What's up with WTI: Editorial # 82
WTI Magazine #82 2016 August 19Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 82nd issue of our online magazine. It is August, but we don't stop! At the end of July, We the Italians has organized part of the Italian mission of the Kansas Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer and Commerce Secretary Antonio J. Soave, a...
Italian wine: Circeo
WTI Magazine #19 2014 Feb, 28Author : Vino OK Translation by: The area is situated in the southern Lazio, in the province of Latina, and extends along the northern and southern coast of the promontory of Circeo, in the Pontine plain. This is a recent wine growing area, given the presence of numerous...
Italian art: Bramante
WTI Magazine #21 2014 Mar, 14Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: In common belief, it is thought that Donato Bramante was born in Milan or rather in Lombardy, but the truth is that he was born in 1444 in Fermignano, a small town near Urbino in the Marche region. In fact, the typical education from the center part of Italy, espec...
Italian wine: Friuli-Venezia Giulia history and wines
WTI Magazine #47 2014 November, 12Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin Translation by: Friuli-Venezia Giulia used to be divided into two separate provinces, Friuli named after those that inhabited the area, and Venezia Giulia, which was part of the Venetian Republic. This area back in the day was where the spice route ran through along w...
IT and US: Mrs Drinkwater
WTI Magazine #52 2015 January, 23Author : Laura Bellusci Translation by: The Original Mrs Drinkwater Presents is a one-woman show, a comedy about family and friends set in Boston's Little Italy in the 1950's. Laura Bellusci, creator and performer, portrays Josie Drinkwater as a feisty, outgoing lady who goes "gallivanting around" town d...
Studying (in) Italy: Rosa Palermo, Class of 2015
WTI Magazine #59 2015 May, 1Author : John Cabot University Translation by: I was famished when we finally arrived. Nonna hadn't made lunch to make sure I had room for the special dinner. We had been in the car now for about an hour and a half, weaving through mountain roads at what I considered to be much too fast for a single lane r...
Italian traditions: The game of the goose in Mirano, Venezia
WTI Magazine #72 2015 November 13Author : folclore.it Translation by: In the year of the Expo 2015, in the Venetian province there's a city that showcases the goose, through an exhibition with tens of thousands of visitors, sold out hotels and restaurants, opportunities for recreation and for the rediscovery of ancient traditions, in...
IT and US: The extraordinary story of Vincenzo James Capone, Al's brother
WTI Magazine #75 2016 January 18Author : Vittorio Bocchi Translation by: As the book "L'Altro ItaloAmericano – La straordinaria storia di Vincenzo James Capone – Two-Gun il fratello di Al Capone" was published in Italy, it raised a lot of interest. It is a small and simple book, which presents for the first time to the Italian reader...
Italian art: Pontormo
WTI Magazine #19 2014 Feb, 28Author : Enrico de Iulis Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti In the history of art it is defined "Mannerism" the generation of painters – from Florence to Rome - that are influenced by Raphael and Michelangelo innovations, merging and taking them on an extreme level. ...
Italian gardens: Colorno Royal palace, Parma
WTI Magazine #59 2015 May, 1Author : Italian Botanical Heritage Translation by: The Colorno Royal Palace was built by Duke Ranuccio II Farnese in 1660 as a tribute to his wife Violante Margherita of Savoy, a great lover of fox hunting, and was later completed by his son Ranuccio II, the Duke Francesco Farnese until 1719. The Honorabl...
Italian cuisine: Crepes with zucchini and crescenza cheese
WTI Magazine #75 2016 January 18Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn Translation by: Crepes with zucchini is a delicious and appetizing dish that you can serve either as a first course for an important dinner or as a main dish for a light lunch. Crescenza is a soft, fresh, creamy cow cheese that has a delicate and mild taste. It gives a d...
Italian art: Codex Purpureus Rossanensis
WTI Magazine #85 2016 November 21Author : Enrico de Iulis Translation by: Italy has a network of museums that has been recently highlighted by the tourist guides, little known even by the most frequent art visitors: it is the great and diverse proposal of Diocesan Museums. Maybe because they are associated with an idea of monotonous...