Secrets Why Giada De Laurentiis Became America’s Favorite Italian Chef
Anybody who likes watching a chef prepare a delicious meal on TV is probably familiar with Giada De Laurentiis. This Food Network star has won tons of fans with her authentic Italian food and warm personality. But those aren’t the only reasons why she’s become America’s favorite Italian chef. Want to learn her secrets? Read on to discover how De La...
How Opera Inspired Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’
I hear the chorus, it is a grand opera, Ah this indeed is music — that suits me. Walt Whitman wasn’t always an opera fan. As a budding young journalist in New York, he was known to take potshots at the etiquette and artifice of what he saw as an aristocratic pastime. Whitman cultivated a more democratic persona and preferred popular songs, which he...
How to turn your invention into a billion-dollar success
You’ll hit a million obstacles before you can even dream of becoming a millionaire. Roadblocks were the very things that kept Joy Mangano, the inventor of the Miracle Mop and more than $3 billion worth of successful products, moving forward. She details her journey in her relatable new book “Inventing Joy,” out Nov. 7. “I wasn’t wealthy in any form...
Trade - US set to become Italian shoes’ top destination
The US will become Italy’s top market for footwear exports by 2022, according to Confidustria, the General Confederation of Italian Industry, reports Leatherbiz. It is currently the fourth biggest in terms of exports, but these are predicted to grow 43% in value to €1.7 billion in five years. “The US has always been an important but complex market,...
Put Columbus into context; history says he's definitely worth honoring
With monuments honoring Christopher Columbus regularly being defaced and destroyed, it’s clear this year’s Columbus Day (Oct. 9) celebrations will elicit strong debate over the explorer’s legacy. But by looking at Columbus in the greater context of the history of civilizations, one can see that much of today’s anti-Columbian fury is either misguid...
WNBA: Cecilia Zandalasini vince il titolo, Minnesota batte L.A. 85-76 in gara-5
A vent’anni esatti di distanza da Catarina Pollini, un’altra italiana ha vinto il titolo WNBA. Si tratta ovviamente di Cecilia Zandalasini, che nella notte - pur giocando solo 8 secondi - ha preso parte alla decisiva gara-5 vinta dalle Minnesota Lynx contro le Los Angeles Sparks per 85-76. Anche l’ultima partita non ha tradito le attese di una seri...
Cecere takes over the reins of Lindy Racing
Domenico Cecere said he couldn’t be happier to be promoted to head trainer for Lindy Racing of Somers, CT. The Italian-born horseman will take over from Frank M. Antonacci early in 2018. Antonacci said he was stepping back a bit from horses to focus more on his family’s other businesses that includes USA Hauling and Recycling. Reached in Lexington,...
Why Is Italian Food So Amazing?
New York City, my birthplace, is ringed by Italian neighborhoods. Go to Staten Island, to the Bronx, to Long Island or to New Jersey -- it doesn’t really matter where you go, as long as you are within 50 miles of the Empire State Building. Within that fortunate circle, you will find that you are always reasonably close to a neighborhood, or at leas...
A home run on home turf
Around the halfway-point on the drive along the infamous Stelvio Pass, we encounter a meteorological metaphor. In Bormio, the town where we start the drive, the weather is clear and sunny. At the summit, some 20 kilometres up the highest paved road in the Alps, the sky is bright again. In between these two altitudinal extremes, we discover a thick...
Most Americans are in favor of celebrating Columbus Day
Americans by a 2-to-1 margin admire Christopher Columbus and think it’s a good idea to have a holiday named after the Italian explorer, a new poll released Tuesday reveals. The survey conducted by Marist College — in concert with the Knights of Columbus — found that 56 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Columbus while 28 percent had an u...
Ricchi e a caccia di prodotti buoni: ecco perché il cibo Made in Italy deve corteggiare i consumatori del Nord America
Gli Stati Uniti sono il primo acquirente al mondo di prodotti agroalimentari: ecco perché per una potenza del settore, ed eccellente, come l'Italia, restano un mercato da conquistare al meglio. Con un valore superiore ai 130 miliardi di euro, gli Usa rappresentano il primo mercato al mondo per import di prodotti agroalimentari. Al secondo posto fig...
Marinas Menu: BONGIOVI Pasta Sauces for Premium Quality and Delicious, Authentic Italian Flavor
You'll love Bongiovi Pasta Sauces. They are authentic Italian sauces with the convenience that you will truly appreciate. These are sauces that make serving fine meals easy. You may recognize the name. It has been made famous by Jon Bon Jovi, the beloved New Jersey born musician and son of John Bongiovi Sr. We like the company's clever slogan, "Thi...