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Umberto Mucci

Umberto has a degree in Political Science and a master in Marketing and Communication. He is the founder and CEO of We the Italians and the representative in Italy of the Italian American Museum of New York. He gives lectures about History of Italian Emigration to the US, and he has published seven books about Italy and the US

  WTI Magazine #22    2014 Mar, 21Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   Given the recent controversies about Matteo Renzi's communicative style, many people – everyone who feels entitled to convey their opinion on the matter, which usually means every single resident in the country – compared him to Silvio Berlusconi. Yes, when it...

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  WTI Magazine #22    2014 Mar, 21Author : Gambero Rosso      Translation by:   Clean the broccoli, cut the leaves and florets and wash in cold water. Cook broccoli in boiling salted water for up to two minutes, drain and set aside. Crumble the bread with your hands and toast in pan with two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil until toasted....

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  WTI Magazine #22    2014 Mar, 21Author : Simone doc Bracci      Translation by:   Earthquake in Hollywood, but in a figurative sense. The real one, with a magnitude of 4.7, was felt a few days ago, very powerful in the City of Angels, almost as a warning of what is happening these days in the world's most powerful movie industry. Los Angeles h...

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  WTI Magazine #22    2014 Mar, 21Author : Mara Franzese for poisondrops.com        Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti   We are accustomed to see the models walking on the runway in a perfect way. They are accurate in every detail. But who works behind their beauty? The makeover got in the backstage: makeup artists, hair stylists and manicurists...

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  WTI Magazine #21    2014 Mar, 14Author : Italytheatre      Translation by:   There is a new workshop for schools in town!Created by italytheater, with the extraordinary partnership of the Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi and based on a new script by Paolo Tartamella, Pinocchio in Manhattan is the first workshop where kids of the age 6-11 get...

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  WTI Magazine #21    2014 Mar, 14Author : Simone doc Bracci      Translation by:   A very common thing is to think about our country with some sort of superior attitude, as if being part of a nation could give us the right to be proud and sometimes without understanding why, or because we are united under a flag. I belong to Italy: that's what...

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  WTI Magazine #20    2014 Mar, 7Author : Simone doc Bracci      Translation by:   In the moment of the triumph it is right to leave room to euphoria. The expectation, anticipation, the joy, the victory and then the moment of happiness, either personal or group happiness, from every angle and for every professional level. We now focus our attent...

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  WTI Magazine #20    2014 Mar, 7Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   We the Italians is very happy and proud about the Oscar to Paolo Sorrentino's movie, "The Great Beauty". We watched the movie months ago in a theatre here in Rome, and immediately recognized it as the masterpiece the Academy later saw, when they awarded it. It is a mo...

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  WTI Magazine #20    2014 Mar, 7Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti   The art of glassmakers from Murano is famous all over the world, and everybody envy us for it. It is an art that goes back to many centuries and reached its excellence in XIX and XX centuries.     On this topic, the venetian "Fondazione Giorgio...

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  WTI Magazine #20    2014 Mar, 7Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   Paolo Sorrentino has just brought his Academy Award home and the city he filmed so fondly already has "The Great Beauty Tour" among its itineraries.     The whole country is living a deep crisis but Rome seems to concentrate every shade of the Italian pros an...

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  WTI Magazine #20    2014 Mar, 7Author : Gambero Rosso      Translation by:   For the pastry cream : Bring the milk to a boil and flavorings (vanilla or lemon) and in the meantime work in a bowl the egg yolks with the sugar and starch sieved. Pour the hot milk onto the egg yolks with wire and put everything in a pan over very low heat. Thicken...

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  WTI Magazine #20    2014 Mar, 7Author : Vino OK      Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti   The sweet Spumante is a sparkling wine variety typical of Italy, with a residual sugar content exceeding 50 grams per liter. In the traditional production, as the producers act on the residual sugar content, it is possible to obtain different types of spa...

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