FamilySearch Unlocking Centuries of Italian Ancestry Records
FamilySearch International announced free access to over 150 million Italian historical genealogical records—the largest online collection of its kind. The unprecedented initiative is the result of collaboration between FamilySearch, the Italian government, the Italian State Archives (Direzione Generale per gli Archivi or DGA), and many other archi...
How 20-Year-Old Delfina Changed the Course of San Francisco Dining
The success and endurance of pioneering San Francisco restaurant Delfina might come down to a bowl of spaghetti: a humble, eternal dish served with warmth and simplicity night after night. It still makes chef Craig Stoll marvel. “Our most famous dish is spaghetti with tomato sauce,” he says with pride and a little wonder. “But hey, if you want to c...
Making family proud overseas as first generation born in the USA
Being a first generation family member to be born in America, most would take every opportunity they can to make their family proud of them, academically and athletically. Dav Conigliaro‘s family is from Sicily, Italy His grandfather saw opportunity in America in the 1980’s for business to grow. Conigliaro’s parents began their lives in Sicily,...
Roma Lodge to take over Pancake Day
After 64 years under the direction of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Racine, Roma Lodge will be taking over Racine’s annual Pancake Day next year. The Kiwanis chapter, which decided in September to disband at the end of this calendar year, voted on Wednesday to pass direction of Pancake Day to Roma Lodge, which has vowed to continue the event at Festi...
She was the original New Orleans saint
Frances Xavier Cabrini, known universally as Mother Cabrini, founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She established 67 missionary institutions, including one in New Orleans, to which she came in 1892. Exhibiting the energy for which she would become legendary, Mother Cabrini devoted herself to caring for the poor, especially I...
Nomisma: il made in Italy agroalimentare conquisterà gli Usa
L’export dell’agroalimentare made in Italy negli Usa è destinato a crescere ad un tasso medio annuo del +6,5% nel periodo 2017-2022. Lo ha rivelato ieri Denis Pantini, responsabile Area Agroalimentare di Nomisma all’evento di presentazione del Nomisma Italian Agrifood Mkt Potential Index promosso da Agronetwork, l’Associazione fondata da Confagrico...
Meet The Sexiest Italian Motorcycle You've Never Heard Of
Back in the early 50s, extremely successful and very sexy Italian automaker Maserati was split into three separate companies—Maserati Automobil which made cars, Fonderie di Modena which was a foundry, and Fabbrica Candele e Accumulatori Maserati which made, of all things, lightbulbs and spark plugs. Only Maserati Automobil was supposed to keep the...
How An Italian Prog-Rock Band Laid The Integral Eeriness Of Horror Film 'Suspiria'
Let’s go back in time for a moment, rewinding to what many would argue were the glory days of horror films — the 1970s. That decade gave us “The Exorcist,” “Halloween,” “Last House on the Left,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Dawn of the Dead,” “Eraserhead” and “Carrie,” to name just a handful. And then there was this little low-budget Italian film, “...
Nine on the Line: Chef “La Fufi” Fulvia Steffenone from Caffe Milano
Although chef “La Fufi” Fulvia Steffenone has only been in Tucson for five years, her culinary roots run deep in Italy. Steffone worked in accounting when she realized her passion was with cooking. She trained in Turin and with various chefs before training under Michelin-starred, world-renowned chef Gualtiero Marchesi. In 1998, Steffenone founded...
Italian Playwrights Project - Marco Martinelli
The Italian Playwrights Project has been created and curated by Valeria Orani (Umanism NYC – 369gradi) and Frank Hentschker (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center – Graduate Center CUNY). The project’s goal is to disseminate Italian contemporary writing for the theater in the USA and vice versa. This second edition is dedicated to playwright and director,...
Gli arrosticini sbarcano a New York: aperto un chiosco nel mercatino natalizio di Bryant Park
Arrosticini al mercatino di Natale di New York di Bryant Park. Per la prima volta uno dei simboli dell'enogastronomia abruzzese arriva anche nel popolare mercatino natalizio della Grande Mela dove si possono trovare corner di street food provenienti da tutto il mondo. A fare la curiosa scoperta il travel blogger Piero Armenti, che ha postato anche...
Valdobbiadene: The Town Behind Italy’s Best Prosecco
Valdobbiadene, ten thousand souls, a renaissance town square and the fresh breeze descending from the Dolomites. Here, away from the limelight, the world-renowned Prosecco wine is produced, including its most precious and rare variety which goes under the name of “Cartizze”. Fresh, hip and affordable, The most famous Italian sparkling wine is enjoy...