Rome’s Romantic Fountains
Rome is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there. I mean, let’s be honest. Sooner or later we all have to get back to work. And the prevailing atmosphere in your typical eternal city is, well, it’s just not conducive to that. Not even when the only work you are doing is following a travel itinerary. Why go back to “work” when you ca...
Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich Explains Love Of Cooking And Italian Cuisine
Lidia Bastianich is an Emmy-winning television host, a successful chef and restaurateur, and a best-selling cookbook author. She made her name by introducing American diners to the dishes of her Italian childhood. Bastianich spent the first 10 years of her life with her grandmother in Croatia. “I was grandma's little helper sort of running things,”...
LA Angels choose former Team Italy infielder Jack Santora to manage Inland Empire 66ers
After playing for Team Italy in three World Baseball Classics (2006, 2009, and 2013) and having spent nearly a decade as the everyday Rimini shortstop, Jack Santora began his Minor League Baseball-affiliated coaching career in 2017 with the Los Angeles Angels Single-A affiliate Burlington Bees before taking on the managerial reins of the rookie-lev...
How 3 Generations Of One Italian-American Family Are Reconceiving Tradition
There’s an old Italian proverb that rings particularly true during the holiday season: A tavola non si invecchia (“No one grows old at the dinner table”). It’s a testament to the enlivening effect of a delicious meal eaten while surrounded by friends and family — and it’s a sentiment that Tiziana Alesci knows all too well. As an Italian immigrant a...
Usa, più spazio al Parmigiano Reggiano negli store Whole Foods Markets di Amazon
Il Consorzio Parmigiano Reggiano ha firmato un accordo con Whole Food Markets per aumentare i volumi della Dop in oltre 500 punti vendita tra Stati Uniti, Canada e Regno Unito. In pratica la catena americana si impegna a dare un’adeguata presentazione del prodotto all’interno dei supermercati per aiutare il consumatore a distinguere il Parmigiano R...
Bench Dedication Honors Memory Of “Mamma” Teresa Andreoli
Every once in a while, there comes a restaurant with just the right combination of delicious food and welcoming hospitality that it becomes part of the fabric of a town, where long after its final dishes are served, it remains part of the fond collective memories of its inhabitants. Such was the case of the Arizona Restaurant and its beloved...
The IACCSE closes 2019 with very positive results
2019 has undoubtedly been a very positive year for the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce. First of all, the Chamber was able to reach the highest number of members in 28 years of its history – an all-time record of 300 corporate members. In addition, thanks to the efforts of our local coordinators and the support of the Consulate General of Italy,...
Matera 2019 chiude i battenti: un anno da capitale europea della cultura
Un cielo azzurro, pieno di sole, e una temperatura di 13 gradi hanno salutato con favore a Matera la cerimonia di chiusura dell’anno di Capitale europea della Cultura. I numeri che sostanziano il successo di questi dodici mesi sono stati annunciati nel corso di una conferenza stampa a Palazzo Lanfranchi, coordinata da Serafino Paternoster e a cui h...
Sylvester Stallone surprised a group of high school students at his 'Rocky' statue in Philadelphia
A group of New Jersey high school students got quite the power punch when "Rocky" star Sylvester Stallone decided to pay them a surprise visit. Students from Eastside High School's Culinary Arts, Hospitality, and Tourism School (CAHTS) in Paterson were on their way home from a field trip Monday when they decided to stop by the statue of Rocky Balbo...
Baked clams, struffoli and more: Make the ultimate Italian-American Christmas meal
Food has always been a big part of my family's gatherings, but when a holiday rolls around, we take it to a whole new level. Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. It is a great day to get together with immediate family, but for an Italian-American, Christmas Eve is the main event. Many Italian-Americans eat what's known as the Feast of th...
A little 'George Bailey' in all of us
"Wizard Of Oz," "Casablanca," "Citizen Kane," "Gone With The Wind," "The Godfather." The exclusive list goes on with timeless classic films that have touched the hearts of generations of movie fans around the globe. And as "It's A Wonderful Life" turns 74 on Jan. 7, I am looking back to an incredible lunch I had about 15 years ago with Frank Capra...
Christmas in Bologna in 8 Stops, from Antipasto to Dessert
Tortellini and capon for broth, certosino not panettone. A few mortadella cubes and chocolate-covered orange peel. What to eat in Bologna at Christmas and every address for where to find it. The essential point is the tortellini. And the only way is with broth. It’s okay to be missing something else. But not tortellini, as it’s just not Christmas i...