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Umberto Mucci

Umberto has a degree in Political Science and a master in Marketing and Communication. He is the founder and CEO of We the Italians and the representative in Italy of the Italian American Museum of New York. He gives lectures about History of Italian Emigration to the US, and he has published seven books about Italy and the US

  WTI Magazine #59    2015 May, 1Author : Elda Buonanno Foley      Translation by:   If you ask any average American what is the one product that characterizes the Italians more than any other, the first answer will inevitably be "Pasta" in addition to underline that we, the Italians, eat only pastasciutta in any meals during the day. The commen...

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  WTI Magazine #59    2015 May, 1Author : Italian Botanical Heritage      Translation by:   The Colorno Royal Palace was built by Duke Ranuccio II Farnese in 1660 as a tribute to his wife Violante Margherita of Savoy, a great lover of fox hunting, and was later completed by his son Ranuccio II, the Duke Francesco Farnese until 1719. The Honorabl...

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  WTI Magazine #59    2015 May, 1Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   I was famished when we finally arrived. Nonna hadn't made lunch to make sure I had room for the special dinner. We had been in the car now for about an hour and a half, weaving through mountain roads at what I considered to be much too fast for a single lane r...

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  WTI Magazine #59    2015 May, 1Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   I had received some samples from Prestige Wine Imports on the wines of Stemmari, amd I recently sampled one, 2012 Stemmari Dalila. It's a wine made of 80% grillo and 20 % viognier that is aged in French oak for 8 months. The wine...

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WTI Magazine #58    2015 April, 17Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Hi everybody, first of all let us wish a Happy birthday to our city, the capital of our beloved country, Rome: the legend tells that on April 21st Rome will celebrate its 2768th birthday, being born in 753 BC! As you know, We the Italians has its headquarters in Rome,...

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WTI Magazine #58    2015 April, 17Author : Elda Buonanno Foley      Translation by:   While talking about style, everybody makes an easy assumption: Italian brands, big fashion logos, fancy clothes and so forth. Actually, style is more than wearing a Prada bag or a DG pair of glasses, not to mention the stiletto-high heels by Gucci.  

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WTI Magazine #58    2015 April, 17Author : Expo 2015      Translation by:   The Italian Pavilion will concentrate on exposing the national food culture and tradition in terms of very high quality products and finished goods. Italy's presence can be seen both inside the exposition areas, along the Cardo and at Palazzo Italia, the representative bu...

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WTI Magazine #58    2015 April, 17Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn      Translation by:   This turkey roll prepared with asparagus omelette is a tasty main course for a fancy dinner or for a Sunday lunch with family, as we usually eat it in Italy. The recipe is simple and does not requires particular culinary skill , but the result is quite spe...

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WTI Magazine #58    2015 April, 17Author : Unioncamere      Translation by:   In the Oristano area, as in many Sardinian towns, the craft of weaving has always been the prerogative of women, at first mostly for domestic purposes and later as a business activity. The first type of production was mainly to provide for girls' dowries and was woven a...

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WTI Magazine #58    2015 April, 17Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   As an Italian-American from Long Island, my semester at JCU is a chance to explore my parents' Italian heritage and truly experience Italy's culture, language, and cuisine. Both of my parents are from Palermo, Sicily, and traveled throughout Italy before movin...

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WTI Magazine #58    2015 April, 17Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   We're finally covering the wines of the Marche region located in central Italy. The Marche region borders the Adriatic Sea with Tuscany and Umbria to the west, Abruzzo to the south and Emilia-Romagna to the north. The climate is...

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WTI Magazine #58    2015 April, 17Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   The Carrese of San Martino in Pensilis is among the dearest events to the population of Molise. A poet from San Martino has described it as an "archaic collective prayer in honor of St. Leo": a race of ox carts, each led by three men and "pushed" by riders behind and to...

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