Giavotella to be Honored by American Italian Sports Hall of Fame
Former New Orleans Privateers baseball student-athlete and assistant coach, Johnny Giavotella will be the national honoree at the 35th Annual Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame Gala on Saturday. The event will take place at Harrah's New Orleans Hotel and Casino and begin at 5 p.m. Giavotella played 182 games for the Privateers from 2006...
Naploitation: la Napoli globalista raccontata da Marco Demarco
Ho iniziato il 2020 con un libro che a definire profetico o messianico non esagererei. Si tratta di Naploitation – Napoli, la tradizione e l’innovazione. Autore Marco Demarco, pubblicato da Guida Editore nella collana PrimaPagina creata dallo storico Giuseppe Galasso. Il volume è dedicato a due grandi napoletani, da poco scomparsi, Giuseppe Galasso...
Mosto d’Uva: From the Ancient Roman Recipe to the United States
A recipe for grape juice… without the alcohol! Since the time of the Romans, Italians have been preparing mosto d’uva: a healthy, delicious juice that can be enjoyed on its own or as an accompaniment to recipes for some natural sweetness. The first written record for this recipe comes from Apicius in a 4th century collection of Roman recipes, "De r...
Macaroni Railroad, una ferrovia italiana negli Stati Uniti d’America
Sfogliando le pagine di vecchi libri appaiono a volte personaggi ormai dimenticati, le cui vicende terrene sono state sepolte dall’oblio del tempo e come dice un antico proverbio: nessuno è profeta in patria, nessuno in patria ha il giusto riconoscimento, il giusto merito per quello che ha fatto! Questo detto vale molto spesso per la patria natale...
Reserved times, shorter lines: What’s new in Northern Italy in 2020
Nighttime’s the right time — and reservations are smart any time — when it comes to seeing the great sights in Northern Italy. With all the crowds heading for the same few attractions, popular sights and destinations are packed, and ticket lines are long. For 2020, officials thankfully have promised longer hours and easier opportunities to book ent...
Montessori-style education comes to Mandan Catholic school
Leaders at St. Joseph School in Mandan hope that starting a Montessori program to offer a more hands-on approach to education will boost student enrollment, just as it did for Christ the King School across town. “For decades, we just haven’t really seen an influx in our school,” said the Rev. Josh Waltz of St. Joseph Catholic Church, which is conne...
Italy’s dairy industry is ready for the Green Deal
“We accept the challenge of sustainability and the new obligations that will result from it. The Italian dairy industry is ready, and it will be working with a reduced environmental impact in a few years time.” This is how Giuseppe Ambrosi, President of Assolatte, commented on the indications and tools needed to implement the European Green Deal, t...
Valentino designer Pierpaolo Piccioli's first film collaboration is on the way
Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli and acclaimed filmmaker Luca Guadagnino are collaborating on a film together. Named The Staggering Girl, the movie stars Julianne Moore, Mia Goth and Kiki Layne. It tells the story of Francesca, an Italian-American writer (played by Moore), who lives in New York and has to return back home to Rome to retrieve her agei...
Matera's bread (pane di Matera), one of the best breads in the world
Matera’s bread is the bread obtained by an ancient processing system, typically used by bakers in the city and province of Matera, in the Basilicata region. This system provides for the exclusive use of durum wheat semolina. The bread obtained, thanks to the ingredients used and the specificity of the manufacturing process, is characterized by a ye...
St. Anthony’s is alive and well!
The Chicago Catholic has been reporting a lot lately that the Chicago Archdiocese is going through many changes, and we know that it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future due to the ever-changing demographics of Chicago and its suburbs. Parishes are being closed or consolidated a couple of times a year, sparking valiant rescue efforts b...
“+ 12% young people work in agriculture, EU leader Italy”
In Italy, a historic return to the land is underway with over 56 thousand young people under 35 at the helm of agricultural businesses, a record at community level with an extraordinary increase of + 12% in the last five years. This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti on Infocamere data in the third quarter of 2019 on the occasion of the...
Stolen 40 years ago, rare Christopher Columbus letter recovered by Delaware investigators
After arriving in the Americas, Christopher Columbus penned a letter about his find to Spain's King Ferdinand, a letter that would later be published to spread the news throughout Europe. For the fourth time in the past four years, federal agents and attorneys in Delaware have recovered a stolen copy of that historic letter, now worth up to $1.3 mi...