A lesson in History: Army North celebrates its 75th Anniversary
A soft instrumental song played in the background as five soldiers garbed in the Army’s WWII Herringbone Twill uniform with combat helmets stood statuesque in front of U.S. Army North’s venerated clock tower. Gradually, the band’s music died-down, the crowd grew silent taking their respective seats, and the only sounds that could be heard was the p...
Versace Family disowns 'Fiction' of US TV Series on designer's death
The family of Italian designer Gianni Versace has distanced itself from a long-awaited US television series about his violent death. The nine-part series, made by 21st Century Fox and premiering next week, stars Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. Versace was gunned down in 1997 at the entrance gate of his Miami beac...
Tradition be damned. This quick Italian sauce suddenly goes with everything
Vitello tonnato. Pronounce it, as an Italian would, trippingly off the tongue. Translate the traditional dish into English — veal with a tuna-flavored mayonnaise — and that initial mellifluous charm fades fast. “It’s such a delicate dish, but such specific, strong flavors,” British chef Ruth Rogers said. “Once you start describing it, it becomes mo...
2018 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition
Submissions are now being accepted for the 2018 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the annual awards program organized by Confindustria Ceramica and the Italian Trade Agency honors the exceptional work of North American architects and designers who feature Italian ceramic and porcelain tile in their resi...
A Shovel and a Dream – Dan Yaccarino on the Italian American Immigrant Story
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast episode, I speak with Dan Yaccarino, an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator with more than thirty books to his credit. We’re going to talk specifically about one of his books called All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel. The children’s book details his...
Cent’anni fa, quando la musica popolare siciliana conquistò l’America
Nei giorni in cui risuona negli aeroporti siciliani l’amaro trascinarsi dei trolley dei nostri figli all’estero, pendolari per le Feste, si affollano nella mente le immagini di Ellis Island dove nei primi anni del ‘900 approdarono oltre 4 milioni di italiani, in larga parte provenienti dal meridione e in cerca di una vita migliore. Nello specchio l...
Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena Campaign In The US Market Shows Positive Results After First Year
Authenticity, history and passion are the three words that sum up the Consortium for the Protection of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena's strategy for tackling the huge challenge of purchasing awareness in US consumers. The campaign was launched in 2017 to develop positive dynamics towards the US market and to make a real contribution in increasing aware...
World-Renowned Chef and TV Host Lidia Bastianich Becomes UNA-USA’s First Celebrity Champion for Refugee Youth Education
The United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) today announced Emmy award-winning public television host, best‐selling cookbook author, restaurateur, and former refugee Lidia Bastianich as its first celebrity champion for refugee youth education. As her first act in this role, Bastianich is asking Americans to host fundraising dinners to provi...
Genetic diversity in DNA testing of Italians should be expected
To people of Italian – and especially Sicilian Italian – descent who have had DNA tests and are bothered that results didn’t show them to be 100% genetically Italian – don’t sweat it. In fact, if anything, these results could just be proof of how Italian you really are! Before I explain, first of all let’s establish that when most of us say we’re I...
Where could you use your knowledge of Italian?
If you have lived in cities with an ethnic population that arrived from the mid-1800’s to early 1900’s then you have encountered the Italian language and culture. Industries heavily populated by Italian immigrants include stone masonry (the Lincoln Memorial was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers), canal construction, agriculture, the arts, and natur...
M.S. Walker Brings Sicilian Brand, Amaro dell'Etna, To The United States for The First Time
M.S. Walker has announced that it is introducing Amaro dell’Etna, a Sicilian digestif that has been produced near Mt. Etna in Italy for more than 100 years, into the U.S. market. Amaro dell’Etna has its roots, both literally and figuratively, on the slopes of Mt. Etna, where more than twenty-six native herbs and aromatic plants used to craft this s...
Italian-American baseball ambassadors
“Italians were once second-class citizens in the United States and invisible in baseball before players like Tony Lazzeri and Joe DiMaggio rose to prominence. Not having an appreciation of your heritage is like an olive tree without roots. Baseball is a part of mine.” —Roberto Angotti. In his new, award-winning documentary, “The Italian American Ba...