Families gather for Salute America event
As he leaned against his conductor's stand, Col. Arnald D. Gabriel wiped a tear from his eye. The 91 year old World War II veteran, who was part of the U.S. Army's 29 th Infantry Division talked about how his parents came to America from Italy many years ago. Their patriotism, he said, is what makes the Fourth of July so important to him.&...
Dominick Nicastro of Rockaway Twp. chosen to lead UNICO National
On July 30, Rockaway Township resident Dominick Nicastro will be installed as the 94th president of UNICO, said to be the largest Italian American service organization in the country. The motto of UNICO, which was founded in 1922 and now has 132 chapters nationwide, is "Service Above Self." While it celebrates Italian heritage, the non-pro...
Italian Jams and Sauces From a Family Trove
By Suzanne Zimmer Lowery When Dominique Debroux came to America from Torino, in Northern Italy as an infant, her mother, AnnaMaria, brought along a trove of family recipes dating to Dominique's great grandfather's days as a chef to royalty. Now 51 and the mother of 9-year-old Gaia, Debroux has turned that trove into AnnaMaria's Foods, a C...
Application for 2013 -The Coccia-Inserra Award honors a teacher of Italian at the K-12 level. $3000 for his/her school, to be used exclusively to advance the Italian language and culture curriculum
The Coccia-Inserra Award honors a teacher of Italian at the K-12 level, and is generously donated by Coccia Foundation in the name and memory of its founder, Cav. Joseph Coccia, Jr., and by Mr. Lawrence R. Inserra, Jr. Founded in 1994 by Joseph and Elda Coccia, and now under the leadership of President Elisa Coccia, Coccia Foundation aggressively p...
Fettuccine Alfredo, spaghetti & meat balls e il gusto del mangiar glocal
di Riccardo Giumelli Provate a chiedere ad un italiano, normalmente residente in Italia, se conosce le "fettuccine Alfredo" (fettuccine con burro e parmigiano, http://ricette.giallozafferano.it/Fettuccine-Alfredo.html). Noterete, nella maggioranza dei casi, un'espressione di perplessità e smarrimento seguita da un deciso: No! Oppure chiedete se ha...
Finmeccanica and the Embassy of Italy host the Fifth Annual Tribute Concert in Honor of Wounded Warriors
The fifth annual tribute concert in honor of U.S. military personnel wounded in the line of duty was held on November 2nd and hosted by Finmeccanica and the Embassy of Italy in Washington, DC. The concert, entitled A Grand Night at the Opera, featured Maestro Alexis Soriano and The New York Opera Society Chamber Orchestra, who performed a collectio...
Stafford Annual Toy Drive Is Decades-Old Tradition
Stafford Township's annual holiday toy drive, organized by the municipal recreation department and the PBA, is legendary. At the Italian-American Social and Civic Club of Stafford last week, 156 toys, donated by the club's members, were lined up for a photo op before loaded into trucks and transported to the Bay Avenue Community Center, wh...
Language Coordinator Position at Rutgers University
The Department of Italian at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick Campus), invites applications for a three-year renewable position as Language Coordinator at the rank of Instructor, beginning on July 1, 2014. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in hand in Italian Studies and a specialization and/or long experi...
Let's fill the streets! Good Friday procession - april 18
The annual GOOD FRIDAY procession through the streets of Little Italy is a wonderful tradition! Join parishioners and clergy in this beautiful and moving OUTDOORS STATIONS OF THE CROSS that processes through the streets of Little Italy following the Corpus of Christ. The stations on large boards are set up at various restaurants and reside...
The wines of Toscana, Italy with Mark Luna in Washington
Tuscany is without doubt one of those wine regions that give some of the most important reds in the World. It is a region full of tradition, but in continuous evolution since the introduction of international grape varietals and the use of the French barrels that became common in the seventies. Beginning in the 80's and through the 90's th...
Al Gala del Niaf si rafforza il legame fra Usa e Italia
Un grande festone, come sempre. Emozioni degli italo americani, ricordi dei nonni o bisnonni immigrati negli Stati Uniti con niente, e un aspetto nostalgico, da fine di un'epoca: il Gala del Niaf (National Italian American Foundation) ieri sera si è tenuto per l'ultima volta al Washington Hilton dove negli anni abbiamo visto sfilare per l'Italia, d...
On the Table: At Alla Famiglia you'll find mega meatballs and a 28-ounce veal chop
By Melissa McCart Where else can you get a meatball bigger than a softball? At Alla Famiglia, it arrives in a red sea of marinara, stuffed with mozzarella then covered with a blanket of provolone and garnished with a dash of chopped parsley. It's pillowy soft but still comes with a giant steak knife. When you see a plate like this,...