New Online Visa Application System - E@pplication
As of October 11th, 2017 visa applicants will have the possibility to complete their application online, through a new system called "E@pplication". Once completed online, the request will need to be printed out and personally presented to the Visa office of this Consulate on the day of your appointment - along with all requested supporting documen...
Premio Eccellenza Italiana: Washington, i nomi dei vincitori
A Washington è andato in scena il Premio Eccellenza Italiana. Il comitato promotore, guidato da George G. Lombardi, ha dedicato il riconoscimento alla memoria di Mario D’Urso. Per la sezione Industria ha vinto la Valflex, per la Moda MyChoiceBags e Maison Signore, per Salute e Sanità Udisens, per l’Innovazione Macario, per il Real Estate Altus, per...
IAP 51: Marianne Leone on Love, Loss, Art and being a First Generation Italian American
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast episode, we speak with Marianne Leone who is an actress and an author. She wrote an inspirational book about her son (who she lost way too early) entitled Jesse: A Mother’s Story (Simon & Schuster) and then a second book entitled Ma Speaks Up: And a First-Generation Daughter Talks Back (Beacon Press)...
Italian Americans Need A Mutual Aid Renaissance
How can we, regardless of background or affiliation promote our Italian heritage? In my opinion the Italian American community, their families and friends need mutual aid. We need to share what we can give: talents, resources and money. Mutual aid. On one side of mutual aid are the potential givers that can make things happen, literally. They provi...
Apre la XVII edizione della Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo
La XVII edizione della Settimana della Lingua italiana nel Mondo, che quest’anno si terrà dal 16 al 21 ottobre, è una manifestazione che promuove la lingua italiana non solo come strumento di promozione del nostro eccezionale patrimonio culturale ma anche quale straordinario veicolo di comunicazione nel mondo dell’economia e dell’impresa, della sci...
Christopher Columbus as a bridge between Italy and the US
To mark Columbus Day, the Italian American community gathers in many cities around the US to celebrate its achievements and its contribution to this great country in all sectors — be it political, economic, cultural, scientific and beyond. President Donald Trump’s first Columbus Day proclamation highlighted the strong bonds of friendship between It...
Cioppino a wonderful stew combining ocean’s bounty
Saying I love seafood ranks as a huge understatement. It doesn’t matter what type or what course, I’ll generally take the ocean’s bounty over any other food. And when a dish combines seafood, what more could I ask? Recently, while visiting my sister Laura during her stay at the beach, she made Cioppino using one Giada De Laurentiis’s recipes as a g...
10 Reasons to Celebrate Italy’s Cultural Heritage
Every October the United States celebrates Italian heritage month (il mese del retaggio italiano). The 26 million Americans of Italian descent (di origine italiana) make up the fifth largest ethnic group (il quinto più grande gruppo etnico) in the United States. However, we all have many reasons to celebrate il meglio della cultura italiana (the b...
A Brave New Beginning: The Formation of Italian America
Many Italians came from the economically-strapped Mezzogiorno: Sicilia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, and other southern regions of Italy. They scrimped to save the thirty dollars to book passage to L’America, dove le strade erano lastricate d’oro, where roads were paved in gold. As they prepared to leave, friends and family gathered in the piazz...
Rocco DiSpirito On His Upcoming ‘Healthy + Delicious’ Cookbook
As one of the most famous chefs in America, Rocco DiSpirito has never been very far from a good meal. By the time he turned 20, he was the food world’s very own George Clooney – working in the kitchen of legendary chefs around the world, gracing magazine covers and running his own 3-star restaurant (Union Pacific). He could have anything he wanted....
How Brock Olivo connected with his Italian roots and found himself and his family
Brock Olivo's parents could have been HGTV stars had they been born to this era. Honestly, it's not hard to imagine. "I'm David Olivo, and this is my wife, Vicki, and our two children, Brock and Daisy. After my NFL career ended, Vicki and I found a new passion together, moving into old homes and renovating them before moving on to the next one. Wel...
Lidia Bastianich: "L'Italia con cinque prodotti ha cucinato l'America"
È l’ambasciatrice della cucina italiana negli Stati Uniti: Lidia Bastianich, che da profuga istriana aprì il suo primo ristorante a New York nel 1971, è ora alla guida di un impero gastronomico, con una ventina di ristoranti, prodotti gourmet, libri, aziende vinicole in Italia delle quali si occupa principalmente il figlio Joe, il giudice di Master...