Louis G. Piancone, 90, of Gladstone, founded Italian food company, philanthropist
Louis G. Piancone, 90, died on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, at his home in Gladstone. He was born in Corato, Bari, Italy, on Jan. 1, 1929, immigrated to the United States in 1951, and became a U.S. citizen in 1957. In 1955, he achieved his personal objective of owning and succeeding in his own business by opening a delicatessen in Bra...
Agricoltura 4.0: il mercato italiano vale 400 milioni di euro
Vale all’incirca 400 milioni di euro il mercato italiano dell’agricoltura 4.0. Precisamente si parla di un valore tra 370 e 430 milioni di euro, che rappresentano il 5% di quello globale e il 19% di quello europeo. Sono le stime per il 2018 mostrate dalla relazione presentata a Roma da Nicola Barone, socio del quadrato della Radio e presidente Tim...
Natale di solidarietà a Napoli con il “Giocattolo Sospeso”
Dopo il caffè sospeso, Napoli scende in campo per le famiglie in difficoltà con il “Giocattolo Sospeso”, pensato per i bambini meno fortunati che, a Natale, rischiano di non trovare un giocattolo sotto l’albero. Chi lo desidera, potrà comprare un giocattolo e lasciarne un altro pagato per un bimbo che non può permetterselo, presso i negozi che hann...
TOMBOLA NIGHT!! • Tuesday, December 17th
Tuesday December 17th • 7:00 pm. The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere, 79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301. Come hungry & thirsty! Concession available with homemade food from our Cucina Colavita plus beer, wine & soft drinks. Cash & credit accepted. REGISTER ONLINE OR CALL 718-273-7660. Members: FREE. Non-Members: $10pp. Additio...
Columbus Day replaced by Indigenous People’s Day in Potsdam schools
Potsdam schools will no longer celebrate Columbus Day. Instead, it will celebrate Indigenous People’s Day. It all started with Potsdam elementary students reading a book about Christopher Columbus. It's called “Encounter.” They learned new things. “I think it was a good book, because we've been learning the wrong history for a long, long time now...
3D resorbable bronchus restores a child's breath
A 3D absorbable bronchus to allow a 5-year-old child to breathe was implanted at the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Rome with an experimental operation, the first of its kind in Europe. The small patient was suffering from bronchomalacia, a collapse of the bronchial wall that prevents the normal flow of air in the lung. The 3D bronchus was ent...
Italy To Invade Florida
Word comes that Italy is planning to invade the United States — specifically Florida. The invasion will take place on Sunday, December 8 and Monday, December 9 at Pompano Park, as an amateur series will be featuring many of the best amateur drivers in the sport. The American contingent will be headed by last year’s Amateur Driver of the Year, Steve...
BRILLANTI ILLUSIONI. Tradizione e moda nei bijoux americani
A cura di Maria Teresa Cannizzaro, Fiorella Operto e Marco Violi. Galleria dei ritratti del Museo Diocesano di Imola. 7 dicembre 2019 │ 16 febbraio 2020. Oggetto dell'esposizione – in un suggestivo allestimento, che sottolineerà in particolare i cosiddetti bijoux delle feste – circa 300 pezzi (dagli anni '20 ai '70) prodotti dalle più importanti ma...
Italian restaurant Nook reopens near Arcadia. Here's what to expect on the new menu
Nook Kitchen has an official reopening date after temporarily closing its original location near Arcadia. The popular Italian restaurant will open Tuesday, Dec. 3, confirmed owner Frank Vairo. Nook has moved into a larger space just down the street near the southwest corner of 44th Street and Indian School Road, the former location of High Dive bar...
The Italian Grandma Turning A Pasta-Making Tradition Into A Booming Business
By car, you can reach Palombara Sabina from Rome in about an hour. It’s a small village that lies between Italy’s capital city and Monte Zappi, the highest peak west of it. Despite the proximity to the Colosseum, Vatican City, or even the natural parks that border it, Palombara Sabina has not always been a very popular stop for tourists. That was,...
Hollywood Flashback: Fellini Was Denied Oscar Love for 'La Dolce Vita' in 1962
For the 35th Academy Awards in 1962, La Dolce Vita was not submitted by Italy for best foreign-language film. Instead, Nanni Loy's The Four Days of Naples got the nomination. Perhaps the Italians felt that Federico Fellini's eighth film, which centered on a gossip columnist (Marcello Mastroianni) wandering into fountains with Anita Ekberg and parta...
Should gnocchi ever be made without potato? Is it even pasta, and should it be fried? The true origins of Verona’s ‘light, fluffy pillows’
The city of love” is the phrase often used to describe Italy’s Verona, but for many, especially the Veronese, it is (also) the city of gnocchi. Every year, on the last Friday before lent, it hosts the Venerdì Gnocolar, or Gnocchi Friday. “Also known as Bacanal del Gnoco, it is the most awaited event of the Carnival of Verona. It features a parade o...