The real problem with David Brooks’ sandwich column
Whatever you make of Italian salamis and David Foster Wallace, we should all be able to agree on one point: “lower-class” ≠ “Mexican.” In a Tuesday column for the New York Times, commentator David Brooks earned the ire of the Internet masses by suggesting that the college-educated bourgeoisie are single-handedly ruining America. The entire column h...
24 Things Every New Italian Language Learner Should Know
1. There is not even one “Learn Italian Quick” program that will be your be-all-end-all. There is no lightning in a bottle for Italian. There are hundreds of great, high-quality resources, many of which I can recommend, but know, above all, that YOU are the person learning the language. As polyglot Luca Lampariello often says, “Languages cannot be...
Mario Batali shares the most important thing he’s learned about money throughout his career
Mario Batali isn't just a chef. The restaurateur is also a business owner, philanthropist and media personality. His culinary empire includes 26 restaurants, five grocery stores and 4,200 employees. And it has made him a multimillionaire, according to Forbes. But despite his financial success, the most important money lesson he's learned throughout...
6 Filmmaking Tips from Frank Capra
With this week’s Filmmaking Tips column falling on the Fourth of July, I figure it has to focus on someone associated with America. The best choice, of course, is Frank Capra, director of many movies involving Americana and the American Dream and what it means to be an American. His most iconic works take us across this country or to the nation’s c...
The real Italian gelato is breaking records in the USA
Wherever in the world you go you can see the brand of Made in Italy: the shops and the street advertising in the central streets of the biggest world’s cities promote and admire the Italian refined taste. They say, fashion is the queen. If it is, the kind is with no doubt the food! Stefano Versace, an Italian entrepreneur that has actually based hi...
2017 Guglielmo Marconi Award Gala
The Guglielmo Marconi Award, the Order Sons of Italy in America’s (OSIA) highest honor, is named for the Nobel prize-winning Italian physicist who invented wireless telegraphy. It is presented biennially to an Italian American who has made significant contributions to the United States. This year’s honoree is Senator Maria Lorts Sachs, who served a...
Trump picks GOP fundraiser to serve as ambassador to Italy
President Donald Trump will nominate Lew Eisenberg, a major Republican fundraiser, to serve as the next ambassador to Italy. It's one of several nominees the White House announced Monday evening. Eisenberg was a former partner of Goldman Sachs and ran the Republican National Committee's joint fundraising operations with Trump's campaign.
Italy’s Parmesan Cheese Business Invests €1.2 Million In US Market
Italy’s Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium is investing €1.2 million to increase sales in the US market by 10% in 2017. Last year, the US was the top foreign market for the Consortium. Actions will also be taken against imitation and 'Italian sounding' products, which deceive 67% of American consumers by using the Italian flag or other Italian symbols...
Vola l'export cosmetico italiano verso gli Usa (+24,4%)
Nel 2016 gli Stati Uniti hanno guadagnato la terza posizione, dopo Francia e Germania, tra le destinazioni delle esportazioni italiane di cosmetici con una notevole crescita del 24,4% rispetto al 2015 e un valore pari a 406 milioni di euro. Questo valore rappresenta l'87,6% delle esportazioni nell'area Nafta (Canada, Messico e Stati Uniti). Le perf...
On His Quest ‘To Know’ Italian Student Finds Answers, Career at NASA-JPL
Marco Dolci did not set out to become a NASA engineer. Instead, like many of Dolci’s pursuits, the career path presented itself on his lifelong quest “to know” – that is, to answer any and every question that crosses his mind. As a boy, his never-ending stampede of questions became too much even for his ever-patient parents, so they presented him w...
2017 MV Agusta Brutale 800 America Unveiled: Italian Patriotism
Fittingly unveiled for the Fourth of July holiday, the 2017 MV Agusta Brutale 800 America celebrates the Italian brand’s relationship with stateside customers. Based on the three-cylinder Brutale 800, the America pays tribute the the classical America range from the 1970s. Only 50 will be available to match the 50 states in America, making the bike...
Preparing Sunday Dinner
The days of the old tradition of everyone in the extended family coming the grandparents’ home for Sunday dinner, every Sunday, might be gone, but through our stories they will never be far from our consciousness. The front door to Grandma and Grandpa Rotolos’ apartment was always left open on Sundays. The hallway smelled of freshly waxed woodwork...