Olive Oil May Be Better For Men Than Viagra, Study Claims
A new study on sexual health may have a lot of men running to their favorite Italian restaurant tonight. According to scientists in Greece, olive oil may be better than Viagra when it comes to boosting sexual performance. The study, published by the University of Athens, examined over 600 men and found that an olive oil-rich diet cut the risk of er...
Il Re del gelato italiano negli USA partito con 133 dollari in banca
“Devi credere in te stesso quando non ci crede nessun altro. Questo è ciò che ti rende un vincitore” diceva Venus Williams. Così ha fatto Stefano Versace (43 anni, nella foto sopra). Aveva un sogno: aprire la più grande catena di gelaterie negli USA. Oggi gestisce oltre 20 gelaterie aperte dal 2013 ad oggi. Non è gelataio, ma un investitore e impr...
The Marvelous Stanley Tucci on His Storied Career and Nicknaming Ving Rhames
Everyone loves Stanley Tucci. Or, at least, everyone who loves movies does, given that the accomplished 57-year-old actor is never less than captivating, be it in demanding dramas, loopy comedies, or larger-than-life enterprises that require him to sport outrageous blue hair and giant chompers (The Hunger Games) or to act opposite three-story-tall...
Fraulini Guitars’ Todd Cambio Digs for Inspiration in the Overlooked Guitars of the Past
My brother and I were in a record store looking through the bargain bin, and there was a copy of Cream’s Disraeli Gears, and right next to it, Muddy Waters’ Hard Again,” Todd Cambio says. “At the time, I was 14 and trying to play harmonica. I really wanted to buy Disraeli Gears, but my brother told me to get Hard Again because Muddy always had the...
The strange tale of how bologna became America's go-to lunchmeat
The quintessential American school lunch of the 1970s and 80s, a bologna sandwich on white bread with mayonnaise (*shudder*) is only American in the sense that it is the bastardized version of a culinarily superior food first brought to the United Stated by immigrants from the other side of the world. Though pronounced “baloney” – itself an accepte...
Cerimonia di commemorazione per il cappellano militare Vincent Capodanno
Avrà luogo nella giornata di giovedì 30 agosto, a partire dalle 10, in piazza “Vincent Capodanno” nella città di Gaeta, la cerimonia commemorativa del cinquantunesimo anniversario della scomparsa dell’eroe italo-americano, Vincent Capodanno, a cui è dedicata, per l’appunto, l’omonima piazza. Capodanno è stato tenente cappellano militare della Marin...
College Life Italia, De Rossi: "Corsi per coach, un successo!"
Ha avuto luogo dal 22 al 24 giugno, presso il Mancini Park Hotel di Roma, il corso d’inglese per coach targato College Life Italia: l’associazione, in partnership con l’AIAC, ha tenuto un programma intensivo col duplice obiettivo di formare gli allenatori sia sul gergo tecnico calcistico, dando loro gli strumenti per condurre una sessione di allena...
ISDA Shines: Dramatic Growth Drives Bright Future for Italian Americans
Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA) is making history with its dramatic growth. Hundreds of delegates gathered in Buffalo, N.Y. at ISDA’s Biennial Convention last week, and were the first to hear the news: National President Basil Russo unveiled plans for three lodges — one in New York City and two in New Jersey — that will become new corn...
Jack Costanzo, Musician Known as Mr. Bongo, Dies at 98
Jack Costanzo, a Chicagoan of Italian descent who taught himself to play the bongos and, somewhat improbably, became a ubiquitous figure in Afro-Cuban jazz, accompanying singers like Nat King Cole and mingling with Marlon Brando and other Hollywood stars, died on Aug. 18 in Lakeside, Calif., near San Diego. He was 98. The cause was a ruptured abdom...
Birra Moretti Announces ‘What’s More Italian’ Summer Program
As summer heats up, Birra Moretti, Italy’s #1 selling beer* made in the traditional way since 1859, is finding its rightful place in the world of foodies. The brand’s ‘What’s More Italian’ summer program includes a partnership with former Check, Please! Host Cat De Orio and Barilla® Pasta Executive Chef Lorenzo Boni to encourage LDA+ consumers to e...
Comedian Tom Papa Breaks Bread Across The Country In Brand New Food Network Series BAKED
When carb-loving comedian Tom Papa isn't doing stand-up, he is probably eating, thinking about or making bread (his specialty is sourdough), and he takes his passion for baked goods to the next level in the new Food Network series Baked. In his mission to find the country's best breads and pastries, Tom hits cities from coast to coast to shine a li...
Commedia dell’arte queen Chiara Durazzini
A student of commedia dell’arte since her college days in Bologna, Chiara Durazzini champions the art form here in America through her troupe, Pazzi Lazzi. As a champion of commedia dell’arte — an Italian theatrical tradition with roots in the 1500s — Chiara Durazzini is used to hearing theater aficionados confess their ignorance. In some cases, no...