First on First: Ed Abbaticchio
Edward James Abbaticchio was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on April 15, 1877. He began his athletic career in 1895 where he played football as both a fullback and kicker for the Latrobe Athletic Association. Ed became one of the first professional football players as the team was the first pro-football team in the nation. His coach, Fielding Yost,...
Life and career of John Aprea, “napoletano d’America”
by Elisabetta Russo "My Italian origins have never been a source of particular discomfort, except for the time when, as a child, my father asked me to buy The Progresso the Italian newspaper of the time. It was raining hard and I slipped into a hole clutching on to the newspaper. It must have seemed like a challenge or some sort o...
The Loprinzi’s: America’s Strongest Family Yesterday & Today
"There is no wealth but life. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of human beings; that man is richest, who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, over the lives of others." ― John Ruskin Vegetable peddler, Pasquale "Charles" Loprinzi of Portland, Oregon (or...
The Life of Rocky Marciano
"Do it. Don't talk about it." –Italian Proverb Rocky Marciano loved boxing and devoted his life to it. He always believed that real great athletes carve their way to victory. Rocky was determined and persistent. He fought 49 and didn't lose once. It is hard to find another phenomenal boxer such as Rocky; there will never be another Rocky. ...
Steve Altier’s new children’s book offers fun facts about Italy
Author Steve Altier takes young readers on a whimsical adventure filled with facts and trivia about Italy and its history in his educational, wholesome new children's book, "Gabby and Maddox Adventure's in Italy!" (published by AuthorHouse). The fun begins when Gabby and her brother, Maddox, set out on a trip to Italy. When they arrive, th...
How to Make a Perfect Ragu - the Popular Italian Meat Sauce
by Julia Moskin When I started out cooking dinner (for my little sister, on the nights my parents went to their weekly disco lesson), meat sauce was one of the recipes I cut my teeth on. (The other was canned-soup stroganoff; we had a great love for ground beef.) It seemed, and was, so basic: brown the meat, pour in chopped tomatoes, and...
Call abstract for the “11th Conference of Italian Researchers in the World”
The COMITES Texas together with the Consulate General of Italy in Houston invite you to submit an abstract to the "11th Conference of Italian Researchers in the World" that will be held February 26-27th 2016 in Houston, Texas. The Conference is open to all researchers working abroad and in Italy in different fields of science, technology, medicine...
How 'Vinyl' Star Bobby Cannavale Won Over Mick Jagger
by Alex Morris A couple of years back, Bobby Cannavale went to see Mick Jagger about a job. The Emmy-winning actor had been tapped by Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter to play the lead in a show that was being kicked around at HBO, but the project was really Jagger's idea – conceived two decades ago as a film that pulled the curtain back...
An Italian Spritz Is the Perfect Cocktail for Happy Hour
Yes, spritz champions Talia Baiocchi and Leslie Pariseau know that plenty of Americans still associate the light, fizzy drink with its 1980s suburban incarnation, the white wine spritzer. But in their new book, Spritz, Italy's Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail, the authors make an excellent case for the chic, Italian-style cocktail—bubbly, lo...
Salumi, a rischio l’export negli Usa
Esporta oltre un miliardo di euro nel mondo ed è uno dei pilastri del Made in Italy alimentare, ma il comparto dei salumi sta avendo grandi difficoltà nelle sue esportazioni verso gli Stati Uniti. La denuncia arriva da Assica, che al tema dedica anche un incontro in programma a Parma. La differente normativa in ambito sanitario ha portato...
Fitting tribute to the secret Italian heroes
In recent years Joseph Perella, a giant of the American private equity world, has become obsessed with Italy's history. The periods that normally attract attention, such as the Renaissance or Roman empire, are not what interests Perella. Instead, what has sparked his passion is a saga that is relatively unknown, namely how ordinary Italian...
USTA, Lavazza Announce Multi-Year Agreement For The US Open Tennis Championships
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and Lavazza today announced a multi-year agreement making "Italy's favorite coffee" an official promotional partner and the exclusive coffee of the US Open Tennis Championships. Lavazza's investment supports the brand's determination for exponential growth this year in North America. As a partner...