Do not forget your roots. Simonetta Lein The Wishmaker Meets Chef Lidia Bastianich
On countless occasions life equals the courage you put into it. A few months ago a journalist was interviewing me as the Wishmaker and she happened to mention that she interviews many chefs and celebrity chefs. It came naturally to me to ask: Do you know Lidia Bastianich? "I interviewed her a couple of times and I know her assistant."&nbs...
Educational Group Names Francis Ford Coppola "The Godfather of Defamation"
A short, animated video available on YouTube.com labels filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola "the Godfather of Defamation." The dishonor has been bestowed upon him by the Italic Institute of America (IIA), the New York based educational think tank which produced the 2:35 second clip, available on YouTube. Says Bill Dal Cerro, a Senior Analyst wi...
Vino, Italia mantiene il primato sul mercato USA
Secondo quanto sottolineato dal presidente dell'Italian Wine & Food Institute, Lucio Caputo, nonostante la consistente contrazione delle importazioni statunitensi, ridottesi del 6,7%, l'Italia ha mantenuto le proprie posizioni registrando un modesto incremento in quantità (1%) ed un più consistente incremento in valore (7,7%) essenzialmente det...
Italian American Culture – The Art of the Law
Charles Angelo Siringo (1855-1912) Siringo was born in Matagorda County, Texas to an Irish immigrant mother and an Italian immigrant father from Piedmont. He attended public school until the age of 15, when he started working on local ranches as a cowboy. After taking part in several cattle drives, Siringo stopped herding to settle down,...
A family view of the Mafia in America
I read with interest The Desert Sun's series on the Mafia in the valley ("Gangsters in Paradise," Nov. 30-Dec. 4). I figured I'd offer a personal — actually, a family — perspective on this subject. My grandfather came over from Italy, alone, when he was 16 years old because he dreamed of becoming an American. By 30 he had settled in the It...
Video Contest - Study Abroad (Italy)
Abroad Scout is pleased to invite entries for the Film Spray International Festival, which will take place in Florence, Italy on May 15, 2015. It is not required to attend, but you are all welcome. Students (especially those who have studied abroad in Italy) are invited to submit a short video between 30 and 90 seconds on this year's theme...
Tenor Joe Spinella Creates New Form of Entertainment in The World of Music
By Cookie Curci An Italian American tenor brings the world of Italian Music and culture to the mysterious, intriguing art of magic. Joe Spinella (the Tenor of Illusions) is an Italian American artist who brings the world of Italian musical culture to the mysterious, intriguing, art of magic to create a new, magnificent show, "illusion...
“The Extraordinary Italian Style”: con la moda negli Stati Uniti si fa sul serio
La strategia messa in campo dal Governo negli ultimi anni punta a favorire da un lato le nostre piccole e medie imprese nella penetrazione commerciale nei Paesi in cui c'è un potenziale maggiore e dall'altro ad attrarre in Italia capitali necessari per garantire crescita e investimenti. Il "Sogno americano" rientra certamente tra questi pe...
L’AP Italian di ICoN tra Houston e San Diego
Prosegue l'attività formativa e di presentazione delle attività di ICoN nel mondo. Nel corso di novembre la dottoressa Nadia Gatto, responsabile dei Corsi di Lingua del Consorzio, sarà in Texas e sulla West Coast statunitense per due iniziative. A Houston è in calendario un corso di formazione per insegnanti, offerto dal Ministero degli Af...
Italian wines are not easy, educating retailers and consumers is key
Demand for Italian wines is growing worldwide but teaching distributors and consumers to appreciate the country's wealth of native varietals is necessary to help many more wine producers enter the US market, said Stevie Kim, managing director of Vinitaly International. "Italian wine is actually quite complicated. Italian wine is fairly mature...
Two New Trailers For Netflix’s AMANDA KNOX Documentary Invite You To Get Judge-y
by Scott Wampler Netflix has found tremendous success with its original true crime programming, so it only makes sense that they'd produce more of it, and their latest true crime venture might turn out to be its most divisive yet. Or at least, that seems to be what they're angling for. Amanda Knox, from directors Rod Blackhurst and Brian...
Ferrari profits grow in Q1 despite delivering fewer cars
Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari on Monday said all key economic indicators grew in the first three months of the year despite having delivered fewer cars. In an e-mailed statement, the company said net profits rose 5 percent to over €57 million, while trading profit equalled last year's €80 million. Read more Source: ...