New Cookbook Celebrates Italian-American Culinary Heritage
A rich tapestry of flavors and traditions unfolds in the newly released cookbook, "A Taste for All Seasons: A Healthy Blend of Italian and American Cuisines." This debut publication offers a unique culinary journey, seamlessly weaving together authentic Italian recipes with the vibrant influences of American cuisine. The collection stands as a test...
Italy's Enel to raise US green energy capacity with wind farms swap
Italy's biggest utility Enel opens new tab has signed a swap deal with U.S. Gulf Pacific Power covering some wind farm assets which will boost its net consolidated green capacity in the United States by 285 megawatts. The deal is part of Enel's strategy to up its generation capacity from renewable sources also through the acquisition of so-called '...
What Stanley Tucci (really) reveals about Italy through his cuisine
What if eating became an act of memory? This is the challenge taken up by Stanley Tucci in his documentary series “Tucci in Italy”, a journey as intimate as it is universal. In this culinary fresco by National Geographic, broadcast on Disney+, Stanley Tucci doesn’t play a role. He lives, he searches, he tastes. Born of Italian-American parents, he...
2025 IABF College Baseball and Softball Scholarships Announced
The Italian American Baseball Foundation has increased its college baseball and softball scholarship offerings for the fifth consecutive year This year, we reached 20 recipients, who were reviewed and approved by the IABF Scholarship Committee. Each student-athlete combines a strong academic standing and is playing college baseball or softball at t...
Chazz Palminteri & Robert Davi To Star Alongside Their Sons In Crime Thriller ‘Bad News on the Doorstep’
Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale) and Robert Davi (License to Kill) have signed on to star in the upcoming mafia crime thriller Bad News on the Doorstep. Their sons, Dante Palminteri (Rocky’s) and Nick Davi (Paper Empire) will play the lead roles in the pic. Principal photography recently wrapped in Rhode Island. Produced by Verdi Productions (Bleed...
Dual citizenship: tell us your opinion
We the Italians want to listen to our community, anyone with Italian roots living in the United States. To begin, we focus on a particularly important topic: what do you think about the recent law limiting the ability to obtain Italian citizenship? We will let the Italian institutions have the result of this survey. Please answer here: https://form...
Thanks to Netflix's 'Nonnas,' Italian grandmas are having their moment
When hot cultural trends come to mind, the frumpy, feisty Italian grandmothers of my childhood aren’t usually at the top of the list. And yet "Nonnas," the breakaway Netflix film starring these very kinds of characters, has been the no. 1 film in the rankings and viewed more than 20 million times since its release, continuing to make headlines and...
“Is He Threatening Enough?” The role of Tony Soprano came down to three actors. Inside an HBO conference room, David Chase needed convincing.
James Gandolfini was unknown to most TV viewers when he got the role of Tony Soprano. But if you were a connoisseur of character actors in the mid-’90s, he was already on your radar. Gandolfini had made a powerful impression in multiple big-screen supporting roles, including the intimidating Lt. Bobby Dougherty in submarine thriller Crimson Tide; a...
Luciano Pavarotti Biopic ‘Vox Divina’ Announced
A Luciano Pavarotti biopic, titled “Vox Divina,” is in the works. The LA-based production company, Women Occupy Hollywood, has secured rights to Italian writer-director Ivana Massetti’s Pavarotti biopic. Following two years of research, the film will chronicle the tenor’s life from his boyhood in Modena, Italy, to his confirmation as a star at the...
Lady Gaga is now only one award away from EGOT status
Lady Gaga won the Sports Emmy Award in the Best Musical Direction category for singing Hold My Hand before the start of the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Her performance, a tribute to the 14 people who died during the Jan. 1 terrorist attack on Bourbon Street, moved the world. Now, Lady Gaga is only a Tony Award away from joining the Olympus of EGOT a...
87-Year-Old Connie Francis Reacts to Her 1962 Song ‘Pretty Little Baby’ Going Viral On TikTok
Connie Francis, 87, was surprised to learn her 1962 song “Pretty Little Baby” is having a massive resurgence, going viral on TikTok—even if she had to ask what exactly that meant. Sixty-three years after she recorded the track, it’s become a huge hit on TikTok, where even celebrities like Kylie Jenner have recorded lip-sync videos. Overall, “Pretty...
Italy, US bolster cooperation for recovery of missing WW2 soldiers' remains
Italy and the U.S. signed a memorandum to improve recovery operations for American military personnel who went missing in action in World War Two and were never accounted for.The conflict saw intense fighting across the Italian peninsula from 1943 to 1945, following the Allied invasion of Sicily and the subsequent campaign to liberate Italy from Fa...