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Anna Prandoni is the author of Let's Cook Italian (Quarto Publishing), an Italian family cookbook (with simplified versions of the most famous recipes), written in order to bring our culinary art around the world, to adults and children (who are increasingly involved in making dishes). We asked her to tell us the ten golden rules of Italian co...

By David A. Marlin   It was July 25, 1956, shortly before midnight, when two ocean liners collided in heavy fog 45 miles south of Nantucket Island. The Andrea Doria, the pride of the Italian fleet bound for New York, had been rammed amidships by the bow of the Swedish liner Stockholm. My recollections of the Andrea Doria sinking are firsthan...

The New York Racing Association, Inc. will celebrate the culture and traditions of the Bel Pease during Premio Italian-American Heritage Day at Saratoga Race Course on Wednesday, August 17. The day-long festivities will feature Italian music, dance, entertainment, crafts and food from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Saratoga Pavilion, presented by Ti...

An Italian woodworking company called Minelli Group will open its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Hickory. The move will create 12 new jobs right away. The company just bought a 18,000 square-foot building at 1245 26th Street SE, according to a statement Wednesday. The local operations will be called Minelli USA.   Read more   F...

In contrast to French interior design — where urban domiciles in large part conform to a highly codified archetype — a collective, agreed-upon notion of Italian interior design is up for grabs. Is it reflective of the sleek, clean-lined Milan appartamenti? Or the rustic, terra cotta-colored villas of the Tuscan countryside? Or perhaps an elegant, h...

By Barbara Ann Zippi   Appointed to the post of Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia in late 2013, Andrea Canepari has made a major impact in a short time. Bringing his family with him, he believes Philadelphia is one of the most European cities in the United States and he wants to spread the message to Italians in Italy and Italian Ameri...

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016 AT 2:00PM Get a taste of Sicily through the eponymous orange thief and some other country-wise ruffians. Living on the outer boundaries of society, they steal fruit for sustenance, sale, and the sheer thrill of danger. After the thief ends up in a Sicilian jail, his life takes an unexpected turn when his bunkmate prom...

L'iniziativa ha l'obiettivo di presentare gli aggiornamenti sulla diffusione della nostra lingua all'estero e di definire le linee d'azione. Due giorni dedicati alla lingua italiana e alle strategie per svilupparla e diffonderla in un mondo globalizzato nel quale sembra esistere un solo modo di comunicare, anche e soprattutto nell'ambito dell'impre...

'Contemporary art is a part of my daily life – I've been following it for many, many years,' muses Angela Missoni on the eve of the launch Surface Conversion, a new art programme which has been brewing for two years.and launched this week in the fashion label's New York flagship on Madison Avenue. The Italian creative director recalls seeing galler...

Following murmurs of expanding to Minnesota last year, Portillo's, the suburban Chicago-based chain known best for its Chicago-style dogs and Italian beef sandwiches, is officially coming to Woodbury.   At its Nov. 9 meeting the Woodbury City Council approved the restaurant's building plan near the intersection of Hudson Road and Radio Drive...

A lady who rocks -- Lady Gaga name -- talks to our Lee Cowan, for the record: On a warm fall day in New York's Central Park, Lady Gaga came to Strawberry Fields to pay her respects to John Lennon. "I used to come here probably four times a week to John's memorial," she told Cowan.   It was an unannounced visit, and yet it became an even...

By Michael Just two years after making its debut in Gaston County, Marco's Pizza will soon be spreading its sauce a little wider. The newest location of the burgeoning Italian-American cuisine chain will open early next year beside the Hoffman Village shopping center, next to Publix. It will employ about 30 people, said Andy Hunter, an area r...