Disney+ Mafia Drama ‘The Good Mothers’ Wins First Ever Berlinale Series Award
The Good Mothers, Disney+’s hard-hitting mafia drama series, has won the first ever Berlinale Series Award. Forged in co-operation with Deadline, the award is the first of its kind for TV at a major film festival. Revealed as winner at the Berlin Zoo Palast, the Italian drama from Baghdad Central scribe Stephen Butchard tells the true story of how...
Journey to Mars: Fireside Chat with Roberto Carlino
Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM PST. Italian Innovation and Culture Hub INNOV.IT 710 Sansome St San Francisco, CA 94101. You are cordially invited to attend our next event Journey to Mars: Fireside Chat with Roberto Carlino. You will hear about Roberto's experience with the recent NASA HERA mission. You can read more about the mission...
New Jersey Italian Artisan Coffee Brand Bringing Italy to Coffee Lovers
Saravella™ brings small batch handcrafted premium authentic Italian artisan coffee & espresso to the coffee loving American market. Coffee consumption statistics show about 30-40% of the world’s population consume coffee daily, while in the US it is about 65% of the total population. The global coffee scene is wildly competitive, with huge multina...
What to do in spring in Italy: must-see destinations in 2023
Italy is a treasure chest of wonderful travel destinations to explore throughout the year. From snow-capped mountains to the sunniest beaches, from art cities to villages less known to mass tourism, there is always an opportunity to plan a trip, excursion or impromptu visit to a new destination that will leave you with lasting memories. With the ne...
Two brothers serving authentic Italian food at D'Angelo's Ristorante for over 3 decades
Antonio D'Angelo and his brother, Salvatore, have been working together for decades at their restaurant just off Rittenhouse Square called D'Angelo's Ristorante Italiano."We opened this place in February 1990," says Salvatore D'Angelo. "We've always been about food, and I knew it was going to be a success." The brothers co-own the restaurant. Salva...
Ferrero International Reports 10% Turnover Growth In 2023
Ferrero International S.A., the parent company of Ferrero Group, has reported a turnover of €14 billion for the financial year ended 31 August 2022, registering an annual increase of 10.4%. Ferrero's home market of Italy accounted for sales of €1.6 billion in this period, up 6.6% year-on-year. The confectionery group highlighted that it managed to...
12 Catholic Schools in New York Archdiocese to Shutdown Due to Financial Instability
On Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Archdiocese of New York announced that at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, 12 of their Catholic Schools would be closed due to the financial instability that was further worsened by the pandemic. A report from the Catholic News Agency stated that the following are the schools that will not reopen after the 2022-2023...
Muffuletta: Italian cold cuts take center stage in this New Orleans original.
One of the most popular sandwiches to ever come out of New Orleans is the muffuletta. It was first served at Central Grocery, an Italian deli founded by Sicilian immigrant Salvatore Lupo in 1906. Sicilian farmers would stop by Lupo’s deli in between shifts at the French Market and juggle plates of olives, salumi, and cheese for lunch. To make it ea...
Lombardy, a driving force for Italian agrifood
Situated in the North of Italy, in the heart of Europe, Lombardy represents a bridge to the Mediterranean. With its surface area of about 24,000 square kilometres and almost 10 million inhabitants, it can be compared to a nation. For population, it is 1st most populated region in Italy and 3rd most populated region in Europe after Île-de-France a...
Italian biotech startup Ittinsect secured €750k to develop a sustainable alternative to aquaculture feed
Ittinsect, a Rome-based biotech startup developing a sustainable alternative to aquaculture feed, has closed its first investment round of €625K in which CDP Venture Capital, through the Accelerators Fund, Katapult Ocean, Indico Capital Partners, LVenture Group and two angel investors participated. This investment comes on top of a series of public...
Verdi Band of Norristown celebrates a century of music
If you have ever attended an Italian religious feast, or even an Italian festival in the Delaware Valley over the last several years, there is a good chance that the music that accompanied the festa was performed by the Verdi Band of Norristown. Pa. Years ago, the Philadelphia area had many such bands, like the Banda Bianca, the Joseph Liuzzi South...
Columbus… or Venice? The Story of the Zen Brothers and their Voyage to America
Who discovered the New World? The canonical answer is, of course, Christopher Columbus, but many among you probably already know that there are other interesting theories: some historians believe that the Vikings had already reached the northern part of the American continent in the early Middle Ages, while some more recent archaeological discoveri...