Scungilli! Sea snails aren't just for pasta anymore
Cooking a channeled whelk is not for the squeamish. But sliced and sprinkled over a bed of linguine, it's a chewy delicacy in old-fashioned Italian eateries along the East Coast. The sea snails known by Italian-Americans as scungilli used to be such a niche market that fishermen ignored them when they turned up in lobster traps or oyster dredg...
Defending Columbus
Columbus Day is under assault as never before. Once unabashedly celebrated throughout the land, it was hailed initially by President Harrison in 1892, designated a national holiday by President Roosevelt in 1934, and pegged to the second Monday in October by President Nixon in 1972. A couple of halcyon decades followed during which schools, b...
What would Mother Cabrini have to say about the Syrian Refugee Crisis?
by Molly Seaman Who is St. Frances Xavier Cabrini? Some may know her as the first American saint, others may remember her as the foundress of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In Radnor, many know her as the reason we have a place to call this campus our home, the name we proudly wear across our chests when we win yet another CS...
L'italiano negli USA: ma l'esame AP vale ancora certi sforzi e investimenti?
By Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri, nell'anno scolastico 1994-1995, ha istituito l'Ufficio Istruzione presso il Consolato di NYC per promuovere lo studio della lingua e della cultura italiana nei tre stati di New York, Connecticut e New Jersey. Oggi l'Ufficio è retto dal dirigente scolastico Carlo Davoli. Siamo andati...
Patto Italia-Usa, uniti per Expo 2015
L'Italia riscopre l'America, e viceversa. Dopo decenni nella top ten dell'incoming Usa, e poi lunghi mesi di calo, gli italiani risalgono la china. Nel 2013 gli arrivi negli States sono cresciuti dell'1%, per un totale di circa 839mila visitatori. Ora siamo al 12° posto nella classifica dell'Ntto-National Travel and Tourism Office. La ripr...
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. The world is hers
It’s generally agreed that the most popular Italian-American in Hollywood were from the seventies and the eighties. That’s because they were often first generation from immigrant parents and the link to their roots still very well regarded in their life. Younger generations often have it in the name but sometime they have lost touch with m...
Mary Ann Esposito looks to her roots as ‘Ciao Italia’ celebrates 25th season
By Kerry J. Byrne Mary Ann Esposito reconnects with her Sicilian roots when the longest running cooking show in American TV history celebrates its 25th season on the air in August. Along the way, her fans savor the flavors of regional Italian cooking and a classic American success story. In the season premiere, the host of "Ci...
1921-1933 Young Frank Sinatra
by Alex Q. Arbuckle On Dec. 12, 1915, Francis Albert Sinatra was born in a tenement in New Jersey, the son of Italian immigrants Natalina Garaventa and Antonino Sinatra. His delivery was rough, leaving him with a perforated eardrum and scarring on his neck, cheek and ear. As a young child, his parents ran an illegal tavern (which was igno...
Tutti pazzi per i dolci italiani, boom nell'export
Sarà un Natale dolcissimo per gli imprenditori italiani che operano nel settore gastronomico e che esportano i loro prodotti all'estero, questo è quanto emerge da uno studio recentemente pubblicato da Confartigianato. Il 2015 è stato in effetti un anno straordinario per i dolci "Made in Italy" con una crescita di oltre il 10% rispetto al 2014,...
Raging Bull actress Theresa Saldana dies
Theresa Saldana, the "Raging Bull" actress who survived a stalker's brutal attack to become a crime victims' advocate and reclaimed her entertainment career with "The Commish" and other TV shows, has died. She was 61. Saldana had been suffering from pneumonia and died Monday at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to her l...
Italian-American: Playing youth soccer in Italy
By Christopher Pepe Until last year, my son was playing for a U.S. Soccer-sanctioned Pre-Development Academy soccer team in Northern California. A young competitive team, eager to play 11-aside on a large field against much older kids. Well-coached, and filled with raw athleticism mixed with the bounty of racial diversity afforded in the USA, the...
New Books
Some new and forthcoming titles that may be of interest to our readers. All are available at Amazon.com • Sanctity and Pilgrimage in Medieval Southern Italy, 1000-1200 by Paul Oldfield Publisher: Cambridge UniversityPublication Date: March 31, 2014Hardcover: $89.10Language: EnglishPages: 320 Read more Fonte: Magna...