St. Joseph's Day: An official guide to the Italian tradition
St. Joseph’s Day is just one sign of spring that captures our attention with the universal language of food. Special pastries, a delightful pasta and very specific foods to the day -- this year celebrated on Tuesday, March 19 -- make it unique Italian tradition. This fantastical version of Pasta Con Sarde, pasta cooked with sardines, raisins, fenne...
A Tribute to Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
When Edie Falco discusses her relationship with James Gandolfini, with whom she created one of the most complex and moving portraits of marriage ever shown on television, she sometimes admits that the two didn’t know each other very well. She recently told the “Today” show that, during the eight years in which they filmed “The Sopranos,” they never...
Pianist Ludovico Einaudi Re-Signs With Decca, Plans North American Tour
The renowned Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi has renewed his worldwide recording contract with Decca Records ahead of his upcoming North American tour. Einaudi, who may be one of the most streamed artists in the world with more than 2 billion streams to date, is preparing for the release of his upcoming album Seven Days Walking, which...
Voli dall’Italia agli Stati Uniti: un’estate da boom anche con le low cost
L'estate 2019 vedrà da Bologna, Napoli, Roma, Venezia partire e arrivare molti aeromobili da e per l’America. Tra low cost, compagnie italiane e a stelle e strisce come l’American Airlines che dal 6 giugno fino a settembre, collegherà Bologna e Philadelphia. Dall’Italia saranno 10 i voli diretti verso gli Stati Uniti nella stagione estiva 2019 offe...
Luca Guadagnino Is Directing a New HBO Drama Set in Italy
Luca Guadagnino is quickly becoming one of the film world’s most exciting (and unpredictable) filmmakers. Now, it seems the director of “Suspiria” and “Call Me By Your Name” is looking to bring his work to television for a change. Observer is reporting that Guadagnino is working on an eight-episode series, directing the first two episodes (at least...
Certified Piedmontese And IRONMAN Partner To Provide "The Healthier Beef Option" To Triathlon And Endurance Athletes
Certified Piedmontese Beef, in conjunction with IRONMAN, a Wanda Sports Holding company, announced today a partnership to help provide IRONMAN athletes with "The Healthier Beef Option." The new partnership makes Certified Piedmontese the Official Beef Sponsor of IRONMAN North America. Certified Piedmontese Beef is a naturally lean, nutritious beef...
8 Things to Know About Life on Air
For more than two decades, Maria Bartiromo has been the face of financialjournalism. She is credited as the first reporter to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, where she covered breaking news for the CNBC program Squawk Box, and Bartiromo has continued to make waves as a television journalist ever since. A year ago, the...
Will Crutchfield reviews “A Life with Rossini”
The Italian title of this book – a tossed salad of information, anecdote, and reflection, delightful and infuriating like its author – is Divagazioni Rossiniane. Divagazione means digression or detour. It’s exactly the right title, and the book could perfectly well have been published in English as “Rossinian Digressions” – and yet “A Life with Ros...
How Mario Puzo penned ‘The Godfather’ to get out of debt — and made bank
In the late 1960s, Mario Puzo retreated to the basement nook that served as his office to work on a new book. The broom-closet-like space beneath his Long Island house had enough room for a desk, a typewriter and little more. The basement also held a pool table, and while Puzo typed away, his five children would come down and play loud games, forci...
How a Father’s Passing Sparked an Exploration of Italian American Heritage
I had just come in from visiting my father at Maine Medical Center, when the phone rang. I had a sinking feeling that it was the hospital calling. I put the receiver to my ear, and heard a voice. It was barely audible over my pounding heart. “Your father’s taken a turn for the worse,” it said. “You and your family should come back in.” I hung up,...
Review: Authentic Italian
With her book Authentic Italian (2018), author Dina M. Di Maio aims to disseminate The Real Story of Italy’s Food and Its People, as the subtitle explains, among American readers (and, presumably, also diners). She wants to dispel the prejudices and biases about Italian immigrants and their food by demonstrating and reclaiming the authentic Italia...
Washington: Ordine della Stella d’Italia a Flavia Colombo e Lucio D’Andrea
Si è svolta lunedì scorso all’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington la cerimonia di consegna di due onorificenze all’Ordine della Stella d’Italia. A ricevere il prestigioso riconoscimento, conferito dal Presidente della Repubblica, sono stati Flavia Colombo, nel grado di Cavaliere, e Lucio D’Andrea, quale Ufficiale dell’Ordine, in virtù dell’attività a...