Can The $30,000 Fiat 500e Finally Be The Success Story For The Italian Automaker In America?
Fiat is hoping to end its struggles for success in the American market by introducing an electric version of its 500 in 2024. The Italian automaker did some okay business during the 1970s, but interest in the brand waned, sales plummeted, and they left the market for nearly three decades. After merging with Chrysler, Fiat came back in 2010 but fail...
A Home for Quanto Basta
Quanto Basta owner Betsy English has leased the original LB Kitchen location where she plans establish a permanent home for her Neapolitan pizzeria. "If you had told me two years ago that the world’s tiniest little food truck would become an actual pizza place, I’d say you were out of your mind. And perhaps I am..a little..but you kind of have to b...
The Art of Noises
Futurism was a multidisciplinary artistic and social movement. Futurists wanted to reinvent all art forms: painting, sculpture, literature, photography, architecture, book production, dance, even cuisine… Futurist ideals were very radical, both artistically and politically. Italian futurists, led by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, had a huge impact on...
Good Grief, That's a lot of Vince Guaraldi!
The year 1965 was turbulent, pivotal, and consequential. LBJ sent soldiers to the Dominican Republic, stepped into Vietnam with both feet, and signed laws expanding voting rights and creating Medicare and Medicaid. Antiwar protests gathered steam, Bob Dylan went electric, the Beatles played Shea Stadium, Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game, and pio...
No energy worries for Italy’s ‘Tribe of the Harmonious Walnuts’
Fabrizio Cardinali, aged 72, does not crave bright city lights. In fact, he has no use for electricity and has lived entirely off the grid for more than half a century. That makes him one of the few people in Europe unconcerned about rising energy costs this winter. Cardinali, whose long white beard makes him look like Karl Marx, the poet Walt Whit...
Casa Giacomo's Soft-Opens in the Former Giacomo's Space in Boston's South End
Earlier this year, it was reported that a popular Italian restaurant in Boston's South End had been sold and that it would go through a slight name change when reborn. Now we have learned that it is in the process of opening. According to a post from BosGuy, Casa Giacomo's plans to soft-open tonight on Columbus Avenue initially only for walk-ins fo...
Remembering 20 Italian Icons We Said Goodbye To In 2022
With 2022 coming to an end, we reflect back on the personalities, icons, and celebrities we lost in the Italian community this year. These 20 men and women of Italian descent made important contributions in the areas of cinema, art, music, cuisine, fashion, journalism, commerce, and sport. Ray Liotta (December 18, 1954 – May 26, 2022): The death o...
Your Pocket Guide to Barolo, Plus Which Bottles to Buy
Not many bottles get to claim to be “the king of wines,” but Barolo has snagged that prestigious title in the hearts of many. Made in Northwestern Italy, this bold red wine has been enjoyed for centuries. But whether Barolo is a staple in your collection or you’ve never tried a bottle yourself, there’s a lot to learn about the classic Italian wine...
Unsung hero of Tripoli
When I was a boy, my father regaled me with stories about the history of Sicily. I remember him telling me about coastal watchtowers passing warnings via signal fires from the shores of the island into the interior. (According to historian Robert C. Davis, there are 137 such watchtowers on the coasts of Sicily. Isn’t it great when family legends ma...
Why Italians eat lentils on New Year's Eve?
It is a beloved New Year's tradition: Italians eat lentils on the last day of the year. Here is why! It is a must: lenticchie a Capodanno! Every Italian eats lentils on New Year's Eve. Do you know why these legumes, considered humble food, deserve a place on the holiday table? Because lentils are a symbol of money, prosperity, and long life! They r...
Italian innovation at CES in Las Vegas: a taste of an ecosystem expanding in the US
A biometric unlocking device that uses brainwaves, an “invisible mask” that purifies the air breathed by the wearer, and dozens of AI systems to optimise the management of energy from renewable sources, urban planning, and marketing performance. Technologies that will be the main attractions in the Italian Pavilion at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, the wor...
Italy imposes mandatory Covid tests for travellers from China
Italy has ordered COVID-19 antigen swabs and virus sequencing for all travellers coming from China, where cases are surging, the health minister said on Wednesday. Italy, which was the first nation in Europe to be hit hard by the virus in February 2020 after it emerged in China, is now the first to impose mandatory tests on people arriving from the...