Rare Italian Olive Variety Leads to World Class Oil
Historically cultivated in a few square kilometers in central-southern Italy, the Coroncina olive variety was thrust onto the world stage at the 2025 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition. A Coroncina monovarietal extra virgin olive oil milled from 65 ancient olive trees spanning a single hectare earned a Gold Awardin its World Competition debut. “It...
Pelato Offers Italian Fare for Under $20 in Charleston
Charleston has another option for Italian fare with the recent opening of Pelato at 1085 Morrison Drive. Restaurateurs Theresa and Anthony Scotto Jr., along with their son Anthony Scotto III, describe the food as Brooklyn-style Italian. It’s the food their ancestors made when they stepped off the boat from Italy and settled in New York in 1905. The...
Wheel of 20th-century Italian cheese smashes record for oldest parmesan
A wheel of parmigiano reggiano has been celebrated as “an authentic jewel of nature” after setting a longevity record for parmesan cheese. The still-edible 36kg wheel was one of the last made in 1998 by Romano and Silvia Camorani at their dairy in Poviglio, a small town near Parma in Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region. The parmesan, estimated t...
IACCSE Hosts High-Level Business Luncheon with Florida Cabinet Officials
On Friday, May 16th, the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast, in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency and the Consul General of Italy in Miami, successfully hosted a Business Luncheon featuring two key figures from Florida’s executive leadership: Jared W. Perdue, Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation, and J. Alex Kell...
The Italian Secret You Need to Know: How Caffè Sospeso Is Spreading Kindness One Cup at a Time
In Italy, coffee is not simply a drink: it is a social habit, a daily ritual, an identitary symbolism. But in Naples, coffee acquires a much deeper meaning. Here it becomes a unit of measurement. It marks time, it replaces an invitation, it marks first meetings and farewells, it bears witness to tales of authentic life. Coffee, seen as a common goo...
Serafina Restaurant Group Expands to Long Island City
Serafina Restaurant Group is thrilled to announce its expansion to Long Island City, marking the brand's first New York City location in a different borough. Founders Fabio Granato and Vittorio Assaf are excited to bring Serafina's signature Italian flavors to this vibrant, dynamic, and rapidly growing neighborhood, just a bridge away from the hear...
Near Sassari, a female winemaker produces an outstanding wine from a little-known grape variety
If we were to look at the Sardinian wine world in a superficial way, we might split it neatly between Vermentino for white wines and Cannonau for reds. Fortunately, the reality is far more complex. In fact, with a keener eye, we can see that Sardinia is like an open-air wine laboratory, where many other native grape varieties are also earning a wel...
The American dream through the talent of three Italian artists: Costantino Nivola, Salvatore Scarpitta and Angelo Savelli.
The half-century-long myth of the American dream has dominated the collective narrative of a nation built on the idea that success, freedom, and enrichment are attainable through individual effort and the ability to dream big. Don DeLillo's quote, ‘To consume in America is not to buy, but to dream,’ opens a door to a deeper level of this cultural a...
Too many tourists? Crowds offer an opportunity for Italy's south
In a rundown neighbourhood of Sicily's capital Palermo, a whitewashed old farmhouse that accommodates pilgrims now offers two rooms to tourists for bed and breakfast after a renovation. As foreign visitors flock to Sicily, last year Brother Mauro Billetta, head of the parish in the Danisinni neighbourhood, decided that revenue from B&B guests could...
Mount Pleasant welcomes Lucia, a new Italian eatery
Main Street is trading oysters for orecchiette. Taking over the former Smitty’s Oyster House (and, briefly, Anthem Sound Lounge), Lucia is the newest venture from the team behind Harbour Oyster and Bar and Social YVR. Opening June 11 at 3124 Main Street, it's a fresh take on Italian dining that brings bold flavours, playful twists, and plenty of re...
Moving out later: how young Europeans (and Italians) are redefining independence
In many parts of Europe, adulthood has traditionally been marked by getting your own set of keys and leaving your childhood bedroom behind. But that milestone is happening later and later for today’s young adults. A mix of economic uncertainty, changes in the job market, and emotional factors is leading more people to stay longer in their parents’...
Liguria wins Italian Green Road Award 2025 with Cycling Riviera
The tenth edition of the Green Road Award – the “Oscar of Cycle Tourism” – has been awarded to the region of Liguria for the Cycling Riviera bike and pedestrian path. Second place went to Basilicata for the Ciclovia Meridiana, and third place to Puglia for the Ciclonica. The three bike routes were selected from nearly 30 applications submitted by v...