The fig tree and its place in the Italian tradition and culture
by Cookie Curci The Italian culture and tradition has many old world beliefs that are followed today among Italian American families. One of the most interesting of Our Grandparents'culture showed itseld in their prolific gardens, gardens that always told a story of the area they left behind, wheater they came from the costal areas or deep...
Italian wine: Lagrein from Cantina Tramin in Alto Adige
WTI Magazine #57 2015 April, 3Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com Translation by: We have discussed the Alto Adige before highlighting particular wines of the region and today we are going to cover the Cantina Tramin winery. For those of you not familiar with the Alto Adige it's part of the region in Northea...
Chicago historian asks if Italian-American culture is at risk – 16 April, 7 pm
Dominic Candeloro, Ph.D., who has taught and written extensively on the Italian American experience, will discuss "Italian American Culture – At Risk of Being Lost?" at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16, in the Center for Applied Learning and Technology (CALT) Room 100 at Anne Arundel Community College, 101 College Parkway. The lecture is free and...
The Chicago Quarterly Review announces the Spring 2015 release of our special issue devoted to Contemporary Italian Literature
In this special issue, the Chicago Quarterly Review turns to Italy and its writers during a time of great unrest, both socially and politically. Guest edited by translator Michela Martini, this is a diverse, vibrant collection of poetry and prose translations from the 1960s to the present, featuring these writers, translators and artists:...
FDA – vendere prodotti alimentari in USA
In questo articolo vogliamo spiegare cos'è e di cosa si occupa la tanto "temuta" Food and Drug Administration, più comunemente nota come FDA e quali sono le procedure che un produttore italiano deve attuare se desidera vendere i propri prodotti alimentari nel mercato statunitense. Che cos'è l'FDA? La Food and Drug Administration (Agen...
“Cingomma” at In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY
The fourth night of the IN SCENA! Italian Theater Festival NY was presented at the beautiful and intimate Casa Italiana in Greenwich Village. There in the downstairs auditorium, I experienced Cingomma, written and performed by the wildly talented Jessica Leonello. With a variety of lush and complex characters, this comic yet highly moving...
Amaro, Ti Amo: Italian herbal liqueurs for sipping and cocktails
by W. Blake Gray We don't think of spirits as having terroir. Amari are a big exception. "Amaro" means "bitter" in Italian. These traditional spirits, flavored by roots and herbs, are drunk at the end of a meal in Italy to aid the digestion. For a long time in the U.S., an Italian restaurant might keep a single dusty bottle in the far reac...
Three people killed and at least 13 injured in head-on crash between Italian tour bus and tractor-trailer on Pennsylvania highway
by Sophie Jane Evans Three people have been killed and at least 13 others have been injured - three, seriously - in a head-on crash between a bus and a tractor-trailer on a highway in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountain region. The two vehicles - one of which was an Italian tour bus - collided in the northbound lanes of Interstate 380, nea...
Italian language: Marketing our beautiful language in the US
WTI Magazine #62 2015 June, 12Author : Berardo Paradiso Translation by: After the General Convention Of Italian Language in the World, held in the beautiful city of Florence in 2014, I felt the need to investigate more accurately the status and potential teaching of Italian language in the US. The subject is complex, so it will face...
Mario Biaggi, former congressman from NYC, dies at 97
By Karen Matthews Mario Biaggi, a former 19-year congressman whose career ended in disgrace after a pair of corruption convictions, has died. He was 97. Biaggi died Wednesday at his Bronx home, said Mortimer Matz, his longtime spokesman. A highly decorated New York City police officer prior to his political career, Biaggi was...
Gretna Italian-Open helps Cafe Hope
By Helen Williams Proceeds from the 2015 West Bank Italian Open were presented at a recent Italian-American Society meeting to Luis Arocha, executive director of Café' Hope, a restaurant training program in Marrero for at-risk youth. The presentation was made by the golf tournament's honorary chairman, Kenner Mayor Mike Yenni, and...
Loving Lardo: A Memoir of a Life in Italy
by Bonnie North After spending 17 years living in Italy, lardo (Italian for lard) was the only thing, food or otherwise, that Wendy Olsen did not fall in love with. She recently published her first book, titled Loving Lardo, chronicling her experience in the country she loves. Born in Orleans, France, and raised in Wisconsin, Olse...