A Gelato Museum where to learn how to make a perfect ice cream
After spending so many years abroad, I think today it is more frequent to find foreigners associating Italian culinary traditions to "Gelato" rather than to "pizza" and "spaghetti". In case you are interested in learning whether there is a reason for that or not, please be aware that in Italy, in Emilia Romagna, there is a beautiful Gelato...
Startup city: meno tasse e più Hub, così Roma sfida New York
Uno Startup Hub mediterraneo che alla fine di quest'anno conterà 12 acceleratori privati, un ecosistema che spinge per riforme strutturali che alleggeriscano (o eliminino, nel caso dell'Irap, l'imposta regionale sulle attività produttive) la pressione fiscale sulle imprese innovative e che abbia il «necessario» sostegno dello Stato «perché nel mond...
Napoli chiama New York: possibile cittadinanza onoraria per Bill de Blasio
Entra nel vivo la missione Niaf (National Italian American Foundation) in Campania. Domenica l'associazione degli italoamericani è giunta a Sorrento e domani sarà in città per incontrare il presidente della Regione, Stefano Caldoro, il console generale degli Stati Uniti, Colombia Barrosse, e una delegazione di imprese campane. E questo potrebbe ess...
Qui! Foundation, the Italian leader in converting food waste into useful resources
by Claudia Astarita "Un Pasto Buono per tutti", a good meal for everyone, this is the slogan that Mr. Gregorio Fogliani's Qui! Foundation used to promote its new initiative aimed to contribute to the fight against food waste and to enhance the protection of less affluent families in local society. This Italian foundation is trying...
Elements of the Good Life in Northern Italy
We could translate the terms benessere (well-being) or buonvivere (good living) literally, but that wouldn't quite relate their full meanings. Here in the Romagna region, it encompasses all the elements of a healthy lifestyle. Not just a healthy body, but a healthy mind, a healthy community, and a healthy environment. I stayed at the Grand...
Arriva al cinema “Unbroken” l’incredibile vera storia di Louis Zamperini
Esce domani in Italia l'attesissimo "Unbroken", film biografico che racconta l'incredibile storia vera di Louis Zamperini. Il film segna il secondo lavoro da regista dell'attrice americana Angelina Jolie dopo "In the Land of Blood and Honey" del 2011, e prima di "By The Sea", attualmente in post-produzione. Read more Sour...
A few reasons why Brunello di Montalcino 2010 bottles are extraordinary
The Brunello di Montalcino 2010 is one of the most eagerly awaited wines of the year. This is because 2010 bottles are broadly considered a 5 star vintage. From the 20 to the 23 of February, more than three thousand people will travel to Montalcino, the famous hill town in Tuscany, to join the "Welcome Brunello" tasting tour organized to c...
How an Italian Boy Survived 42 Minutes Underwater
by Alice Park An Italian boy who fell into a canal in Milan is the latest "miracle" drowning survivor. The 14 year old was jumping off a bridge with friends into 6.5-foot water when he failed to come up. It took rescuers creating a human chain and 42 minutes before they could find him in the murky water and bring him back up; he had no pul...
All about Traditional Balsamic Vinegar and how to choose the best
Though they are often mistakenly used interchangeably, balsamic vinaigrette and balsamic vinegar are not one and the same. Period. A vinaigrette is a cooking sauce or salad dressing made by mixing vinegar, oil and seasoning so balsamic vinaigrette should therefore presumably be made from balsamic vinegar but since the vinaigrette is so mass produce...
Si chiama Next l’auto del futuro ideata da due giovani talenti italiani. Modulare ed ecologica, si ricarica in corsa
"Immagina di prendere l'auto e partire per un viaggio. Immagina di volere un caffè. Fai una telefonata, la macchina modulo si attacca alla tua e si crea uno spazio interno dove tu puoi comodamente prendere il tuo caffè. Intanto, l'auto guida da sola". È questa l'idea di Tommaso Gecchelin, designer freelance classe 1985, per rivoluzionare il concet...
A turnaround, a first: seven foreigners out of 20 will head the most famous museums in Italy
by Antonello Cherchi Twenty of the most famous Italian museums – the Uffizi Museum in Florence, the Borghese Gallery in Rome, the Royal Palaces of Caserta and Capodimonte, the Archaeological Museum in Reggio Calabria with the Riace Bronzes, and the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, to name a few – will soon be headed by new top managers, inclu...
Italy’s sparkling spumante sales overtake champagne, thanks to English and American consumers
Italian spumante is reaping success abroad, as demonstrated by a study by Coldiretti (Italy's confederation of farmers) presented at Expo Milano 2015. In the first five months of 2015 Italian spumante sales abroad set an historic record, with an increase of 20% of bottles distributed. In the rankings of the preferred Italian sparkling wine...