those in the food media have been claiming that Italian-American food is something different from Italian food. They say it was created here in the United States. You probably heard the oft repeated line that there was a lot of beef in the United States when the Italian immigrants arrived over 100 years ago, and that is why they started making l...

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WW II Recon Photographer Ralph Triggiano

A reconnaissance photographer during World War II, Ralph Triggiano captured the enemy’s presence in the Pacific from 10,000 feet and the horrors of war from point-blank range. Ralph Triggiano was born in Chicago and grew up in the neighborhood of Taylor and Peoria streets surrounded by his maternal grandparents, aunts and uncles. Triggiano’s father, Joseph, emigrated from Carbonara di Bari, and hi...

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CAR T-cells cancer treatment to be approved soon

The first authorisation for innovative treatment using CAR T-cells for certain types of cancer may soon be granted. The new Board of Director of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) is expected to meet in the coming days and approval for the therapy will be one of the first items on the agenda. The agreement will involved AIFA and CAR T-cell producer Novartis, with the Italian public healthcare ser...

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Weather or not, festivalgoers find fun at Italian Festival

Periods of heavy rain passing through Mount Morris on Saturday sent patrons of the Mount Morris Rotary Italian Festival scurrying for cover in Bellamy Park, but despite the rain many who attended were unwavered by the weather. Vendors found ways to cope and protect their wares. The entertainment – under the cover of a large tent – kept playing. And while some people did head for their cars, others...

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Serritella’s Italian restaurant moving across the street to Carmichael’s Milagro Cent...

Serritella’s Italian restaurant, a longtime Carmichael fixture, will be moving locations starting this week – but don’t worry about being too far from your favorite. It’ll be going just across the street to the Milagro Centre. The restaurant will be closing its location at 6346 Fair Oaks Boulevard on Tuesday, but management does not yet have a re-opening date for its new spot in the Milagro shoppi...

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Ferrari Cruise-In to Take Place in Dayton, Ohio on September 14

Automobile enthusiasts will celebrate their love of fine Italian sportscars and culture in Dayton, Ohio, when the Ferrari Club of America – Ohio Chapter holds “Ferrari Cruise-In V” on Saturday, September, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The annual event will take place in the parking lot of James Free Jewelers, one of the Midwest’s best known independent fine jewelry retailers. Ferrari owners will...

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Men’s Ties in Italy

Of all the clothes that a man wears it is the matching of the shirt and the tie that take the most amount of time and aesthetic ability. For a professional, it could be one of the keys to success. As Dave Barry puts it, “I do not mean to suggest for a moment that all it takes to be a top executive is a custom-tailored European suit. You also need the correct shirt and tie.” But to make matters sim...

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Fisherman’s Awards: Strega Wins Meatball Contest; John Romano Italian American of the...

The 109th Fisherman’s Feast featured the second annual North End Meatball Contest with Strega Ristorante taking the win! The popular event crowns a new restaurant after last year’s winner, Tony and Elaine’s. Strega North End is located at 320 Hanover Street. John Romano was presented the 2019 Fisherman’s Feast Italian American of the Year award in honor of his extensive charitable work. Romano ser...

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The Story of Prosciutto e Melone

When it comes to quick and breezy summer eating, prosciutto e melone is a summer staple for any Italian – but why do we eat these two foods together? The answer, it turns out, is a centuries-old tale. In Roman times, mixing cold and moist foods with hot and dry ones was a common health practice according to the ancient medicinal teachings of Humorism, a system based on the balance of four key elem...

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Fisherman’s Awards: Strega Wins Meatball Contest; John Romano Italian American of the Year

The 109th Fisherman’s Feast featured the second annual North End Meatball Contest with Strega Ristorante taking the win! The popular event crowns a new restaurant after last year’s winner, Tony and Elaine’s. Strega North End is located at 320 Hanover... Read More

New York

The Master Who Lived In Medici Palace, Taught Michelangelo, And Finished Donatello’s Work, Rises Aft...

Bertoldo di Giovanni lived in the mansion of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Upon his master Donatello’s death, Bertoldo finished the bronze pulpit reliefs from the life of Christ commissioned to grace the church that serves as the burial place of generatio... Read More

East

Celebration of all things Italian comes to downtown Lynchburg next month

A celebration of all things Italian comes to downtown Lynchburg on Friday, Sept. 20. The celebrations will be at Riverviews Artspace Gallery, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event is open to the public without charge. Officials say there will be Italian wi... Read More

South East

2019 Ferrari Challenge Kick Off Breakfast & Rally

Saturday, September 7, 2019. 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM EDT. The Collection Ferrari, 200 Bird Road, Coral Gables, FL 33146. Join The Collection Ferrari and Ferrari of Miami for our annual Ferrari Challenge kick-off breakfast and Rally to Homestead Miami Speed... Read More

Great Lakes

Ferrari Cruise-In to Take Place in Dayton, Ohio on September 14

Automobile enthusiasts will celebrate their love of fine Italian sportscars and culture in Dayton, Ohio, when the Ferrari Club of America – Ohio Chapter holds “Ferrari Cruise-In V” on Saturday, September, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The annual ev... Read More

Midwest

Italian-style piazza opens in the Hill neighborhood

After many blessings and speeches about a new piazza opening in the Hill neighborhood on Sunday, the large iron gate finally opened and Sophia Gordon, 8, had her chance. Out of a few hundred people in attendance for the unveiling, she was one of the... Read More

South

Arkansas winemaking history preserved at Little Italy Heritage Museum

Little Italy, Arkansas, which is about 20 minutes from Little Rock, has an interesting tale regarding its part in Arkansas history. The Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Museum tells the story of this pioneering community first established as Alta Villa... Read More

West

Stellar Italian food in a Seattle landmark setting: The beauty of Mike Easton’s Il Nido

FOR A LONG TIME, the Alki Homestead served fried-chicken dinners, the old-fashioned, family-style kind with plenty of side dishes plus, of course, biscuits with butter and jam. The décor of that era inside the circa 1904 West Seattle building — a sor... Read More

California

Serritella’s Italian restaurant moving across the street to Carmichael’s Milagro Centre

Serritella’s Italian restaurant, a longtime Carmichael fixture, will be moving locations starting this week – but don’t worry about being too far from your favorite. It’ll be going just across the street to the Milagro Centre. The restaurant will be... Read More

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