How to Serve Burrata
So you know you love mozzarella's soft, tangy cousin, but do you know how to use it? A fresh, creamy invention from Puglia, burrata is one of Italy's most beloved cheeses. It's made out of a "pouch" of stretched mozzarella cheese filled with cream-soaked stracciatella. The result is a pearly white ball that oozes with cream when you cut into it. Ne...
The Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum Applications are Open!
Directors Anthony and Joe Russo, in conjunction with the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA), are excited to announce that applications are now open for The Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum. Each year, the program awards multiple $8,000 grants to ambitious filmmakers around the...
Italian private equity firm jumps into Jacuzzi deal
Italian private equity firm Investindustrial has bought hot tubs maker Jacuzzi and other brands of spa and bathroom products from a number of investment funds including Apollo, it said on Monday. The financial terms of the deal, which is expected to be finalised by the end of March, were not disclosed. Investindustrial, headed by Italian entreprene...
Transfer news: MLS boss admits 'everyone in the USA' wants Roma's De Rossi
Roma captain and central midfielder Daniele De Rossi has dedicated an impressive amount of time to the Italian capital club, the 35-year-old having spent 18 years with the club since joining as a youth player from Ostia Mare in 2000.Since then, the Italian has played over 100 times for the Italian national team and over 400 times in Serie A for the...
Our favorite Sopranos catch-phrases and dialects
You may be speaking Soprano — and not even know it. “The Sopranos” — the drama about families of mobsters in suburban Jersey — premiered on HBO 20 years ago this week. And with it, came new entries into the American lexicon. Like “whadayagunnado?” (What are you going to do?) And “fuggedaboudid.” (Forget about it!) Before the show, these — and a fe...
A new way to look at Leonardo
I’ve been fascinated by the artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci for decades. He had one of the most innovative minds ever. Next year is the 500th anniversary of his death, and I thought I would share a short video about a project I’ve worked on that is helping to mark the occasion. The project is called the Codescope. It’s an interactive kiosk wi...
Mutti Introduces New Pizza Sauces and Updated Packaging at Winter Fancy Food Show
Mutti, Italy’s number one tomato brand, and one of the fastest growing brands in the US, is working to change how Americans view canned tomatoes. The brand has exciting initiatives planned for 2019, including the introduction of Mutti Sauces for Pizza and updated packaging, which will make their debut at this year’s Winter Fancy Food Show. “At Mutt...
New documentary shines spotlight on iconic DJ
Richard Orlando Biondi was born in Endicott, New York, in 1932 to Rose and Michael Biondi, a homemaker and a fireman. Growing up in the Italian neighborhood known as The Nob, Dick described himself as a kid who was always yakking. A devout Catholic, he intended to enter the priesthood. But things changed when 8-year-old Dick discovered a local radi...
Prada makes a stylish sitcom debut on ‘The Simpsons’
Leave it to “The Simpsons” to make something cool again. The infamous Prada Marfa art installation— the West Texas brainchild of Scandinavian artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset —has been an attraction for art and fashion lovers ever since it popped up in 2005. While its popularity has had ups and downs over the ensuing years, Prada Marfa is...
The Generational Divide of ‘The Sopranos’
When I read that Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the premiere of the HBO drama “The Sopranos,” I immediately thought back to the time in 2007 when I interviewed Len Riggio, the executive chairman of Barnes & Noble Inc. Riggio is a prickly man, quick to find offense, and surprisingly defensive about his lower-middle-class Brooklyn upbringin...
Istat data: in the first 9 months of 2018 Italian wine exports in the world increased
It is still too early for a final balance, but 2018 of Italian wine exports, according to estimates, will mark a new record value, at 6.1 billion euros, slightly higher than in 2017. This trend has been surrogate by data, albeit partial, from ISTAT, which tells us that the main Italian wine markets are growing or stable, with some countries falling...
Transcultural Encounters, Comparative Inquiries: Italian Americans and Greek Americans
This volume contributes to American ethnic and immigration studies by bringing into conversation scholars working in the fields of Italian American and Greek American studies. The aim is to move beyond the “single group approach,” which privileges the study of ethnic singularity, to explore these two groups in relation to each other. We propose to...