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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 #44    2014 October, 1Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   To follow the "Cheese Road of the Dolomites" means to make a journey through time and space. It can lead you, for example, to the "Desmontegada" in Primiero, Trento, a wonderful opportunity to sample the best dairy production of the area but also a real blast from the...

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  WTI Magazine #44    2014 October, 1Author : italia.it      Translation by:   The Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo was established in 1923 to protect nature and to save certain wild animals from extinction. It's in the heart of the central Apennines between the Abruzzi, Lazio and Molise and its some 50,000 hectares are home to 25 towns. The scenery he...

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  WTI Magazine #44    2014 October, 1Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn      Translation by:   Marinated anchovies is a tasty, cold antipasto that can be served with homemade bread (pane casereccio) or enjoyed as a main dish with a fresh salad. The simple dressing prepared with olive oil, lemon juice and vinegar enhances the flavor of the anchov...

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  WTI Magazine #44    2014 October, 1Author : Manuela Bianchi for learnitalygroup.com      Translation by:   Properly speaking a foreign language means diving into another culture, to understand how native speakers express themselves, studying the grammar and working on the curiosity and the preparation required to learn idioms and its common la...

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  WTI Magazine #44    2014 October, 1Author : buonenotizie.it      Translation by:   Harvest time is approaching with great strides. Wine tourism in Italy is booming and is able to innovate with new proposals: for example, Salento is preparing to decline it with a smart formula, a new trip type, both useful to the tourist and the local area.  ...

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  WTI Magazine #44    2014 October, 1Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by:   As we've already said many times, the feeling that the artists from previous centuries were people with no personal life, no eccentricity and no psychosis, just beautiful souls dedicated to aesthetics and to their art, is a totally wrong perception, largely due...

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  WTI Magazine #44    2014 October, 1Author : Giuseppina Salzano e Giovanni Verde      Translation by:   The moral, human and intellectual stature of Norberto Bobbio goes well beyond his outstanding academic merits. His life experience, his liberal (in the European sense) vision of the world, his freedom of judgment, combined with an extraordina...

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  WTI Magazine #44    2014 October, 1Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   The clause 18 of the Italian Labor Statute has been disputed in the country's public debate since the early 2000s. It concerns the firms with more than fifteen employees and regulates the lay-offs. According to the current law, if one is dismissed without a...

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  WTI Magazine #44    2014 October, 1Author : Living Adamis      Translation by:   An antique mahogany cupboard with small niches filled with precious objects, rare. A wall of shelves and trinkets and sculptures and paintings in memory of the most beautiful and original there is in the world. A priceless treasure collected in centuries of painst...

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  WTI Magazine #43    2014 September, 17Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Nine eleven is always a grieving day for me. Last Thursday, September 11 2014, like every year, even before We the Italians was born, I attended the small ceremony which takes place in Rome, where the Embassy of the United States and the city of Rome commemorat...

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  WTI Magazine #43    2014 September, 17Author : Simone Callisto Manca      Translation by:   The history of the sport is sometimes made of extraordinary coincidences, that some may think just because of destiny, while others may believe it to happen thanks to something higher. Valentino Rossi, the old (for a Moto GP rider) and ailing motorcycli...

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  WTI Magazine #43    2014 September, 17Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn      Translation by:   Caponata is a delicious dish, typical of the Sicilian cuisine made with sautéed vegetables (mostly eggplants) and seasoned with sweet and sour sauce. Sicilians are very proud of it because it is made only native Sicilian ingredients. It can be serve...

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