Italian American Business Leader Named to Northern NJ Community Foundation's Board of Trustees
The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces the addition of Joseph Ferro to the Board of Trustees. Ferro, whose family originally came from Sicily and Italy, is Vice President/Market Manager at Valley Bank for the Greater Hackensack area in New Jersey. Founded in 1998, the NNJCF, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization headquarte...
The Consorzio Tutela Grana Padano and Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma Debut New Campaign at The Texas Restaurant Show
The producers of Grana Padano PDO cheese and Prosciutto di Parma PDO are at the center of a joint promotional campaign that seeks to raise awareness about these unique European foods among American and Canadian retailers, chefs and consumers. The program, which has been named “Distinctly Deliciously European,” will emphasize the importance of quali...
Thomas Annunziata competing for JD Motorsports at Chicago
Road courses can be some of the most challenging tracks for NASCAR drivers, and the Chicago Street Course is even more difficult than most. That’s why Trans Am Series and ARCA Series regular Thomas Annunziata will once again team up with JD Motorsports for an exciting NASCAR Xfinity Series race, and this time they’re headed to the windy city. The N...
Education, art and gastronomy: Sorrento and Dana Point Sister Cities
A Sister Cities ceremony between Dana Point, California, and Sorrento was held last June 10 in the beautiful town in Campania, Italy. Signing the agreement were Mayors Jamey M. Federico and Massimo Coppola, formalizing a relationship initiated in 2022 and followed in the following months by a mutual exchange of visits and meetings, to develop a cal...
Proposal to Move Statue of Italian Saint Angers Residents in Ironbound
Plans to move a statue of a celebrated Italian-American figure from a neglected park have angered Ironbound residents, who turned out at a meeting Monday to voice their concerns about the proposal, which was discussed by City Council earlier this year. The statue of Roman Catholic St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, also known as Mother Cabrini, is in a pa...
Explore the Asolo Wine Region during Sparkling Wine Week
Sparkling wine week is celebrated annually across the world the first full week of July, this year taking place from July 1st to July 7th. Sparkling wine sales have been a trending category in the wine market with an increasing trajectory of sales in recent years. The wine region of Prosecco, in particular, has been one of the leading sparkling win...
Italian Ambassador Mariangela Zappia to welcome the Amerigo Vespucci in LA
As the training ship Amerigo Vespucci, which set sail from Genoa on July 1, 2023, approaches its arrival at the port of Los Angeles on July 2, 2024, the Italian community in the United States is preparing to welcome this historic vessel, the oldest in the Italian Navy. Italian Ambassador to Washington DC, Mariangela Zappia, will be in California fo...
The roads of myths, among lands of Sangiovese, Barolo & truffles: the “Italian” Tour de France
Exactly ten years ago, on June 22, 2014, in Doha, Qatar, UNESCO “consecrated” the wine-growing landscapes of Langhe, Monferrato and Roero, with its hills from which Barolo and Barbaresco, two Italian pride and joy in the world, are born, to the list of World Heritage Sites. Two decades later, the lands of Langa, Monferrato and Roero, Italy's leadin...
Coastal Italian Cuisine Inspires a New Haverhill Eatery
Bosa, you should know, is a small fishing village on the island of Sardinia. To get there from here, you take a flight to Rome, hop a one-hour flight to Alghero along the western coast, and drive south an hour farther. There, you’ll find the familiar cerulean blues of the Mediterranean, alongside some of the island’s freshest seafood. But you don’t...
Is the future of Italy tropical? Why Sicilian farmers are trading olives for papayas
The rolling hills of Sicily, once a patchwork of sun-dappled citrus groves and ancient olive trees, have long been the heart of Italy’s iconic agricultural landscape. Underneath the cerulean sky, fields of golden wheat sway in the warm breeze, and the scent of blooming lemon blossoms fills the air in spring. Yet this picturesque scene is undergoin...
Italian American club awards scholarships at St. Florian Hall
The 2024 Italian American Cultural Club Scholarship Awards dinner was held June 12 at St. Florian Hall. The annual event is a highlight for the club, whose members celebrate the young people who have excelled in various areas throughout their years in school. The students are awarded for their efforts by the IACC and many donors. This year’s recipi...
Why Liguria's Beautiful, Sophisticated Bordighera Remains An “Insider's” Secret
When I visited Bordighera last summer, the lush neighborhoods, Anglo legacy, and settled affluence reminded me less of places I know along the Italian Riviera and more of the Hamptons, New York’s perennial summer playground–at least the East End towns I remember before they became the high-wattage resorts they are today. Granted there are plenty of...