Rep. Tim Ryan apologizes for using word 'dago' in TV interview
Rep. Tim Ryan apologized Friday after using the term "dago red wine" in a televised MSNBC interview earlier this week. Ryan and host Chris Matthews were discussing his unsuccessful effort to unseat House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi when he used the derogatory term for Italians as he described class differences among Democrats. ...
Contract Manufacturer accelerates its packaging operations
New facilities and equipment investments drive LiDestri Foods' operations in Rochester, NY, and Fresno, CA. Last year, LiDestri also made a major investment in its Fresno, CA, plant by becoming as Davis believes "the first in North America" to be able to fill and package low-acid, retorted, spouted pouches using robotic retort loading and unlo...
Blackstone Takes 20% Stake in Versace
Blackstone (BX) acquired a 20% stake in Versace on Thursday in a cash and stock deal that values the Italian designer at one billion euros ($1.37B). The New York-based private-equity giant will inject 150 million euros of fresh capital in Versace and acquire 60 million euros worth of stock from family holding company GIVI Holding SPA. Blac...
Il coraggio di Voci "datate" dal Sud
È lodevole, perfino originale, l'idea (come si legge nell'ultimo articolo di Maurita Cardone riguardo all'Italian Trade Agency di Chicago) di aprire una breccia americana all'editoria italiana legata a temi del Sud; alle Voci dal Sud. "Sud" comunque ci piace ben poco: è retorico, dolciastro, ha un che di teatrale; è assai poco italiano. Pe...
Italian-A-Day
Janice Mancuso is on a mission to education Americans about Italian and Italian American history. In 2006, Mancuso created "Thirty-One Days of Italians," a website that every October lists an Italian American or Italian each day, who has made an extraordinary contribution to American history. The ongoing project is a labor of love for Mancuso, who...
Editor, Italian American Studies Association Yearbook
The Editor, with the consultation and approval of the Yearbook Editorial Board, selects papers to be considered for the Yearbook and commissions or approves other materials. He or she also identifies reviewers, and is responsible for carrying out the peer review process. The Editor and Editorial Board decide on accepting each paper, based upon a su...
Lidia offers ‘master class’ on Italian food
by Barbara Gallo Farrell If you've ever wondered how Wedding Soup got its name or what a "coperto" is, you will find the answers and more in "Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine — Everything You Need to Know to Be a Great Italian Cook," the newest book by chef, author, TV host and restaurateur Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. ...
Obama says the U.S. and Italy are working together in Libya
President Obama and Italian President Sergio Mattarella met Monday to discuss efforts to fight the spread of the Islamic State in Libya, where the extremist group is capitalizing on political instability to increase its influence. Obama and Mattarella reviewed plans to support a Libyan unity government, Obama told reporters after the meeting i...
Italia-USA: Gentiloni risponde a Nissoli/ Ok revisione dell'Accordo di sicurezza sociale Italia-Usa
di Fucsia Nissoli "Un segnale positivo per le nostre Comunità e soprattutto il messaggio che lavorando in squadra attraverso il dialogo e senza muri, i risultati si concretizzano!" E' questo il primo pensiero che ho avuto alla risposta ricevuta dal Ministro Gentiloni sul rinnovo della Convenzione di sicurezza socia...
Luigi Ghirri’s Brilliant Photographic Puzzles
I look at Luigi Ghirri's work daily: There's a postcard reproduction of one of his photographs on my fridge. It depicts four women, turned away from us and toward a mountainous landscape. They could be taking in an actual vista — the perspective is correct — but the mountains and their intervening lakes have text superimposed on them, and so we rea...
Sarah Jessica Parker Finds ‘All Roads Lead To Rome'; Romcom To Shoot In Italy
Sarah Jessica Parker will play the lead in romantic comedy All Roads Lead To Rome, with principal photography to start this month on location in Italy. AMBI Pictures principals Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi and Paradox Studios' Mikael Wiren are financing. Parker stars as Maggie, an uptight American on a road trip throughout Italy wit...
Dillon Powers: Italian passport “opens up a lot of doors”
Dillon Powers, Colorado Rapids' two-time team MVP, has dual citizenship. The 2013 MLS Rookie of the Year posted a photo of his new Italian passport on Twitter on Jan. 16. I started that process back in college," Powers said this week. "It's been about three years of gathering documents. It's really a tedious process, so it's nice to finally be don...