Enter the Grazie Italia photography contest!
The Embassy of Italy in Washington is pleased to announce the photo contest Grazie Italia.* The competition will run from 21 September to 21 October 2015 in collaboration with the Italian diplomatic and consular network in the United States. Submit your best 'shots' that relate to Italy, taken anywhere in the world. All images submitted will b...
This Custom LaFerrari Is Like a 950 HP Italian Flag in America
What? You didn't expect to see a Ferrari halo car dressed in the Italian flag colors front its splitter to its wing, did you? That would be downright vulgar, so the Prancing Horse would never allow such a contraption to roll out the factory gates in Maranello. Sure, Ferrari does offer its tailor-made services to LaF customers, but if you're lo...
Messaggio dell'Ambasciatore ai connazionali per le Festività Natalizie
Care amiche e cari amici, con l'approssimarsi delle Festività Natalizie desidero inviare a tutti voi e alle vostre famiglie un augurio di cuore. Questo periodo è tradizionalmente momento di bilanci: si chiude un anno che ha portato grandissimi cambiamenti, che segnano percorsi nuovi per il mondo intero. Anche a livello personale quest'anno che vo...
Isabella Rossellini cheers diversity in new show
Isabella Rossellini is very popular these days with her show that sounds like it should be dull. After all, it's a scientific theater piece about animals. "It's also about sex," says Rossellini, laughing. "That's what makes it popular. If it was about the digestive system, I don't think anyone would enjoy it as much." Rossellini, 61, has...
There is growing interest for Italian liqueurs
Italian drinks company Campari on Tuesday announced it was buying the owner of the Averna digestif brand in a €103.75 million deal and said it hoped for a boost from new trends in the United States. "With the purchase of the Averna Group we are continuing to improve our portfolio of premium products," Campari's chief executive Bob Kunze-Co...
Gentiloni negli USA: l'incontro con il Segretario di Stato John Kerry
Prima tappa Washington. Il Ministro degli Esteri Paolo Gentiloni da ieri è negli Stati Uniti dove è stato ricevuto dal segretario di Stato John Kerry. "Sono molto felice di dare il mio benvenuto al nuovo Ministro italiano Paolo Gentiloni", lo ha accolto Kerry. "Ci siamo già incontrati in un paio di occasioni e abbiamo quindi avuto l'opport...
"Panini-The Simple Tastes of Italian-Style Bread"
By Barbara Revsine Like Italian cuisine in general, the recipes in Veronica Lavernia's new book, "Panini-The simple tastes of Italian-style bread" (New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd, 2015), are all about great ingredients simply prepared. "Less is more is a basic rule for a good Panino (singular of Panini)," Lavernia writes. "Th...
The new year cometh.....ready or not!!
by Cookie Curci Like most of us, I've had plenty of time to say good-bye to the passing year- to decide what I'll miss most about it and to brace myself for the coming new year. Some of my old and treasured ways will make the journey with me; while others are destined to be left behind. I can't stop change, I tell myself again and...
An Interactive Workshop for Trentini Living in the US and Canada
For those interested in Trentino specific news and events, such as members of the Circolo Trentino SF, there is a gathering this year that may interest you. From May 25 - 30th 2016, there will be an interactive workshop held in the United States called Blueprint 2016 Trentino for Americans and Canadians aged 18 to 39 with Trentino roots. T...
Veronafiere, Marmomacc: Il marmo made in Italy cresce negli Usa
Nel terzo trimestre del 2015 i prodotti lapidei italiani crescono ancora sul mercato statunitense. Lo confermano gli ultimi dati sull'export diffusi dall'Osservatorio Marmomacc su base Istat: da gennaio a settembre, le esportazioni negli Usa di pietre tagliate, modellate e finite hanno registrato un controvalore di 336 milioni di euro, in aumento d...
Confessions of a carboholic
I walked into the dining room and my jaw hit the floor. Before me was a three-tiered altar, draped in white cloth, holding gorgeously decorated, ornately shaped pieces of bread. From afar, it looked mouthwatering: gorgeous, porous, crunchy-on-the-outside, heaven-on-the-inside Italian bread. Each masterpiece had been skillfully molded by ha...
Il Presidente Ceriscioli in missione negli USA
Il presidente della Regione Marche Luca Ceriscioli lunedì 16 maggio sarà a Washington, negli USA, in missione per tre giorni. Nel corso della visita farà una visita al think tank for Center for American Progress, fondato dal senatore John Podesta e considerato vicino all'amministrazione Obama. Il presidente incontrerà poi Andrea Cascone, capo della...
