Wine Review: Italian wines migrating to America
The annual migration is currently in full bloom. As ducks, geese and monarch butterflies head north, another great migration is occurring. Italian wines are heading for our shores at top speed. It has been a long time since Italian wines were in vogue. Their time was the 1960s when Chianti was king. Every bistro, pizzeria and college dorm room had...
Archivist Michael Lombardi: Preserving the history of the Boeing Company
Tucked inside a 17,000 square-foot building, with vaults protected by a high security system of checkpoints and keypads, lie the treasures of a corporation that has changed the very world in which we live. The collection includes four million photo negatives, 100,000 rolls of motion picture film, scores of model airplanes, crates of flight memora...
NIAF Mourns the Passing of Founding Member Pino Cicala
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) mourns the passing of Pino Cicala, one of the founders of NIAF and a tireless promoter of the Italian culture in the greater Washington, D.C. area for more than half a century. “The entire NIAF family is deeply saddened by the loss of one of our organization’s founders and a man who for 60 plus years...
Italian construction firms looking to grab big piece of Trump’s plan for infrastructure renewal
Donald Trump's major infrastructure plan is still just a dream, still to be transformed into laws and appropriation. But for Salini Impregilo, the fragility of and demand for infrastructure in the US, with or without stimulus from the White House, is fertile ground for a new, ambitious strategy of long-term overseas expansion. This is a strategy th...
Behind Francis Ford Coppola's Magic, the Work 'The Godfather Notebook'
When actor Alex Rocco died in July 2015, I felt a twinge of sadness for the passing of the man who was a key part in my favorite scene from The Godfather (1972). While the movie impacts everyone differently, there was something hilarious yet awesome in Rocco’s portrayal of Moe Green and his righteous indignation when Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) of...
Alfa Romeo to Debut 2018 Stelvio at New York International Auto Show
Alfa Romeo will reveal the full lineup of the 2018 Stelvio SUV at the 2017 New York International Auto Show. First seen only in range-topping Quadrifoglio trim at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the Stelvio is the brand’s first SUV since the Matta military off-roader of the 1950s.The Stelvio and Stelvio Ti will form the base of the nameplate’s lineup in...
Melania Trump Wears Dolce & Gabbana for Official Portrait
This week, the White House released the first official portrait of the first lady, Melania Trump, currently displayed on her government web page. Though the picture at first seems bland enough, it is worth a second look — both for the image itself and for what Mrs. Trump chose to wear to represent the country for posterity. A black tuxedo jacket wi...
Italy's No. 1 Bakery Introduces New Italian Delicacies to the U.S.
Mulino Bianco, Italy's No. 1 bakery, is introducing three new Italian treats to its lineup of authentic Italian bakery products. In 2017, Mulino Bianco introduces oven-baked Italian breadsticks including the Tomato Sfilati, made with tomato and oregano, and Olive Sfilati, made with green and black olives. Along with the new breadsticks, the brand a...
L'emigrante in cerca di papà diventato poeta per amore di una donna
Una vita sospesa tra due continenti, il vecchio e il nuovo. L'America e l'Europa, l'Italia, terra d'origine. I due mondi che uniscono la vita di Joseph Tusiani, poeta e traduttore dei grandi classici italiani in inglese. I suoi versi hanno segnato la storia della letteratura americana, tanto da fargli guadagnare, oltre la fama negli States, la vice...
The Biggest Thing Americans Get Wrong About Pasta, According to Italians
There are two things that Italians do better than anyone else: pasta and sauce. And while we Americans can re-create all the homemade pasta and classic Italian sauces we want at home, there's one technique that you can only learn in Italy, and that's how much sauce you should add to your pasta. I learned this tip firsthand while eating countless pl...
NIAF Co-Chair Patricia de Stacy Harrison and Vice Chair Robert E. Carlucci Named Recipients of the 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honor
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is proud to announce that NIAF Co-Chair Patricia de Stacy Harrison and NIAF Vice Chair Robert E. Carlucci have been named recipients of the 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO). The medals are presented each year on historic Ellis Island to a select...
A foundation of cooperation between Italy and the United States
On this very day 100 years ago, the United States made the grave decision to enter a conflict that had brought devastation to Europe for the previous three years. Among the many Americans who joined the front lines was a young reporter from The Kansas City Star: Ernest Hemingway. In 1918, Hemingway was wounded on the battlefields of Italy, an exper...