Grana Padano PDO And Urbani Truffles Announce First Annual Black Truffle Festival
Grana Padano PDO, Italy's most popular PDO cheese world-wide, and Urbani Truffles, the leading global purveyor of fresh truffles and truffle products, have teamed up for the First Annual Black Truffle Festival, June 15th – 24th. This year's 10-day festival will launch exclusively in restaurants across New York, Miami and San Francisco, allowing che...
Actor Zach Braff and the history of Italian American food
On the latest episode of my podcast,”Your Last Meal” actor and filmmaker Zach Braff lets his native New Jersey shine through by proclaiming his love for chicken parm. “Chicken parm is my favorite thing in the world, I could eat chicken parm every single day,” Braff said. “It’s just so good, I want to have it every day. My mouth is watering and it’s...
JICMS conference 14-15 July 2019 CFP
CALL FOR PAPERS - Global Intersections and Artistic Interconnections: Italian Cinema and Media across Times and Spaces. Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies - Second International Conference. The American University of Rome. 14-15 June 2019. Keynote Speaker: Professor Milly Buonanno, La Sapienza University. Intersections of local and global:...
Un tenore ragusano in America
Lui si chiama Jonathan Cilia Faro, ha 36 anni, è originario di Ragusa ma vive negli Stati Uniti dove di professione fa il tenore popolare. Si, perché in America essere un artista, un cantante lirico, uno che, insomma, lavora con la musica, è considerato un vero lavoro. Jonathan Cilia Faro ha lasciato l’Italia 14 anni fa. In un’intervista rilasciata...
No baloney! Prosciutto is pure gold
During the Great Depression our top of the line favorite lunch meat was Italian prosciutto. Unfortunately, all we could afford was fried rubbery bologna, except for one instance. It was in the early 1930s, when my Uncle Joe from Utah came to visit us. He brought a big home cured “bone in the prosciutto” type ham for all of us to eat. He raised and...
Classic 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO sold for record $70 million
A classic Ferrari has changed hands for a world record $70 million. The 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO, known as the Holy Grail model, won the Tour de France in 1964, which is one of the world’s most famous and historic motor races. It is a 174 mph road-legal racing car and one of only 36 built between 1962 and 1964. For years, the Ferrari, likened to a Pica...
Sinatra’s Turn At The Movies
In Frank Sinatra’s early days of stardom, the man known as the Chairman of the Board could send legions of bobby soxers swooning with his Italian light baritone and a flicker of his ol’ blue eyes. But as the 1940s turned into the 1950s and a string of poorly received musicals and an adulterous affair with Ava Gardner caused his popularity to wane,...
Prosecco DOC Partners with Renowned Restaurants, Wine Experts, and Producers for National Prosecco Week
The Prosecco DOC Consortium, the entity that oversees production and quality of the hugely popular Italian sparkling wine, is pleased to announce the participants for its National Prosecco Week Masterclasses and Prosecco & Pizza Competition, taking place June 11-16th. These events will take place throughout the United States-New York, San Francisco...
Memorial Day 2018 : Photos From The Memorials Dedicated to Fallen Italian American Soldiers
Although Memorial Day has passed, the actual memorials of many Italian Americans who bravely served our country proudly stand day-after-day in various places throughout the United States. The photos in this post depict most of the memorials that I have encountered in various Italian neighborhoods in the United States over the last several years of...
Message from the Ambassador of Italy in Washington, Armando Varricchio, on the occasion of the Italian National Day, 2018
Dear fellow Italians, dear Italian-American friends, as we celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the foundation of the Republic we remember the choice of freedom made by Italian women and men on June 2, 1946. A choice that has allowed our country to join the path of democracy and progress in the transatlantic and European framework. This year is also t...
Negroni Week at Eataly USA
What's the best way to kick off summer like an Italian? Just chill. Then, drink a Negroni. Luckily for you, Negroni Week is here again! From June 4 to 10, Eataly USA will be a mecca for lovers of the classic Italian cocktail as we participate once again in the annual campaign, which raises money for charitable organizations in the most delicious wa...
L’Italo Americano and its 110 years of history serving Italian heritage
Domenico Di Salvo arrived on Ellis Island on September 5, 1907. He had left on the 23 rd of August on the Koenig Albert steamer, which had been used only for a few years on the profitable Genoa-Naples-New York route. When fully loaded, the fast transatlantic liner built in the shipyards of Szczecin, today in Poland, could carry 2175 passengers, 18...