Everything you need to know before your trip to Naples
Naples, Italy's third-largest city, thrives on contradictions. As one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world, Naples is both chaotic and cultured, opulent and gritty, exuberant and understated, with architectural gems to discover around every corner. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BCE, Naples has witnessed over 250...
What Was In The Most Expensive Lasagna Ever Sold
Lasagna may strike you as a homey Italian comfort food, but there is no food so humble that the world of fine dining can't transform it into a bit of conspicuous consumption. That's why you can find chocolate pudding and beef tacos that somehow cost more than $25,000 a piece. You would hope all that money is all about making it taste better, but th...
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Italy promotes sports in schools and reintroduces Youth Games
The Italian Parliament is approving a law promoting sports in schools and establishing the New Youth Games (Giochi della Gioventù), renewing the national sports event for students aged 7 to 17, which was created in 1968, suspended in 1996, then reinstated in 2007, and finally closed in 2017. The goal is to promote sports education as a tool for cog...
ITA Airways, inspired by Alitalia
Since Saturday, February 15, an ITA Airways Airbus A350, operating on long-haul routes, has been flying with the “Inspired by Alitalia” sticker. This slogan had already been featured on the app and website with the goal, according to a statement from ITA Airways, “to associate its brand with a declaration of deep gratitude toward a legacy the compa...
L’Oro di Napoli Opening in Petaluma This Week
Santa Rosa’s L’Oro di Napoli will officially open its 8,000-square-foot Petaluma restaurant Wednesday, Feb. 19, featuring a new menu, bar and impressive Italian wood-fired pizza oven. But one thing will be missing — the lasagna. “No lasagna here,” said co-owner Domenico De Angelis, whose mile-high lasagna filled with layers of fresh pasta, Bolognes...
We the ItaliaNews: L'Italia in America. Episodio 1/2025
Gli Italian American Future Leaders guidano la ricchezza culturale che sta plasmando una nuova generazione Presentato un disegno di legge per l'istituzione di una commissione per il patrimonio italoamericano del Connecticut L'Italian American Filmmaker Forum 2025 Renaissance Award dei Russo Brothers a Stanley Tucci Il Senato degli Stati Uniti vota...
We the ItaliaNews: Italy in english. Episode 1/2025
Italy leads the EU in agricultural value added: a historic achievement Italy set to revive nuclear power by 2027 New road code in Italy: is it causing a decline in wine consumption in restaurants? Christopher Nolan's Odyssey to film in Sicily's historic landscapes The Italian Condominium Theatre System: a central Italy tradition nominated for UNES...
How Memphis music bonded the Bluff City with an Italian village 5,000 miles away
The language was unfamiliar to most of those participating in the Wednesday morning international Zoom meeting, but the words “Rufus Thomas” needed no translation. Resounding briefly within a flow of enthusiastic Italian, the name “Rufus Thomas” — and those of other classic soul singers, including “Otis Redding” and “Solomon Burke” — earned smiles...
How much money do you need to live comfortably in Italy?
Have you ever dreamed of settling down in the picturesque Tuscan countryside? Maybe you’re considering a career change with some of Milan or Rome’s top companies? Or perhaps you just want to spend your days sipping espresso and strolling through the ancient streets of Rome. Whatever your reasons may be, Italy has quickly become one of the top desti...
Italian Legacy of Mugnaini Wood-Fire Ovens
The recent North Bay Pizza promotion called attention to many local pizzerias, from Geyserville south to Marin County. But it doesn’t take a promotion to get people to take a slice: According to Food & Wine magazine, Americans eat pizza three times a month, 288 pieces a year and the most popular day to eat pizza is … Super Bowl Sunday, of course. T...
Savoring la dolce vita at the University of Arizona’s Italian club
On a late rainy Wednesday afternoon in the University of Arizona’s Integrated Learning Center, a group of 35 students savors some loaves of home-baked olive and tomato focaccia at the sound of soft music and frolicsome chatter. There are also cups of Italian-style cioccolata calda. With food being Italy’s main wealth and best-known symbol abr...