Febal Casa debuts in the U.S.
Febal Casa, among the most important companies in the furniture industry with 217 monobrand stores nationwide and internationally, is excited to announce its first retail openings in the United States. The opening of the Febal Casa Flagship Store in Miami, Florida, scheduled for November 21, 2024, represents an important step in the Colombini Group...
Ken Burns on what we get wrong about Leonardo da Vinci
Despite his international renown, we know terribly little about Leonardo da Vinci. Aside from a couple of Florentine court records about a dropped sodomy accusation, and — of course — his own notebooks, his name survives primarily through his work, his idiosyncratic drawings, paintings, and blueprints. Idiosyncratic, for while da Vinci apprenticed...
American Airlines Just Launched 2 New Dreamy Italy Routes
For travelers dreaming of sampling pizza in Naples, touring the frescoes of Florence, visiting the museums of Rome, and sipping endless Aperol Spritzes overlooking the Adriatic Sea in summer 2025, there’s good news: American Airlines is adding additional flights to Italy next year. American Airlines recently announced plans to add service from the...
Italian American Podcast Ep. 343 Tante Belle Cose The Newest Podcast at Red Sauce Studio!
Danielle Oteri, a distinguished expert in Italian travel, brings her wealth of knowledge to our podcast as we celebrate the launch of her new project, the Tante Belle Cose podcast. Join us as Danielle shares her passion for guiding travelers away from the crowded hubs of Florence, Venice, and Rome, leading them instead to Italy’s hidden treasures,...
Italian company "Limitless Device" conquers the US: project convinces investors
Intense, exciting, formative days, those that the Limitless Device team experienced in the United States. An experience in which the Apulian start-up presented itself as an ambassador of Italian Excellence in the field of sustainable mobility, after winning the call "LoveITDetroit - The Perfect Pitch ” in Rome, promoted by Reputation Research in co...
Victoria Granof Dishes on Her New Cookbook: Sicily, My Sweet
I keep a sesame biscotto in my freezer that is now going on 14 years old. It was from the last batch made by my Nonna, and somewhere in my mind if that petrified rock of lemon-scented flour, oil, sugar and eggs still exists, so does she. On my mother’s side of the family, we are Sephardic Jews from Sicily. We were there 2,000 years ago when Greek...
Italian-American filmmakers and their connection to Italian culture
In 2001, My Voyage to Italy, a 1999 documentary directed by Martin Scorsese about Italian cinema, was presented out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The documentary, which lasts over four hours, features Scorsese’s deep and thoughtful critique alongside carefully selected clips from 24 of Italy’s greatest filmmakers. These include iconic...
4 Cookbooks That Changed American Perceptions of Italian Cuisine
There’s a gorge between what we consider Italian-American food and the cucina italiana that we know today, but there’s a throughline that connects the sauces and stews of the casalinghe of the old world and the red-sauce kitchens of the Little Italys throughout the United States. This bridge runs through the famous cookbooks that have influenced Am...
NIAF Celebrated 49th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C.
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) celebrated its 49th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. This black-tie event, which was sold out, celebrated the rich legacy of Italian Americans and their contributions to the United States with over 1,000 distinguished guests from the United...
Some of moviedom’s first caper comedies appeared in Italian cinema
A caper film is a parody of a theft, kidnapping or a burglary gone wrong. The gang leader is often misguided. He leads a band of misfits who are about to commit a crime and are always caught up in dicey situations. Italo Calvino’s short story titled “Furto in una Pasticceria” (Theft in a Pastry Shop) was the inspiration for the film “Big Deal on Ma...
Jon Bon Jovi describes saving a life on Nashville bridge with Stephen Colbert at NJPAC
Save a life on a bridge? “We'd all do the same,” said Jon Bon Jovi of his saving the life of a suicidal woman on a Nashville bridge last month. The rocker spoke publicly about the incident for the first time Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Montclair Film Festival's “A Conversation with Stephen Colbert and Jon Bon Jovi” on the stage of the New Jersey Perfo...
The great Italian red wines are reclaiming the US market. The credit goes to a single region
It's not just about sparkling wines. There’s another segment with which Italy is gaining ground overseas at the expense of its competitors: high-end wines, meaning red wine labels priced at $50 and above (distribution price). According to the analysis by the Uiv-Vinitaly Observatory on August SipSource data, sales in this segment grew in value by 3...