Cresce l'export agroalimentare italiano negli Usa
E' presto per tracciare un bilancio della partecipazione italiana al Winter Fancy Food, la principale manifestazione della West Coast dedicata alle specialità alimentari, che si è svolta a San Francisco dal 13 al 15 gennaio con 52 aziende nel Padiglione italiano (“The Extraordinary Italian Taste”), 23 nell'area Usa e un'affluenza di oltre 30mila vi...
Mario Puzo, il vero padrino di tutta l’epica mafiosa al cinema e in tv
Si fa un gran parlare dei Soprano, in occasione dei 20 anni della serie tv, di come abbia raccontato l’America e gli americani e, soprattutto, rinnovato il profilo del gangster italoamericano, liberandolo da molti cliché e, allo stesso tempo, giocandoci sopra. Non c’è dubbio che James Gandolfini e lo sceneggiatore e regista David Chase abbiano fatt...
James Gandolfini Forever Changed the Fabric of the American Gangster Story
On Jan. 10, 1999, a new show debuted on HBO. The Sopranos begins with what would become the iconic song, “Woke Up This Morning,” written, remixed and performed by the British band, Alabama, as the main protagonist, Tony Soprano, is seen driving through the Lincoln Tunnel and passing through the tollbooth toward the New Jersey Turnpike. As he drives...
How NOT To Cook Pasta
What follows is a gallery of culinary horrors: pasta dishes gone horribly wrong. They may look good, even tasty to you, but believe me, no true Italian would ever prepare, or even eat, a dish of pasta like the ones you are going to see. Cooking pasta is quite simple. We already gave you the step by step guide to cooking true Italian pasta. The basi...
Kaye Ballard, One of the Mothers-in-Law on the 1960s NBC Sitcom, Dies at 93
Kaye Ballard, the singer, actress and comedienne best known for starring as one of the meddling title characters on the 1960s NBC sitcom The Mothers-in-Law, has died. She was 93. Ballard, a popular nightclub entertainer and star on Broadway who was the first to record the popular tune "Fly Me to the Moon," died Monday at her home in Rancho Mirage,...
ONE VOICE Defends Columbus on Radio
By now you have heard that the president of Notre Dame, under pressure from students and Native American groups, has agreed to cover up murals of Christopher Columbus. Executive Board Member of the Italian American One Voice Coalition Andre DiMino will be speaking about this issue on six different radio stations today and tomorrow - including the I...
The Sopranos and Italian Dialects: The Real Story of Our Language
This week, an article appeared in northjersey.com, part of the USA Today Network, that begins “You may be speaking Soprano–and not even know it.” The article talks about HBO’s show The Sopranos and how it used “Italian-American food slang words” that only New Yorkers know. The article lists a number of words such as “goomah” and “goomba” and their...
Emilia Zecchino’s newly released “Only in America” is a stirring testament to the land of opportunity.
“Only in America”: an invigorating memoir of a self-made chef. “Only in America” is the creation of published author Emilia Zecchino, an accomplished chef, renowned founder of specialty frozen food company Holiday Foods, and war bride from Italy who first settled in Flushing, New York, in 1947. Dorothy Ross, commissioner of Hallandale city beach, w...
Playoff committee adds Arkansas State AD, ex-Army Chief of Staff, and former Texas A&M coach
The College Football Playoff committee has some significant military experience once again. The playoff announced Wednesday that Gen. Ray Odierno would join the committee in 2019. Odierno, a former Army Chief of Staff, joins the committee with Arkansas State athletic director Terry Mohajir and former Texas A&M coach R.C. Slocum. Odierno is the chai...
ONE VOICE Defends Columbus on Radio - Denounces Notre Dame President
Andre’ DiMino, Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition Communications Director, will be on The Gene Valicenti Show, Tuesday 1/22 at about 8:20 AM East discussing Rev. John Jenkins, Notre Dame President’s decision to remove venerable Columbus art murals from the University. “What a complete disgrace,” stated DiMino. “And it is unbelievable that he wou...
Why America Targeted Italian-Americans During World War II
Louis Berizzi was in his pajamas when FBI agents burst into his Manhattan apartment and arrested him. As his daughter, Lucetta, and the rest of the family watched, wiping the sleep from their eyes, he hurried into clothing and was taken away. Soon after, FBI agents questioned Lucetta, too. Why did she speak such good Italian? Had her father engaged...
What is the difference between ice cream and gelato?
LaDonnia Jones, owner of crEATe Donuts says people in Utah love ice cream. In fact, we are in the top ten of ice cream consuming states. But, gelato hasn't typically been as well known in Utah as in other ice cream loving areas. She says every day people ask her, "What is the difference between ice cream and gelato?" Gelato is the Italian versio...