Celebrating Italy in CT
At PEARL AT LONGSHORE, WESTPORT CT In a wonderful location in the middle of the golf course of Westport, close to the see and the little harbor where lived for many years Scott Fitzgerald who wrote "The Great Gatsby" it will be celebrate a special night of Italian Fashion, Art, music and of course Food and Wine. On Thursday November 9th a group of...
The Panorama dinner charity for Umbria in Guggenheim in New York
“A magical evening, certainly memorable for us,”said Giorgio Mulè, director of Panorama. And undoubtedly, the “gala charity dinner” that concluded last night in New York, the three days of “This is Italy, parts unknown” would not have been better. Of course, 220 participants will be admitted to the event, as well as those who won the Panorama Leade...
Fazoli's Celebrates Veterans Day with Weekend Long Offer for America's Heroes
Fazoli's, the nation's largest fast casual Italian chain, is showing support to our nation's heroes this Veterans Day by offering all active, inactive and retired military personnel a free spaghetti with marinara or meat sauce, no purchase necessary with an I.D. or in uniform. This offer will run all weekend from Friday, November 10th through Sunda...
10 surprising pasta facts in honour of Italy’s favourite food
October 25th is officially World Pasta Day. But here in Italy, every day is pasta day. Why do Italians love pasta? There are too many reasons to count. So instead, we'll share with you a few things you might not know about Italy's best-loved export. Italians used to eat pasta with a spike Forget the fork and spoon debate: in the Middle Ages, Ital...
NY Cosmos: Savarese: "Sono uno fortunato"
Giovanni Savarese è uno che ha fatto la gavetta. Un allenatore che è diventato tale dopo aver giocato al calcio in differenti parti del mondo, tra cui in Italia. Un Italiano di origine, sebbene Giovanni sia nato in Venezuela. Negli ultimi anni, Savarese ha trovato continuità e successi allenando i New York Cosmos, lo storico club americano dove han...
From Penniless Immigrant to Wine King: Secondo Guasti
Long before Napa became California’s wine center, Secondo Guasti, an immigrant from Piedmont, Italy, established himself as the state’s wine king. Guasti’s vineyard and town, located approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles, was synonymous with Southern California wine, and served as a catalyst for Italian chain migration. In search of a better l...
Villa Palmer Lake returns to Italian eats
illa Palmer Lake (75 S. Hwy. 105, Palmer Lake) has been changing this year. In March, the owners announced that the spot would be closing after over five years in business. Soon after, it became The Sundance, a concept that Sundance general manager Adam Guller describes as “trans-Pecos European Southwestern.” Guller says locals kept asking: “Why is...
Clairy, ecco perché il vaso anti-inquinamento made in Italy ha ricevuto 2 milioni dall’Unione Europea
Il successo di una startup? Dipende da un mix di fattori: la velocità dell’execution, cioè il passaggio dall’idea al progetto e all’ingresso sul mercato; dalla fetta di mercato che si vuole aggredire e da un pizzico di fortuna. Paolo Ganis ha 30 anni e le idee ben chiare. Tanto è vero che una delle sue idee, Clairy, il vaso smart per la purificazio...
Sanford man's fig tree brings back memories of childhood in Italy
Louis Vescio, 77, has fond memories of growing up in southern Italy with his parents and younger brother. The Sanford resident, who moved to the United States with his family in 1955 at the age of 15, remembers climbing fig trees and running through long rows of grapes in the vineyards. Their small hometown of Conflenti is located in Calabria, the...
Italian Festival Returns to Four Seasons Orlando
Four Seasons Orlando is hosting an Italian Festival. Executive Chef Fabrizio Schenardi, who hails from Turin, Italy, will welcome Italian guest chefs in partnership with the Italian Food Style Education (IFSE) Culinary School and the Region of Piedmont in Italy. The Resort first partnered with IFSE in October 2016. Ravello will be host to two inc...
He went from penniless to super rich. Is he about to bring Major League Soccer to Sacramento?
Kevin Nagle, chairman and CEO of Republic FC, works out of an El Dorado Hills office filled with high-end sports art and memorabilia, the highlight of which has to be a large mural reproducing the famous image of Muhammad Ali standing over a vanquished Sonny Liston in their fabled “Phantom punch” title fight of 1965. It’s quite a sight in the waiti...
Book Presentation: "The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age" (Henry Holt, 2016) by Gino Segrè and Bettina Hoerlin
When: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute - 500 N Michigan, #1450 - Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Entrance : Free Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded...