Good Farmer Award U.S.: How beginner farmers can win $10K and a trip to Italy
There are many farmers across the U.S. using responsible practices, Dan Kemper said, but they’re often choosing the more challenging path. “When you kind of sacrifice production for a deeper moral goal of maybe not poisoning the Earth or not destroying the Earth, we have to take that labor on ourselves as the farmers,” said Kemper, a master trainer...
The Monumental Masterpieces of Niki de Saint Phalle: Il Giardino dei Tarocchi
In the late 1970s, some fifty years ago, something big hit the peaceful paradise of the Tuscan coastal countryside. A little outside the medieval village of Capalbio–amid the rolling hills, overflowing olive groves, and stretches of sun-baked grapevines–a monster was born. Soon after, another emerged and, within months, 22 of these mammoth creature...
Sir Pizza Celebrates 50 Years of Italian Comfort Food
On multiple occasions in my life, I’ve devoured 24 pieces of pizza in one sitting. I’m not a competitive eater; I’m just a loyal subject of Sir Pizza. March marks 50 years since the Midwestern brand found a home at 320 Sewickley Oakmont Road in Ross Township and brought Pittsburghers thin-crust, round pies sliced into bite-sized squares with crumbl...
“Ok, But Do I Look Italian?”
Not that it's my entire personality or anything, but I did, in fact, study abroad in Florence, Italy this past Fall. Everyone always says, “Studying abroad is a life-changing experience” and “You will never be able to shut up about it," and while both of those are definitely true, I will also not shut up about how my style has evolved. I remember s...
The Ongoing Discussion of Identity
Recently, HBOWatch shared a great article about The Sopranos and its portrayal of the Italian-American identity. When The Sopranos first aired, I remember cousin Florence calling my mother and telling her, “it’s like they have been following us around!” Obviously she meant the culture, family dynamic, and Sunday dinners; not the killing, because, y...
Everything you need to know before your trip to Naples
Naples, Italy's third-largest city, thrives on contradictions. As one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world, Naples is both chaotic and cultured, opulent and gritty, exuberant and understated, with architectural gems to discover around every corner. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BCE, Naples has witnessed over 250...
What Was In The Most Expensive Lasagna Ever Sold
Lasagna may strike you as a homey Italian comfort food, but there is no food so humble that the world of fine dining can't transform it into a bit of conspicuous consumption. That's why you can find chocolate pudding and beef tacos that somehow cost more than $25,000 a piece. You would hope all that money is all about making it taste better, but th...
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Italy promotes sports in schools and reintroduces Youth Games
The Italian Parliament is approving a law promoting sports in schools and establishing the New Youth Games (Giochi della Gioventù), renewing the national sports event for students aged 7 to 17, which was created in 1968, suspended in 1996, then reinstated in 2007, and finally closed in 2017. The goal is to promote sports education as a tool for cog...
ITA Airways, inspired by Alitalia
Since Saturday, February 15, an ITA Airways Airbus A350, operating on long-haul routes, has been flying with the “Inspired by Alitalia” sticker. This slogan had already been featured on the app and website with the goal, according to a statement from ITA Airways, “to associate its brand with a declaration of deep gratitude toward a legacy the compa...
L’Oro di Napoli Opening in Petaluma This Week
Santa Rosa’s L’Oro di Napoli will officially open its 8,000-square-foot Petaluma restaurant Wednesday, Feb. 19, featuring a new menu, bar and impressive Italian wood-fired pizza oven. But one thing will be missing — the lasagna. “No lasagna here,” said co-owner Domenico De Angelis, whose mile-high lasagna filled with layers of fresh pasta, Bolognes...
We the ItaliaNews: L'Italia in America. Episodio 1/2025
Gli Italian American Future Leaders guidano la ricchezza culturale che sta plasmando una nuova generazione Presentato un disegno di legge per l'istituzione di una commissione per il patrimonio italoamericano del Connecticut L'Italian American Filmmaker Forum 2025 Renaissance Award dei Russo Brothers a Stanley Tucci Il Senato degli Stati Uniti vota...