The Italian Trade Commission is counting down to the celebration of LAMBRUSCO, a stellar Italian wine, this June 27th featuring some of Italy's and the US's most celebrated Chefs!   THE SCOOP: Chef Cesare Casella, Dean of Italian Studies at the International Cuinary Center and leader of Itchefs-GVCI in the USA will once more be a part of th...

If Italy's most celebrated modernist chef is coming over to make brunch, don't be surprised if he shows up packing a sleek nitrous oxide siphon. It's just for the bread crumb foam.   Massimo Bottura, the energetic chef and owner of the three-Michelin-star Osteria Francescana, in Modena, arrived at my Brooklyn kitchen with a motley tool kit....

US travel agents put their enthusiastic stamp of approval on the scenery, history, hospitality and food and wine of Romagna. On a whistle-stop tour of Romagna's hilltop and seaside highlights a group of travel agents and tour operators from all over the US tasted the delights of Romagna.   Hosted by Best of Romagna, US travel trade operator...

Il Bologna calcio potrebbe diventare una società di proprietà americana. Nella notte il consiglio d'amministrazione della società ha infatti deciso di accettare l'offerta arrivata dalla cordata americana guidata dall'avvocato Joe Tacopina, voltando le spalle, così, a quella che aveva avanzato Massimo Zanetti, patron della Segafredo, già socio di mi...

Bologna Business School, formerly Alma Graduate School, the Master program of the University of Bologna, held a showcase of the new 2015/2016 edition Food & Wine MBA this Columbus Day at the world-renowned Italian symbol of Food and Wine, Eataly's La Scuola Grande.   During the workshop, potential candidates learned about the program, a...

Visiting Ravenna, in Emilia Romagna, one perceives its immense vitality, particularly in this period, when Ravenna is showing itself off as a candidate for European Capital of Culture 2019 (along with Siena, Cagliari, Lecce, Perugia, Assisi and Matera). The entire region of Emilia Romagna is participating, with artistic committees and 28 working g...

WTI Magazine #79    2016 May 13Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Here in Italy, soccer is more popular than all other sports combined. It is becoming stronger and stronger in America, too. Many strong Italians play for the American league today, such as Andrea Pirlo for the New York City league and Sebastian Giovinco for the Toronto l...

By Joey Cresta   PORTSMOUTH — A proposed sister-city relationship with Santarcangelo has fallen apart after officials in the Italian town were apparently insulted by the city's handling of the situation. One local Italian called the development "one more affront to the Italian North Enders" of Portsmouth.   The news from Italy is...

Celebrate a quarter century of the Ravenna Festival, the event that, from June to October, offers a series of cultural events dedicated to classical and contemporary music, dance, theater, opera, film and even history.   In fact, the theme of this year is "1914: The Year that Changed the World," a title linked to the celebrations for the 100...

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". The words immortalised in the United States Declaration of Independence remind us that the desire to be happy is a fundamental part of everyone's life. Along with GDP, wealth and political freedoms, the degree of happiness that people enjoy is also worth taking into account in any measure of democracy's...