The Center for Arts and Innovation has just selected Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano to design its new creative campus. The campus is situated in the heart of downtown Boca Raton in Florida and aims to become a global hub for creative excellence. Ultimately, The Center is on a mission to transform Boca Raton into an internationally rec...
READ MORELamborghini – The Man Behind the Legend had its global premiere at the Rome Film Festival. Set in 1950s Italy, the film, penned and directed by Bobby Moresco, Oscar winner for Crash, was released in Italy in January, just days before the thirtieth anniversary of the passing of Ferruccio Lamborghini, the founder of one of the world’s most celebrated...
READ MOREThe Italy America Chamber of Commerce (IACC) has entered into an official partnership with National Grocers Association (NGA), the trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, the designed to benefit independent grocers across the United States looking to access new products and resources. “Independent supermarkets are conti...
READ MOREAccording to Technavio’s (a global technology research and advisory company) latest report on the global ethnic food market, Italian cuisine is driving the growth of ethnic foods worldwide. The reasons for the growth Technavio reports are a few. Consumers continue to favor pasta and pizza. Italian restaurants continue to open in both the US and the...
READ MOREIt’s no secret that I have experience with road trip food. On the long road trips of my childhood, carefully prepared bologna sandwiches and Lay’s potato chips, pretzel rods and cold grapes were the fare of choice. As I got older and started taking road trips without my family, McDonald’s stops became the norm (apart from my two-year vegan era, dur...
READ MOREB&B Italia and Molteni&C, two Italian home design groups, will both open showrooms in Washington, D.C., later this fall. Both designers signed leases in Georgetown’s design district, known as Cady’s Alley, which was developed by EastBanc, the majority landlord of the area’s retail properties. B&B Italia, an international design furniture group fou...
READ MOREWhen we think of eau de cologne, the city of Cologne in Germany often comes to mind. However, few know that this iconic fragrance was actually created by an Italian perfumer, Giovanni Maria Farina. In the early 18th century, Farina moved to Cologne and crafted a scent that reminded him of fresh spring mornings, mountain daffodils, and orange blosso...
READ MOREIn a commissioned study conducted by OnePoll, Fresh Express discovered that when it comes to international cuisines, 36% of Americans say Mexican is their favorite, followed by Italian (32%) and Chinese (25%). The study also found that 47% of Americans said that using international ingredients when cooking made them feel like a professional chef an...
READ MOREThe Italian Trade Commission in collaboration with ANFAO, Italy’s eyewear manufacturers association, is sharing further details about their upcoming "Extraordinary Italian Eyewear" events happening in Seattle on October 10 at The 101 and in Chicago on October 12 in Cafe Brauer at Lincoln Park Zoo. Extraordinary Italian Eyewear is designed to introd...
READ MOREThe cult of Bacchus, or Dionysus as he was known in ancient Greece, has roots that stretch back to the cradle of Western civilization and, while many know him only as the god of wine, he was much more than that. Bacchus symbolized fertility, ecstasy, and the very essence of life’s pleasures and excesses both in Greece and Rome, but his cult, espec...
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