"Gli USA parlano italiano": Stati Uniti in fermento per l’italiano
Sono oltre 7.000 le visualizzazioni raggiunte in poche settimane dal video "Gli USA parlano italiano", con il quale l'Ambasciata Italiana a Washington ha reso preziosa testimonianza dell'attuale fermento che vi è negli Stati Uniti per la lingua e cultura italiana. Il fermento per il Belpaese si traduce in 220.000 americani che studiano la lingua it...
Pasta Granny goals: 3 frugal recipes from our new favorite cookbook
Poor pasta. One of our favorite comfort foods has been shunned in favor of our anything-but-carbs obsession. But pasta is not all about excess and gluttonous hedonism. Its roots are more frugal, humble, restrained. Pasta is actually one of the best ways to eat on a budget and use up food scraps, and the ingredients are simple and inexpensive. It’s...
We Asked An Italian Pasta Chef To Help You Stop Screwing Up Your Home Pasta
Let’s face it, navigating the world of pasta and sauces can be downright confusing when you have an endless resource like Google at your fingertips. Recipes vary and opinions differ when it comes to what makes a good pasta sauce, sometimes even regionally! Who should you trust, the big California Food Network star promising the “perfect Italian rec...
Internships open to US students in energy fields
A new cooperation project between Enel Foundation and the Fulbright Program, an educational and cultural exchange initiative between the Italian and US Governments, will offer four internships to US students in the fields of electricity, energy transition at large and climate mitigation, to be carried out at Enel Foundation in Rome. The scholarship...
Christopher Columbus met ‘marauding cannibals’ when he invaded the Caribbean 500 years ago, scientists show
CHRISTOPHER Columbus may have encountered hoards of savage cannibals when he arrived in the Caribbean. The legendary explorer claimed that South American “cannibal marauders” were running riot on the islands during his 1492 visit, and now scientists have backed up his tale. They revealed that an indigenous South American group known as the “Caribs”...
"Meraviglie - la penisola dei tesori": su RAI Italia la terza stagione del programma di Alberto Angela
Al via la terza edizione di "Meraviglie - La penisola dei tesori", il seguitissimo programma condotto da Alberto Angela, che sarà trasmesso anche su Rai Italia. Quattro le puntate di questa nuova stagione, che costituiscono un viaggio tra opere, luoghi, sistemi di vita assolutamente particolari che testimoniano la creatività e l’ingegno dei nostri...
‘I think more people watch The Sopranos now’ — Steve Schirripa talks life and legacy before iconic show’s stars descend on Dublin
Back in the Noughties, it was the series that everyone talked about. Such was the power of The Sopranos that it even managed to put long-forgotten 70s rockers like Boston and Journey back in the charts. And now, thanks to streaming services and the way people watch television these days — even though the cameras stopped rolling in 2007 — the series...
ITA helps Italian Beauty win in the US market
The Italian Trade Agency partners with legacy and startup brands across categories to help bring the best and latest in Italian cosmetics, personal care, and grooming innovation to consumers here in the States. The agency, through a program called Beauty Made in Italy, hosts pop-ups, coordinates with retailers, and facilitates programing to connect...
Enel Will Bring Almost 1 Gigawatt Of Clean Electricity Online In US During 2020
Enel Green Power North America began operating two renewable energy facilities in the United States in December — the 252 MW first phase of the Road Runner solar power plant in Texas and the 66 MW Whitney Hill wind farm in Illinois. Construction of phase one of the Road Runner project began in February of 2019. The 245 MW second phase of the Road R...
More curious and little known facts about Italian history
In the first part of this article, we presented five curious and little known facts about the history of Italy and its people: from ancient Rome and its soldiers, to the tragic end of Pompeii, up to the times of the unification of Italy, we’ve discovered a bunch of interesting things on this country we all love. But I had so much fun preparing the...
Joseph Martone Releases New Single "The Deal"
“The Deal” is the first single taken from “Honeybirds”, the first solo album for the Italian/American songwriter Joseph Martone, already known for a bunch of full-lenght released in the past decade as Joseph Martone and the Travelling Souls. The desertic on-the-road setting of the video are a perfect introduction for Joseph’s nomadic spirit, and we...
Immigrant Italian Kid Works Diligently and Achieves the American Dream By Al Bruno
The dream of coaching women’s college basketball was never even a remote thought in 1961 for Geno Auriemma, age seven, confused, and journeying to a multiethnic, changing America from the town of Montella, located in southern Italy, in the Campania region. Geno’s humble life, as he knew it then, originated from the poor beginnings of a backward, l...