Lidia Bastianich Built A Culinary Empire On A Bed Of Pasta
Bestselling author, Emmy award-winner and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich wants people to embrace what she calls “food diplomacy.” As she sees it, food is the common denominator and direct line of communication between people. Bastianich has been using food as a tool to communicate since she was a child living in Istria, which transferred from Itali...
Enter Third Annual Fantini Design Awards to Win a Trip to Italy
Fantini USA is calling for entries from designers and developers who are “inspired by water and passionate about Italian design” for its third annual Fantini Design Awards, which recognize excellence in kitchen and bath design in North America. All entries must be submitted no later than July 9, 2019. To qualify, entries need to be either a complet...
Is it Sauce or Gravy? Why Italians Argue About The Term
Italian-Americans are pretty split (and heavily opinionated) about whether their delicious Italian Sunday sugo is called “Sauce” or “Gravy.” As owner and content creator for Hardcore Italians for over 10+ years, I have seen this argument pop-up countless times. Opinions are always very one-sided and harsh. Nobody seems to care about where the term...
Italian American One Voice Coalition launches heritage initiative with a new video series - “The One Voice Minute”
The Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition (“ONE VOICE”), America’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, has launched a new initiative to bring interesting facts about the Italian American experience in America with a concise, interesting and fact-filled video. Dubbed “The ONE VOICE Minute” the debut edition released today con...
Adriana Trigiani presents the official trailer for Very Valentine
Adriana Trigiani’s Very Valentine. Starring Jacqueline Bisset and Kelen Coleman. Premiering Saturday, June 8th at 8/7c on Lifetime Television. Check your local listings Adriana is thrilled to share the official trailer for Very Valentine, starring Jacqueline Bisset and Kelen Coleman. Adriana’s screen adaptation of her bestselling novel premieres Sa...
Proud American: Mario Andretti talks to Fox News Autos about the 50th anniversary of his Indy 500 win
Mario Andretti became the Mario Andretti of legend on May 30, 1969. That’s the day he won his first and only Indianapolis 500 in commanding fashion, defeating second-place Dan Gurney by nearly two laps. He never took the checkered flag at The Brickyard again, but had an epic driving career that stretched into the 1990s. It included a Formula 1 cham...
Savino Del Bene expands U.S. operations
Savino Del Bene, an Italian logistics and freight forwarding company, has opened four additional offices in the United States and acquired a Kansas City freight forwarder.The new offices are in Cincinnati, Nashville, Philadelphia and Phoenix. Savino Del Bene already had 14 offices in the United States. “The new offices are an indicative strategy o...
A Celebration Of The Most Iconic Food Scenes In 'The Sopranos'
'The Sopranos' finale aired 12 years ago, but we're still thinking about one of the show's most prominent characters -- food! There's not a single episode of the New Jersey mafia drama that doesn't include someone chowing down on some braciole (stuffed beef rolls), manicotti (pasta stuffed with ricotta), baked ziti (a pasta bake with sausage) or a...
Tomato Fight: New lawsuit alleges imposter Italian tomatoes
Tomatoes are a cornerstone of Italian cooking and there's one particular tomato that's prized and priced above the rest-- the San Marzano tomato. "They get this very low acidity, PH is around 4.5, and they're sweeter," said Elia Gambaccini, whose family owns Cafe Baonecci in North Beach. Gambaccini says San Marzano tomatoes make for great pizza and...
Team Italy's Matteo Bocchi and Elisa Cecchetti end U.S. collegiate careers on high note
University of Texas pitcher Matteo Bocchi threw two innings of scoreless relief with four strikeouts against Big 12 Conference rival Oklahoma Sooners to close out his Longhorn baseball career at UFCU Disch Falk Field in Austin on May 16, 2019. The deceptive right-hander served as a starter and a reliever for a total of 33 innings during the 2019 se...
IAP 94: The Purest Form: Christopher Macchio on Art, Opera, and Using Talent to Serve Community
This is the Italian American Podcast, and in this episode, we talk to PBS-TV Star and Tenor Christopher Macchio about using your talent to serve your community. This is a fun-filled episode with a lot of stories, laughs and humor that might just make you reconsider your mission in life. Christopher Macchio is a PBS-TV Star & well-known Tenor. His p...
Michael Scagluso, Former Columbia Pictures Executive, Dies at 90
Michael Scagluso, a former studio sales executive with Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures, died Wednesday at his home in Commack, New York, his family said. He was 90. The first son of five children of Italian immigrants, Scagluso was born on May 1, 1929, in Long Island City, New York. He attended Newtown High School and started at Universal...