Book review: ‘Bittersweet’ 1960s Sicily
"Rosalia's Bittersweet Pastry Shop," a novel by Rosanna Chiofalo, uncovers the special significance of food as the food writer Claudia Lombardo, uncovers a bakery beside a Sicilian convent, which produces a dessert beloved by all those who taste it. Food – which brings people together, comforts and heals the wounds of strained relationships, an...
Message from the Italian Ambassador to Washington, Armando Varricchio, for the 70th anniversary of the Italian Republic
by H.E. Armando Varricchio I am very pleased to extend my warm greetings to Italians, and Italian-Americans, in the United States on the occasion of Italy's National Day. I would like to thank all of our fellow citizens, our American friends of Italian origin and all those who recognize themselves - in their different ways - in Italy,...
Coro d'Italia Seeking Singers, Dancers for November 20 Italian Heritage Concert
Coro d'Italia ~ Italian-American Singing and Dancing Ensemble is currently interviewing new participants to sing and/or dance in their fall production. The troupe is comprised of both professional and volunteer performers and will begin once-per-week rehearsals in September for their November 20 concert at the Montclair Art Museum. For people of I...
Mauro Marinelli and Rob Lloyd - Under Old Stars: Wanderings in Italian Hill Towns - Kehrer Verlag, fall 2016
At a time when the Census headcount shows that the largest metropolitan areas are growing at far higherrates, the prognosis does not look good for small towns, which continue in steady decline as young people chase bigger dreams in cities. It's a trend consistent across America and around the world that shows no signs of sl...
Maserati North America Sales Up 10.8 Percent In October
Maserati's highly anticipated new Levante SUV has helped Maserati North America increase sales by 10.8 percent in October 2016, compared to September 2016, the company today announced. "Maserati North America's positive sales performance reflects the passion and leadership of our dealer network," said Tom Shanley, Head of Maserati North Am...
US will likely extradite Knox if Italy asks
by Mira Oberman The United States will have little legal argument for turning down an extradition request should Italy seek the return of Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British housemate. In the latest dramatic twist in the high-profile case, a court in Florence on Thursday sentenced Knox to 28 years and six months in prison for killi...
Bialetti Produces New "Autentico" Web Series Featuring Chef Fabio Viviani
Bialetti (http://www.bialetti.com), the leading Italian coffee maker and cookware company, announced today the launch of "Autentico" a series of web shorts featuring America's favorite Italian Chef, Fabio Viviani. These documentary-style videos candidly discuss Italian traditions and debunk what Americans might perceive to be Italian in ov...
Gli italiani negli USA? È record
by Roberto Zanni C'erano una volta gli italiani che venivano in America. Poi è arriva la crisi e c'è stato quasi un blocco al punto che, nel 2012, l'anno nero per il turismo 'made in Italy' negli Stati Uniti, il calo di arrivi, rispetto all'anno precedente aveva toccato il 6,8%, con agosto e dicembre che avevano chiuso rispettivamente con - 13,1%...
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Mario Batali
by Dan Meyers Mario Francesco Batali was born in 1960 in Seattle and spent his high school years studying in Madrid before attending Rutgers University. He threw himself headfirst into the culinary world after college, and before long he was head chef at the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore, and soon after that he opened his first restaurant i...
A Michelin-starred chef is leaving Copenhagen’s Noma to revolutionize American school lunches
by Jenny Anderson After working as head chef at Noma, the famed two-Michelin-star restaurant in Copenhagen, Dan Guisti is taking on an even bigger challenge: school lunches in America. Giusti, an Italian-American born in New Jersey, founded a for-profit food service company called Brigaid that hopes to work with school districts a...
Petition: Save Columbus Day
by OSIA We are petitioning for an official Capital luncheon and White House evening reception in recognition and endorsement of Columbus Day and the contributions of the 25 million Americans of Italian descent. With our holiday consistently under attack, we are asking the White House to rededicate the Presidency to both the holiday and to...
The 5 healthiest dishes to order at an Italian restaurant
The Italian restaurant is a pillar of the twenty-first century American dining scene, but it's easy to forget that Italian cooking goes way beyond pizza and Parmigiana. Traditional Italian cuisine is largely Mediterranean in character, making ample use of such ingredients as citrus, olives, herbs, grains and greens, and seafood, as well as all thos...