A Taxonomy of the Different Young Pope Memes You’ll Find on Twitter
By Marissa Martinelli HBO's series The Young Pope hasn't even debuted in the U.S. yet, but it's already a meme of biblical proportions in the Twittersphere. And why not? Paolo Sorrentino's drama stars Jude Law as a young, Italian American pontiff who threatens to shake up the Vatican with his war on rampant liberalism and his collection of sick po...
Italian Safety Eyewear Company, Univet Appoints RONCO as Their North American Representative
Univet Optical Technologies, Italy has selected RONCO to be their partner to bring award-winning protective eyewear line to North America. Univet is an award-winning Italian designer and manufacturer of eye protection products for industrial, healthcare and laser markets. Univet has been recognized as the 2014 winner of European Frost and...
Recipes From America’s Italian Communities – Part 4
The Upper Midwest As immigrants from the different regions of Italy settled throughout the various regions of the United States, many brought with them a distinct regional Italian culinary tradition. Many of these foods and recipes developed into new favorites for the townspeople and later for Americans nationwide. Detroit The growth of...
The life and legacy of Italian icon Enzo Ferrari from Maranello to Hollywood
by Silvia Simonetti American actor Robert De Niro's next big screen role is all over the news. Last week he announced in an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero that he signed to play Enzo Ferrari in a new biopic movie, and both his fans and Ferrari enthusiasts worldwide are looking forward to watching it. "Ferrari,"...
Italian-Americans need inclusion and respect, too
By Lou Caravella Last year, the Minneapolis City Council voted to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day on Columbus Day, a national holiday. Busy smearing the villain Christopher Columbus, the council failed to honor the fact that, in practice, Columbus Day is Italian-American Heritage Day, and has been celebrated as such for decades. ...
October is National Pasta Month, let’s celebrate Italian
We're celebrating all things Italian this month onGoodtaste.tv. Fitting that October is National Pasta Month, as well as the birth month of Columbus himself! I have some timeless recipes, how-to videos and more authentic eats from big names, beginning with Lidia Bastianich. I've worked with Lidia several times (once in MY kitchen) and find her...
The ecstasy of 'Hateful Eight' Maestro Ennio Morricone
by Matt Stieb Most genre titles suck, serving as meaningless shorthand for nerds in the field. Vaporwave? Gaslamp Fantasy? But, the Spaghetti Western moniker so perfectly nails the phenomenon of Italian directors setting movies in the American West that it gives worth to the entire operation of genre. In the early '60s, American filmmaker...
Fr. Vincent Capodanno’s Story of Heroism Being Filmed for TV
Great news! A new film is underway about the Grunt Padre —Servant of God Father Vincent Capodanno, a Medal of Honor recipient, posthumously, for his heroism on Sept. 4, 1967. That day, on a small, bloody knoll during a fierce battle with Marines greatly outnumbered by the North Vietnamese, it took more than 25 enemy bullets to stop Navy chaplain F...
The Linguistic and Cultural Legacy of Italian in the U.S.
by Enza Antenos November 2016 is coming to a close and this tumultuous month has created opportunities for reflection on, among other things, the linguistic and cultural legacy of 2016, and a need to reaffirm, as the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) has, the future of America to be one "where cultural and linguistic di...
Florida: addio a Manlio Rocchetti, il make up artist premio Oscar
Di Silvia Bulckaen E' successo ieri notte. Nella sua casa in Florida è morto Manlio Rocchetti, il truccatore delle star. Un professionista dalla grande capacità, un talento che lo porta nel 1980 a vincere il premio Emmy per il lavoro di make up per Lonesome Dove. Ma è solo l'inizio. La sua fama è destinata infatti a crescere ineso...
Meet The Italian Billionaire Calling The Shots At Walgreens
by Bruce Japsen Following the announcement of the retirement of Greg Wasson, 56, as president and chief executive officer of Walgreens (WAG), the future of the company is for now in the hands of Stefano Pessina, the Italian billionaire who by the end of this month becomes chief executive officer of the largest drugstore chain in the world....
Sal Palmeri, torna la voce radiofonica degli italiani d'America
di Stefano Vaccara Sal Palmeri, gli italiani che vivono a New York da più di vent'anni, lo conoscono quasi tutti. O meglio, ne riconoscono la voce. Sal è stato per quasi cinquanta anni la voce radiofonica più conosciuta degli italiani del Tristate. Ha condotto programmi sulle radio WHBI/fm, WHOM/fm/ WBNX/am/ WPOW/fm di New York e su WDAS/f...