"Tradition and perspectives of Italian cuisine: awareness and enhancement of food sustainability" is the theme of the sixth annual “World Week of Italian Cuisine” which will run from the 15th to the 21st of November 2021. The event is a worldwide initiative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation aimed at promoting...

Accademia Italiana della cucina (The Academy of Italian Cuisine), Los Angeles delegation, during the annual ecumenical dinner on October 21st gave to chef Gino Angelini the prestigious recognition “La buona Tavola”. The Academy reserves this prize for restaurants that observe Italian tradition culinary and good quality.  The convivial gatherings cu...

It's not easy to take over the reins of NIAF at this time, with a pandemic that is still doing damage and casualties, and that has left major economic and social problems in the United States. Several programs of the National Italian American Foundation, as well as other national and local Italian American and non-Italian American organizations, ha...

La presentazione della storia e delle origini della cucina italiana in un libro a fumetti é stata una delle caratteristiche della recente cena a New York City dell’Accademia Italiana della Cucina presso il ristorante Pasta Eater. Questo ultimo volume della Biblioteca di Cultura Gastronomica dell’Accademia è particolare perché traccia la storia con...

The dinner was preceded by a video sent to all the members of the Accademia Italiana della Cucina and guests, from a restaurateur/friend of Philip Guardione, Giovanni Ardizzone, owner of  “Da Nino,”  in the town of Letojanni, located next to Taormina. Ardizzone shared some typical Sicilian dishes and showed admiration for his friend who has brought...

Anche se il carnevale (quest’anno virtuale) in Italia è finito il 16 febbraio, la data non poteva essere ignorata dall’Accademia Italiana della Cucina di New York. La delegazione di New York – racconta Dom Serafini – si è quindi collegata al carnevale ambrosiano, terminato il 20 febbraio, e ha fissato per quella data la “Cena in Maschera”, seconda...

Continua negli USA la quinta edizione della Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo, iniziata lunedì 16 novembre dall’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington, e che si concluderà domenica 22 novembre. Quest’anno il Consolato Generale d’Italia a New York, in partnership con la Camera di Commercio Italia-America e l’Accademia italiana della Cucina oltre c...

La delegazione di New York dell'Accademia Italiana Della Cucina ha un nuovo presidente: Roberta Marini-De Plano. Marini, esperta di comunicazione nata negli Usa con origini abruzzesi, ha preso le redini dal precedente presidente, l'architetto Peter Lombardi. Durante una serata presso il ristorante "Il Mulino", nella zona di Greenwich Village di Man...

Berardo Paradiso chewed slowly, his fork halfway to his mouth. “Basil and pepper, they are a very good boyfriend and girlfriend,” he said, gazing at the two sauces around the fillet of red snapper with potatoes and string beans. “Naturally, the potato is very much the witness of the wedding.” But something wasn’t right. “It’s like being in a concer...

A series of special events organized to promote and share the culinary excellence and food-and-wine knowledge of Italy as a distinctive trait of our identy and culture. The main themes of the second edition of the Week are quality, sustainability, culture, food security, the right to food, education, identity, territory and biodiversity.  The secon...