The 500-plus(!) native wine grapes of Italy, from Aglianico to Zibibbo
Got the hammock strung up? Check. A chilled bottle of Prosecco or Vermentino? Check. Notebook handy? Pen or pencil? Check. Time to do some studying. Our textbook: "Native Wine Grapes of Italy" by Ian D'Agata (University of California Press, Berkeley). That's 620 pages of hard-won knowledge about Italy's familiar and obscure grapes, includi...
Made of Italians: l’Expo 2015 per gli italiani all’estero
È rivolto agli italiani residenti all'estero e ai cittadini stranieri di origine italiana "Made of Italians", il progetto di Expo 2015 cui hanno aderito le Consulte regionali per l'emigrazione. Il progetto, si legge sul sito di Expo, è stato pensato per garantire "un'accoglienza speciale", per far vivere ai connazionali "l'esperienza emozionan...
Dalla Florida maxi-commessa per Snaidero: 450mila dollari per una sola cucina
"Certo, è una grossa cifra, ma faccio finta che non esista: non è da lì che arriva il business". Dario Snaidero sorride e prova a minimizzare. E con qualche ragione. Perché in effetti non capita ogni giorno di ricevere una commessa da 450mila dollari per una cucina, l'equivalente in Italia del costo di un paio di appartamenti. Il mil...
Bauli Officially Launches Line Of Italian Baked Goods In The U.S
Bauli, the leading creator of authentic Italian holiday cakes and pastries, is announcing its official launch in the United States, available at retailers, including: Fairway, Whole Foods and Duane Reade stores nationwide. Bauli has been the confectionary leader in Italy for over 80 years and its line of products will introduce traditional...
Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’ opera classic re-imagined at Boston Lyric Opera
Giuseppe Verdi's "La traviata" is one of the most performed operas in the world, yet it hasn't appeared on a Boston Lyric Opera stage for more than a decade. That is, until this October, when the renowned company will stage a production of the classic work, interpreted by some of the country's rising stars of opera. Five performances will take...
Festa Italiana feeds thousands in Poughkeepsie
Every year, the community is drawn to the sounds and smells of Festa Italiana in Poughkeepsie. The city's Italian Center hosts the annual four-day event at its Mill Street headquarters. Saturday's rain "hurt a little bit," but the attendance at the festival finished strong with Sunday's "awesome" weather, said Franco Giangrasso, Itali...
Belmont’s Beech Street Center to Revive Salvatore Arnò’s music
On October 26th, classical music for piano and voice by the early 20th century Italian composer Salvatore Arnò, will be performed for the first time this century. During Arnò's lifetime, he achieved the admiration of his audiences and fellow musicians throughout Italy and in Boston. Newspaper reviews heartily express these sentiments. A representa...
All of Garden: Man eating only Olive Garden for 49 days
Alex Malone may be the bravest man in America. By day, the 26-year-old is a scientist in Fargo, N.D. By night, he eats pasta. All of the pasta. Malone is one of the few to score the coveted $100 Never Ending Pasta Bowl promotion from Olive Garden. With the help of an egg-cellent pun — All of Garden — he's begun blogging his 49-da...
Italian start ups looking for an exit in NY: Venture Out Italy is the answer
With 2716 innovative new small companies registered, thw Italian startups ecosystem is growing fast. In this developing scenario young Italian entrepreneurs have to re-think about their strategies to get funds for their projects, even considering to surf toward new markets to boost their businesses. For the new generation of businessmen th...
Medford High School Italian students enjoy a night at the opera
I'm sure many Medford residents remember an Italian teacher named Michelina Pietrangelo, who taught at Medford High School until 1991 when a terminal illness struck her. She died shortly after and left a bequest for students of Italian at Medford High School.Cesare Pietrangelo, Michelina's brother and executor of the endowment, has given scholarsh...
Mother Cabrini, Saint of the Green Card
The statue, draped with a purple ribbon, money pinned along its edges, made its way down Fort Washington Avenue in New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood. Its faceted crown caught the glint of the clear, early November sun, the air cool and crisp as leaves fell from the surrounding elms and maples, the entrance to Fort Tryon Park...
Tra le miniere del West Virginia dove gli immigrati italiani lavoravano (e a volte morivano) per ripagare i padroni
"I owe my soul to the company store", recita una vecchia canzone popolare americana. Gli italiani che vivevano nella zona di Fairmont e Monongah, West Virginia – oggi il 60% della popolazione locale ha origini italiane – conoscevano bene questa verità. Arrivati a fine Ottocento da tutto il Sud e in particolare dalla Calabria – tantissimi d...