11 Surprising Facts About A Bronx Tale
On September 29, 1993, the now-defunct Savoy Pictures distributed the coming-of-age crime drama A Bronx Tale, starring Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri. It was based on a one-man show Palminteri had started performing in Los Angeles in 1989, and then performed it Off-Broadway the same year. Palminteri ended up writing the screenplay and using it...
Meet Our New Pasta Book
Have you heard the news? On Tuesday, October 2, 2018, we're launching our second book – and it's yes, it's all about pasta. Distilling the culinary wisdom of our chefs and pasta makers, All About Pasta is our newest book to release on the market. The latest addition to the family follows our first book, How to Eataly, which was published in 2014. T...
Congratulations to NIAF member Lori DeVito
Congratulations to NIAF member Lori DeVito for receiving Denver Business Journal’s 2018 Outstanding Women in Business Award in Energy on August 23. DeVito is the president of AET Environmental which provides services to help clients comply with Environmental Protection Agency regulations in safely disposing of hazardous wastes. DeVito’s company has...
Worked-motivated italians. Not strangers abroad
"Worked-motivated italians. Not strangers abroad", ovvero lavoratori motivati e non stranieri all’estero: è la fotografia degli italiani in mobilità che emerge dal rapporto 2018 di Expat Insider, indagine annuale ed internazionale sul mondo visto attraverso gli expat di ogni nazionalità. Secondo il focus dedicato all’emigrazione italiana, "Italians...
An Italian-Designed, American-Built Helicopter Will Replace US Air Force Hueys
The selection of the Boeing-Leonardo MH-139 ends a years-long quest to replace the 1970s-era UH-1Ns. Almost two decades after the U.S. Air Force started trying to replace the Vietnam-era helicopters that patrol missile fields and stand by to evacuate senior officials, the service announced Monday that it has placed an initial order of MH-139 helico...
Italian American Heritage Month, and a New Age of Discovery
Each October, we come together and celebrate National Italian American Heritage Month. It is a time set aside for the 18 million Americans of Italian descent to reflect on their family’s history, traditions and values. The most meaningful way to do this is by making certain your family’s story is kept alive: Pass it on to your children, grandchild...
Do You Know Your Italian Roots? Genealogy Research Project
If not, here’s your chance to win a Genealogy Research Project! Contest begins October 1, 2018! In honor of Italian American Heritage Month, the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America (OSDIA) is holding a contest to win a genealogy research project donated by My Italian Family (valued at $2,000). Through the entire month of October, individua...
Il sigaro Toscano sbarca negli Usa «Niente negozi, solo sommelier»
Il lifestyle italiano non è fatto solo di moda, arte, cibo, vino, design e mobili. Nel paniere dei prodotti che disegnano lo stile di vita e il “buon vivere” tricolore, da valorizzare e promuovere all'estero, ora prenota un posto d’onore il sigaro Toscano, marchio d’eccellenza del made in Italy forte di 200 anni di storia, posizionamento premium e...
L’On. La Marca (PD) discute con il Direttore Marco Giudici le questioni sollevate dai connazionali sulle trasmissioni di RAI Italia
L’On. Francesca La Marca venerdì 28 settembre ha incontrato il Direttore di RAI Italia, Dott. Marco Giudici, per discutere con il responsabile della maggiore struttura dedicata agli italiani all’estero extraeuropei di una serie di questioni sulle quali si manifesta una maggiore sensibilità da parte dei nostri connazionali. Nel corso del lungo e cor...
Migrant Marketplaces: Food and Italians in North and South America
Tuesday, October 9, 2018, 6pm John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036. Italian immigrants to the United States and Argentina hungered for the products of home: Merchants imported Italian cheese, wine, olive oil, and other commodities to meet the demand. As a result, migrant marketplaces came i...
Lady Gaga Used Her "Insane" Spaghetti Recipe to Win Over Bradley Cooper
Now we know the secret to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's insane chemistry in A Star Is Born. It all began, you see, over a plate of pasta. While appearing on Conan, the actor and director talked about the first sit-down with the film's leading lady — and it sounds way more cozy and delicious than your average business meeting. After asking her fu...
Due eminenti esperti italiani premiati dall'American geophysical union
La più grande organizzazione mondiale di scienze della Terra e scienze spaziali, composta da oltre 60.000 membri che rappresentano oltre 140 diversi Paesi, onora 33 individui eccezionali. Ogni anno infatti l’American geophysical union (Agu) premia uomini di scienza per i loro eccezionali risultati, contributi e servizio alla comunità di scienze del...