Tartufo, cresce l'export negli Usa
Un giro di affari di circa 21 milioni di dollari. A tanto ammonta l'import del tartufo negli Stati Uniti nel 2017. Un mercato che tuttavia non prende in considerazione i prodotti trasformati a base di tartufo che, si stima, contribuiscano per un ulteriore 40%. Di questi 21 milioni, il 57% è relativo all'import italiano di solo tartufo. Un trend che...
Balsamic Vinegar of Modena Convinced the American & Italian Chefs
After the debut of last year, here is a great success for the second edition of the “Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, the Original” project at Fancy Food Show in New York. The Show is the largest for specialty food in North America, featuring exhibitors from 54 countries as well as the United States and continues to attract top buyers eager to make new...
Historic Sparkling Italian Wine Spritzer Infused With Botanicals and Fruit Juice Debuts in United States
Sprizzerí, Italy's original wine spritzer, is making a splash in the United States in time for summer gatherings. Downright delightful, is a refreshing sparkling wine spritzer that is infused with herbs, flower blossoms and fruit juice. Originating in Northern Italy in 1934, the brand's popularity led to its significant growth and expansion across...
'The Sacco Gang' is a Sicilian Western
During the 1960s, what was once an essentially American institution, the Western motion picture, was pretty much taken over as a thriving Italian movie industry churned out numerous box-office hits that came to be called Spaghetti Westerns. So what, you might ask, does this have to do with Andrea Camilleri's short novel, "The Sacco Gang," as transl...
Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101
Nancy Sinatra Sr., the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101. Her daughter, Nancy Sinatra Jr., tweeted that her mother died Friday and a posting on her web page said she died at 6:02 p.m. but didn't indicate where she died. "She was a blessing and the...
ESPN, Turner reportedly at head of sudden race for Italian Serie A TV rights
For the last few moths, there hasn’t been much news on the future of the TV rights for Italy’s Serie A in the US. BeIN previously held the rights, but they expired after the 2017-18 seasonand IMG opted to bundle the rights with the rights to England’s FA Cup to encourage higher bids. Those bids never surfaced, and no one knew where in the hell eith...
America Is Developing a Roman-Style Pizza Addiction
As a kid growing up in suburban Wisconsin in the ’90s, a “surprise, we brought home pizza!" from the adults in the house meant a couple of stuffed crusts from Pizza Hut. Luigi Roditis, who now makes his own pizza at nine-month-old il Romanista in Los Angeles, had it a little better during his childhood. The LA native spent summers visiting relative...
“The Black Hand”, Stephan Talty racconta la vera storia di Joe Petrosino
Il giornalista e scrittore americano Stephan Talty, alle ore 18 di martedì 17 luglio 2018 a Palermo, incontrerà la stampa italiana presso i locali di SPAZIO AGORA’ (via XII Gennaio, 2). Stephan Talty, è autore del libro “La mano nera. La vera storia di Joe Petrosino”, tradotto di recente anche in italiano. I diritti del libro di Talty sono stati ac...
Author Gina Fava releases collection of stories and recipes rich with Italian tradition and trends during Italian festival season
Gina Fava, an author of suspense novels and a feature writer on travel, Italian culture, art, wine, cooking, books, and cinema has written a new book, Un Momento: A Taste of Italian-American Pastimes, a non-fiction collection of essays and recipes for release in the midst of Italian festival season. Un Momento is Fava’s first nonfiction book, which...
De Cecco brings its organic line to the USA
Italian leading pasta company De Cecco is expanding its products’ portfolio on the United States market, starting with its new organic pasta line. At the Summer Fancy Food Show 2018, Italianfood.net interviewed Stanislao Marrazzo from the company to know more about De Cecco’s strategies: The Summer Fancy Food Show is an opportunity to showcase our...
Levoni charcuterie conquering the US market
Italian charcuterie company Levoni is expanding in the USA market. At the Summer Fancy Food Show 2018, Italianfood.net interviewed the president Nicola Levoni and asked him about the new products the company is launching in the US: We would like to export every one of our Italian charcuterie specialties here. In Italy we make 300 different kinds o...
Fried Pizza: an Italian creation America was destined to love
Fried pizza is as Neapolitan as buffalo mozzarella. It's been sold in Naples, Italy by restaurants like Fiorenzano and Pizzerie Starita, for decades and decades. The owner of Pizzeria Di Matteo once even claimed the fried version was more popular than the baked kind until the 1950s, and it still accounts for a third of the restaurant's sales. Gino...