Tony Gemignani, American Pizza Champions to compete in World Pizza Championships
Pizza Maestro and 11-time world champion Tony Gemignani of Tony's Pizza Napoletana will lead The World Pizza Champions, America's No. 1 Pizza Team, to the World Pizza Championship April 11-13 in Parma, Italy. Held each year, the World Pizza Championships determines the world's best pizza makers with more than 20 countries competing and 6,500 indepe...
Five magnificent historical shops in Genoa
Many streets and squares in Genoa's city center are named after trade corporations that were headquartered there in the Middle Ages. Piazza dei Tessitori (weavers), Via dei Pescatori (fishermen), Vico dei Tintori (dyers), dei Fornai (bakers), dei Corrieri (couriers)... bear testimony to the fact that not everyone here was born a sailor and...
Bella Italia Lodge asking for donations to host this year's Italian Festival
Saturday evening, the Bella Italia Lodge hosted a "Vegas night" to raise money for their annual Italian Festival. The organization was forced to cancel last year's festival because of the October floods, causing them to lose money. Now, they are asking for the community's help so that this fall, they are able to host the popular event...
Fogolar Furlan Friuli Big Apple
A new social club, the Fogolâr Furlan – Friuli Big Apple, held its inaugural dinner in early May at Terra Restaurant owned by Friulan Restauranteur, Roberto Passon. The Fogolâr is dedicated to developing professional relationships and ties with Friulans living in the Tri-State Area and in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the north-eastern most region of Ital...
Retired teacher of Italian earns Ph.D. degree at age 77
At 77 years old, a retired teacher of Italian from Old Bridge High School (OBHS) was the most senior graduate to receive her Ph.D. degree during the 250th Rutgers University Commencement Ceremony. During the convocation on May 13 from the Graduate School of New Brunswick, reader Dean Wasserman said of Ida Marinzoli, "This candidate is grad...
Alfa Romeo e Maserati: dagli Usa parte la sfida di Bigland
Da poche settimane in casa Alfa Romeo e Maserati, è avvenuto un importante cambio della guardia, l'ex numero uno Harald Wester ha lasciato il posto di numero uno in favore di Reid Bigland, che dunque è diventato il nuovo amministratore delegato dei due importanti brand automobilistici italiani. Il noto manager americano, già da tempo inser...
The Best Italian Food in Boston's North End
Boston's North End is known as its Little Italy and is reputed to have not only some of the city's best Italian restaurants, but also some of its best places to eat regardless of ethnic heritage. The North End's narrow winding streets ring with the sounds and smells of old Italy. You'll even hear people yelling "Ciao." and there is the ong...
Gigliola Staffilani and her parable to success
By Lavinia Pisani Gigliola Staffilani is the only Italian woman teaching full time pure mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Originally from Martinsicuro, a town in the Abruzzi region, her future was supposed to be as a hairstylist. "I am glad that I could be a role model for many girls who may be interested in beco...
Ferrari: nei prossimi due anni il mercato americano sarà il primo per esportazioni
Da Trento agli Stati Uniti. Su quest'asse scommette Ferrari per fare diventare quello americano il primo mercato di esportazione per la cantina nei prossimi due anni. Fondata da Giulio Ferrari nel 1902 - quando ancora Trento era una provincia dell'Impero austro-ungarico - e da lui ceduta alla famiglia Lunelli 50 anni dopo, l'azienda punta sulla sua...
Italian veterinarian and All-American shot putter finds niche in Hermiston
A track scholarship lured Eugenio Mannucci to the United States, but true love and a job in veterinary medicine is why he stayed. The All-American shot putter from Italy recently started work as a veterinarian at Hermiston's Oregon Trail Veterinary Clinic, where he practices traditional medicine and acupuncture on animals large and small. &nb...
Mount Carmel fundraisers face tough challenge
by Mark Sullivan Our Lady of Mount Carmel's pastor has issued a message to parishioners committed to reopening the shuttered, crumbling church: If you want it repaired, you'll have to pay for it yourselves. "I made very clear to them the ball is in their court," said Monsignor F. Stephen Pedone. "They have their work cut out for them....
Italian Company for the Night
This week, I took a train out to Long Island to meet my grandparents at their friends' house. As I walked in the door, I gave and received a kiss on the cheek from every man and woman, most of whom I either didn't know or had met when I was too young to remember. At one point, one of them held my shoulders and took a step back for a better look bef...