Appuntamento domani, 11 aprile, alle 18.30, presso la sede newyorchese dell'Italian American Museum per la presentazione del libro "The First Dish", di Angel Marinaccio. Autrice di "Be Home on Time When I Put the Water Up For Pasta", nata e cresciuta nella Little Italy di Manhattan, Angel Marinaccio condivide nel volume alcune delle sue ricette pr...

It feels nothing short of a miracle for a child today to reach adolescence with a healthy relationship to food. Childhood obesity statistics are in a constant swirl around them. Food allergies — their own or their peers' — lurk menacingly in the background. Adults warn of the many perils of sugary treats, even as we mark their favorite occasions —...

di Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino   Anche le feste possono rappresentare una sfida per chi insegna lingua italiana nelle scuole americane. Ce ne parla la Professoressa Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino. Invitiamo altri insegnanti d'italiano, sia delle scuole superiori che delle università, a mandarci i loro interventi scrivendo a svaccara@lavoceny.com...

di Riccardo Chioni   È arrivato all'hotel The Ritz Carlton per parlare delle sue origni animato dalla passione che solo un toscano eccellente e doc può sfoderare per riuscire ad illusttrare al meglio alla stampa americana la terra e gli abitanti della Toscana. L'occasione è stata ieri la presentazione del libro "Voices of Tuscany", defi...

Some Knicks fans seem to have an unrealistic expectation of what Andrea Bargnani will bring to Manhattan this season. Count me in the group that thinks the attitude changes once they see him play, but this is what the time before training camp starts is for — unbridled optimism.   But first they need to get Bargnani on the court. He jus...

by Sandra Cordon   The tastes, smells and sights of the region of Umbria, known as Italy's "green heart", are featured until November 30 in New York City's Eataly outlet. Eataly, an international outpost of Italian food and wine, has currently focused its New York store on Umbrian products, which are presented alongside photos from inte...

Coming off the first international summit in February 2013, the Italian Business & Investments Initiative (IB&II) is glad to present its second international series "Italy meets the USA" on Feb 28 2014 in New York: Europe, US and Italy Summit.   This summit will center stage the possible economic growth implications for Europe and th...

Poets of the Italian Diaspora is part of a long-range project, by the editors and contributors, to expand the boundaries of the Italian literary canon. In the century between 1870 and 1970, about twenty-seven million migrants left Italy to work and live abroad. As a result, the worldwide Italian diaspora reportedly numbers more than sixty million p...

YOU'VE HEARD OF extreme sports? Well, on Wednesday evening, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino brought the fashion equivalent — extreme designing — to New York.   The triple-collection punch of this time of year (pre-fall in December/January, men's wear in January and women's wear in February) usually keeps designers hun...

Chants, Boxers, Wounds is an evening where Gabriele Tinti, the Italian writer, will read his poetry on boxing and will present, Poetry Films, based on his text.   Immediately following, there will be a discussion with Edoardo Ballerini (an actor of Italian origin and lead actor The Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, I Shot Andy Warhol and reade...