Gary Harlan Ross of Falls Village has mixed memories of his first Alfa Romeo. It was a 1959 Veloce model. He bought when he was 18 years old and a student at Wesleyan University in Middletown. Commuting from his home in Wallingford, he spotted it one day sitting on the lot of a Rambler dealer on Route 5 in Meriden. “I looked at the thing and it was...
READ MOREI prodotti “Italian Sounding” arrivano a costare nel Regno Unito fino al 69% in meno degli originali Made in Italy. In Francia, Svizzera e Lussemburgo il fake può essere più caro del prodotto autentico. Assocamerestero– l’Associazione che riunisce le 78 Camere di Commercio Italiane all’Estero (CCIE), Soggetti imprenditoriali privati, esteri e di me...
READ MOREDirectly following the introduction of Gucci’s “Kingsnake” leather watch, the legendary fashion house serves up plans for a new Gucci Decor collection for 2018. mPrimarily influenced by Gucci’s creative ethos, the Gucci Decor Collection showcases a variety of design cues taken from the Italian luxury brand’s in-house clothing lines. The new Gucci D...
READ MOREBurrata was born in Apulia, more precisely in Andria, almost by chance: and thanks for that! We were in the mid-1950s when, because of a heavy snowfall, Lorenzo Bianchino couldn’t go and sell hismilk so, in an attempt not to waste it, he decided to use it to make something new, using the same methodstraditionally employed to produce manteca, that d...
READ MORELa scomparsa di Sergio Marchionne mi rattrista e non poco. Sebbene io non abbia mai avuto l’onore di conoscerlo, di stringergli la mano e men che meno scambiare due parole con lui, quella figura un po’ enigmatica, a tratti scivolosa, ma sempre ben identificabile con quell’iconico maglioncino blu, era entrata di diritto a far parte del mio immaginar...
READ MORESymbol of Naples’ patisserie, the babbà has very peculiar and, indeed, ancient origins! It reached Naplesfrom Paris, city were the chefs of bourgeois families were usually sent to improve their culinary skills. ButParisians didn’t invent it because, according to the legend, this sweet, rum-filled little mushroom was bornoff an accident, caused by a...
READ MOREQualcuno potrebbe essersi meravigliato della notizia di ieri riguardante quattro navi litoranee da combattimento di produzione Fincantieri-Lockheed vendute all’Arabia Saudita. La sorpresa non è che Fincantieri vinca una commessa (ne ottiene tante nel mondo) ma che gli americani non facciano tutto da soli e abbiano bisogno di mettersi in società con...
READ MOREAmazon può essere un ottimo veicolo per esportare i prodotti italiani nel mondo. Ne è convinto Russel Grandinetti, senior Vice president international retail del colosso americano dell’e-commerce, che in una intervista al Sole 24 Ore spiega l’importante contributo che l’azienda di Jeff Bezos può dare e ha dato al sistema imprenditoriale del Made in...
READ MOREAccording to data compiled last year by WineMonitor, Texas wine sales represent 7 percent of the total wine consumption in the U.S., coming in fourth place (in volume) behind California, Florida, and New York. “But Texas,” write the authors of the report, “is the state with the biggest growth in the U.S. Over the last 10 years, wine imports have gr...
READ MOREIn popular culture, the specter of midlife crisis often looms large at 40. But not for Marco’s Pizza. The chain, which turns 40 this year, is on the fast track to restaurant franchise superstardom. In 2016, the Toledo-based pizza chain had 17.1 percent growth. In 2017, it had locations in 35 states as well as India, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas. In...
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