Maserati adds dealers, awaits Levante
Although it is moving more slowly than expected, Maserati plans to increase its U.S. dealership count to 125 as it prepares to launch the Levante full-size crossover. Christian Gobber, CEO of Maserati North America, said the brand has begun adding points from the 100 it had last year, bringing its current count to 107 stores. The Leva...
Ted Bacino: Italian of the Week
Ted Bacino has had a long and diverse career. In October 1954, he served as editor to the Northern Star – the brand new student-produced paper at Northern Illinois University (NIU). He graduated from the University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1955. He would later say of his experience as an editor: "It wasn't always good for grades, but it...
When we were kings: Italian American Boxing Triumph 1900-1955
by Rolando Vitale Between 1900 and 1955, Italian Americans captured the greatest proportion of world boxing titles. Fifty-one champions and title claimants rose to the top of their respective weight classes, more than any other ethnic group. Yet the outside world was oblivious to this remarkable success with his Italian identity u...
My mama-in-law’s cucina cure: How Italian home cooking helped one woman change her attitude to food for ever
Salvatore opened the door to his parents' apartment with a bulky silver key and showed me in. 'Vieni, vieni,' he said as he dumped the keys on a 17th-century chaise longue at the entrance to the living room. 'Mammmmmmma! E pronto?' (Is dinner ready? Wasn't he going to say that the American girl was here?) I was led into the kitchen, where Raffaell...
Thanksgiving with a Taste of Italian Style
Although Thanksgiving is not a holiday Italians in Italy traditionally celebrate, there are many wonderful Italian dishes that fit perfectly into a Thanksgiving menu in America. Italian Americans embrace Thanksgiving wholeheartedly as a celebration of harvest – to spend time with loved one's, friends and family, while sharing all there is to be tha...
Sbarro Pizza Bankruptcy: Fast-Dropping Popularity Of Malls Slams Chain’s Bottom Line
Sbarro Pizza, the 58-year-old chain of pizza joints that lets mall shoppers and airline travelers stuff themselves on oversize sliced of New York style pizza and other Italian fare, has filed for bankruptcy protection — again. The Sbarro pizza company was still digging its way out of debt after a 2011 bankruptcy, but still has somewhere betwee...
Rivoluzione a RaiWorld
di Dom Serafini A partire dal primo giugno per Usa e Canada e dal primo agosto per l'America Latina, i canali di RaiWorld passeranno dalla distribuzione e marketing internazionale dalla libanese Art a un gruppo misto. Fuori dall'Europa, RaiWorld (che ora è sotto l'ombrello di RaiCom) gestisce Rai Italia, RaiWorld Premium e Rai News 24. In...
Il libro “Italiani di frontiera” finalmente disponibile anche in tutti gli USA! Grazie a Libreriapino di San Francisco …
di Roberto Bonzio Fino a qualche giorno fa, l'ardente curiosità dei tanti amici di IdF oltreoceano poteva essere soddisfatta solo con una copia digitale di "Italiani di frontiera. Dal West al Web: un'avventura in Silicon Valley" (EGEA), in formati diversi su Amazon, Egeaonline, IBS.it. Sì lo so che nella Bay Area si era scatenata...
Per decenni ha regalato il sorriso agli Italiani d'America. Addio a Silvana, donna del sud che faceva sognare
di Domenico Logozzo Silvana Romania, la voce del sorriso della newyorchese "Radio Icn" che per oltre 20 anni ha tenuto compagnia agli italiani d'America, si è spenta improvvisamente a Brooklyn. Troppo presto è volata in cielo la "ragazza di Gioiosa Jonica" che mezzo secolo fa lasciò l'amata Calabria con l'amato Sasà, per inseguire il sogno america...
Alfa Romeo's new sports sedan could be a threat to BMW
By Benjamin Zhang After a two-decade absence, Alfa Romeo returned to the US last year with the pint-sized 4C sports car. Now, the legendary Italian brand is ready to offer something a bit more mainstream with the 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan. It's an important vehicle Fiat Chrysler Automobiles —Alfa's parent company — as the company seeks to...
WHEN THE WORLD ANSWERED: Florence, Women Artists and the 1966 FLOOD PBS Documentary National Broadcast set for November 2015
In 2016, the City of Florence will mark the 50th anniversary of the devastating Flood of the Arno River, which destroyed, or damaged, 14,000 pieces of art. A new book, and PBS documentary based on the book, called When the World Answered: Florence, Women Artists and the 1966 Flood, by Jane Fortune and Linda Falcone, tells the story of how...
The Surprising Origins of 15 Italian-American Dishes
by Dan Gentile Sometimes the greatest food creations come from adapting to necessity, like when the Earl of Sandwich put meat between bread for a quick snack to get through long gambling sessions, or when KFC doubled down on Americans' need to be even less healthy. Classic Italian-American food is no different. When immigrants began arriv...