President Trump meets with Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni
Weeks before President Donald Trump's first official overseas trip, trade and security matters were top items of discussion in his meeting Thursday with the prime minister of Italy, one of the two European countries set to welcome Trump in May.Standing alongside Italian premier Paolo Gentiloni, Trump praised Italy's contributions to the wars in Ira...
ISSNAF Intesa San Paolo Open Innovation & Entrepreneurship Award
ISSNAF, the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation, and Intesa Sanpaolo, the leading banking group in Italy and one of the top banking groups in the euro zone, encourage all Italian researchers currently working in the United States or Canada to submit their application for the co-sponsored “Intesa Sanpaolo Award for Innovation...
Arba Sicula: books on Sicilian language and culture
Dear Friends, I am happy to announce that Arba Sicula and Legas have just created an ONLINE STORE where you can buy books on Sicilian language and culture. Visit our site at Arbasicula.org. Browse through the Legas catalogue and order the books online by following the link. For every purchase valued $14.00, Legas will send you an additional book th...
Tom’s Cookbook Library: ‘Rao’s Classics’ shares secrets of Italian table
“Rao’s Classics” (St. Martin’s Press), a recently published cookbook co-authored by Frank Pellegrino Sr. and Frank Pellegrino Jr., comes with a collection of favorite Italian recipes from the iconic New York restaurant whose history dates back to 1896. Besides its popular East Harlem location, the business has expanded to Las Vegas and Hollywood. “...
I veri Re della Pasta in America erano abruzzesi, Con il Marchio "Mamma Mia"
Gaetano D’Amico e Giacinta Petrarca negli Stati Uniti furono, per lunghi anni, con il marchio “Mamma Mia” i veri “re della pasta”. I fondatori della “G. D’Amico Macaroni Company” erano entrambi nati a Castel di Sangro in provincia di L’Aquila. Gaetano D’Amico nacque a Castel di Sangro (AQ), il 10 agosto del 1861, da Aurelio e Carolina Petrarca. S...
'Duty' to confirm Italy-US alliance says Gentiloni
Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni will say in a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington Thursday that "I think that maintaining the joint alliance of Italy and the United States is not only an opportunity, but also a political duty," according to sources aboard the plane taking him to the US capital. "We need...
"This is the man that gave you erotica" - The Bob Guccione story
While many ‘readers’ of girly mag Penthouse have imagined themselves in a tussle with some of the models, not many men can lay claim to actually being featured in a glossy spread, pressed between a couple of busty brunettes, as I was in 2010. My anatomy didn’t exactly make me a ‘Pet’, Penthouse’s version of the Playboy’s ‘Playmate’, but my noir the...
A Chat with Laura Schenone
As a lover of food, history and cultural traditions, I was excited when my friend LaManda Joy of the Peterson Garden Project recently recommended the book: A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told Through Food, Recipes, and Remembrances. This meticulously researched and highly visual book was the recipient of a James Bear...
Cookbook Review: Artisanal Burger, 50 Italian Twists on an All-American Favorite
Americans write books about pizza. I’m not sure how much that irritates Italians. But Italians writing a hamburger book? Oh, dear, the world turned upside down. Please, remain calm. Do not get upset. Instead, rise, get the car keys or head to your computer because you want this book. If you love burgers, you are going to worship this one. My favori...
Comunicazione, mezzi e linguaggi: i media italici nel nuovo mondo
Nell’era globale le comunicazioni e, più in specifico, i mezzi di informazione stanno radicalmente cambiando. Stanno cambiando se stessi. Ma, soprattutto, stanno cambiando noi, i loro fruitori. Internet, i social network, i giornali online, i blog, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, le email, servizi come WhatsApp e Skype e tanti altri in continua e quasi...
Italo Stanco, uno dei più grandi scrittori e romanzieri italo-americani, era nato a Riccia
Ettore Luigi Aristide Moffa nacque a Riccia (CB) , il 20 dicembre del 1883, da Donato (“maestro elementare) e Teresina Massimo (“attendente a casa”). Facilitato dagli insegnamenti paterni acquisì, sin da piccolissimo e ben prima dei suoi coetanei, la capacità di “leggere e scrivere”. Capacità che affinò, ogni giorno di più, e che gli consentì, anni...
Be An Entrepreneur For The Future
Inspired by his self-made succesfull family, John Viola decided to turn NIAF (The National Italian American Foundation) into the leading educational and cultural non-profit - not only for the twenty-five million Americans of Italian descent - but also for the over two hundred million in the Italian diaspora. Viola’s mission is to create a young and...