La battaglia (quasi) impossibile contro i falsi made in Italy
Tutto rigorosamente falso: dal Parmigiano al Pecorino in kit, dal vino con le polverine al prosciutto San Daniele marchiato Usa. Alla fine il conto da pagare per la dilagante contraffazione alimentare del made in Italy (compresa l'Italian sounding) ammonta a 60 miliardi e 300mila occupati, secondo una stima di Coldiretti. Dati difficilmente control...
United States, a market with great expectationsUnited States, a market with great expectations
A market with great potential for Italian companies of machinery for packaging and processing. The features that should not miss are: automation, flexibility, cost savings and an efficient sales service, spare parts and servicing. More than 300 million consumers with high purchasing power and faithful to the brand live in the United States...
Sopranos star unearths Italian master painting worth millions – Daily TV round-up
To millions he's Furio, the Italian mobster who fell foul of Tony Soprano, but actor Federico Castelluccio also has a keen eye for fine art. Castelluccio, these days a degree-carrying art collector, has reportedly unearthed a lost Italian master work which could be worth millions. He bought the picture, likely to be by 17th-century It...
1959 Scaglietti Corvettes Are A Rare Look At American Power And Italian Craftsmanship
It sounds like the perfect combination, doesn't it? The gorgeous, elegant lines of an Italian road-going masterpiece and the power of a no-frills American V8. If you're thinking it seems like something only dreams are made of, you'd be delightfully wrong. That's where the trio of 1959 Scaglietti Corvettes come in to sweep us off our feet. A little...
La musica dei primi migranti italiani negli Stati Uniti è stata interamente digitalizzata
di Eva Cabras Alla fine del 1800, milioni di italiani hanno lasciato il proprio paese per andare acercare fortuna negli Stati Uniti, tentando di accaparrarsi una fetta del glorioso sogno americano. Nel bagaglio culturale dei primi emigranti trovava posto una fiorentetradizione musicale genuinamente italiana, che ha finito per riversarsi ne...
Giuseppe Tornatore On His New Movie, Working With Morricone, And The Morricone Docu He’s Making
by Nick Vivarelli Giuseppe Tornatore's new film "Correspondence," in which lovers Olga Kurylenko and Jeremy Irons communicate largely via Skype and text messages, marks the Oscar-winning director's third English-language film after "The Legend of 1900" and, more recently, art world thriller "The Best Offer," which did stellar biz at the It...
To Understand Clinton’s Moment, Consider That It Came 32 Years After Ferraro’s
By Alison Mitchell The scenes blend like images from a kaleidoscope. A woman, blond, jubilant in a white dress, shown magnified on a convention center screen in San Francisco. It is Geraldine A. Ferraro in 1984 accepting the Democratic nomination that made her the first woman in the nation to be tapped by a major party to run for vice president....
Meet the Maserati of SUVs
By Peter Valdes Maserati's new SUV, the Levante, is very pretty and very good, which should not be surprising. Also, it costs a lot of money -- also not surprising -- but, I'm betting, it costs a lot less than you think. Let's play a little game. Without looking down the page, conjure up in your mind what you think a Maserati SUV wou...
Referendum: Nestico (PD USA) incontra il Sottosegretario Pizzetti
Il tema delle riforme costituzionali e del prossimo referendum sono stati gli argomenti che hanno portato Pasquale Nestico, Presidente del PD negli Stati Uniti, ad incontrare a Cremona il Sottosegretario alle Riforme costituzionali e ai Rapporti con il Parlamento Luciano Pizzetti. In questa occasione, Nestico ha sottolineato "l'importanza della vi...
Importers Call NYT Piece ‘Defamatory’, Mueller ‘Dismayed’
by Curtis Cord A trade group of American olive oil importers blasted the New York Times for what it called a "defamatory and inaccurate" piece on olive oil adulteration in Italy. And Extra Virginity author Tom Mueller said he was "dismayed" that he was cited as the source of the article. In a letter to the New York Times Public Editor, Er...
Buon compleanno Marcella Hazan! New York festeggia con la pasta alla Busara
di Chiara Zaccherotti Una borsa di studio rivolta a chef e cuochi americani per vivere da vicino l'esperienza culinaria italiana. L'idea è dell'International Culinary Center, che così ha deciso di commemorare Marcella Hazan, la celebre cuoca italiana scomparsa lo scorso autunno, che da Cesenatico ha portato il cibo Made in Italy sulle tavo...
Going Back - John Basilone
Congratulations to NIAF member Diane Basilone Hawkins on the production of the documentary short film "Going Back—John Basilone," about her uncle, Marine Corps GySgt. John Basilone, who was a World War II recipient of both the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. The film will screen as part of the Second Annual Golden Egg Film...