Cooking Channel celebs to judge Miss RI Italia competition
Cousins and best friends, Francis Garcia and Sal Basille travel the country on a culinary adventure for their travel lifestyle and food show "Pizza Masters" on The Cooking Channel. The hosts of the show own Artichoke Pizza in New York City and Berkley, Calif., and grew up in a fourth-generation restaurant family. Together they travel...
ItaliaNY: Iconic images of successful Italians in the U.S.
by Nancy Casas The Italian influenced visual celebration entitled ItaliaNY by Alexo Wandael – aka Alessandro Cacopardo - is being hosted in Santa Monica by the non-profit organization Building Bridges Art Exchange. With Peroni, Italy's number one beer as a sponsor, ItaliaNY was not only showcased in New York but also has expanded to Miami...
Parmigiano Reggiano producers hope deal with Whole Foods will help educate against fakes
by Natascia Ronchetti Parmigiano Reggiano is finding more and more space as a top product among the large American supermarket chains. The consortium under which a number of Italian Parmigiano Reggiano producers are organized just signed an agreement with Whole Foods, one of the most important American high-end retail chains. Than...
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Italy’s Istituto Luce-Cinecittà Pacts With Emerging Pictures on ‘Cinema Made In Italy’
by Nick Vivarelli New York-based digital distribution network Emerging Pictures and Italy's film promotional org. Istituto Luce-Cinecittà have partnered on "Cinema Made In Italy," which will provide U.S. digital distribution and marketing support to five high-profile Italian titles, starting with Paolo Sorrentino's foreign-language Oscar c...
Italian guitar hero Beppe Gambetta to headline Bucks Bluegrass Festival
By Andy Vineberg Beppe Gambetta laughs when asked about Italian food in America. "It's getting better," the native of Genoa, Italy, says diplomatically by telephone last week while vacationing with his wife, Federica, and her parents in the Italian Alps, near the Swiss border. "A big amount of Italian food I eat, I cook myself." ...
The Pipes of the Mezzogiorno
By Giovanni di Napoli The bagpipes are an ancient instrument, dating back thousands of years; they're even mentioned in the Bible (Genesis 4:21). Here in America we normally associate the bagpipes with the Irish and Scottish, who have a long and storied tradition with this wonderful instrument. However, many Americans, even those of Itali...
Dizionario Enciclopedico delle Migrazioni Italiane nel mondo: Tiziana Grassi a colloquio con il direttore editoriaale Enzo Caffarelli
Un'opera dedicata alla grande emigrazione italiana tra Otto e Novecento e che il presidente della Repubblica, Giorgio Napolitano, ha definito "una vera e propria summa di un fenomeno che ha segnato indelebilmente la storia del nostro Paese". È il Dizionario Enciclopedico delle Migrazioni Italiane. Tiziana Grassi ha intervistato Enzo Caffar...
Your Move, Grandmaster. (To the U.S., Please.)
The United States team that will compete in the World Team Chess Championship next month in Armenia stands no real chance of winning. It is not sending its three best players, and even if it were, it would not have enough talent to compete with the stacked teams from Russia and China. But one does not have to be born in a country to repres...
Danilo Gallinari Scores 47 vs. Mavericks: Highlights and Twitter Reaction
By Joseph Zucker The Dallas Mavericks might have barely edged out the Denver Nuggets 144-143 in double-overtime Friday night, but most will agree that Danilo Gallinari was the big winner after putting together the best game of his NBA career—47 points on 15-of-23 shooting, nine rebounds and two assists. According to ESPN Stats &am...
Italian Recipes for Thanksgiving
The following are some of the favorite side dishes my family has come to enjoy on Thanksgiving. I don't make all these dishes at one time but tend to rotate them each year to keep things interesting. Italian Bread & Sausage Stuffing Yields enough to fill a 12- to 14- pound turkey and a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Directions 14 c...
Lady Gaga won’t be a fashion poser like the Jenners
By Dana Schuster Unlike wannabes Kendall and Kylie Jenner and Kanye West, Lady Gaga respects fashion designers too much to ever try to be one. "The thing is, at the end of the day, I have a real respect for fashion designers," Gaga told The Post at her stylist and friend Brandon Maxwell's show Tuesday night at the Monkey Bar. ...