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by Piero Armenti   Se qualcuno prova a convincervi che la pasta è stata inventata dai cinesi, non dategli retta, è solo una leggenda. Parola di Stefano Milioni, giornalista enogastronomico e imprenditore, uno dei maggiori esperti di cibo italiano. "In molte parti del mondo si pensa che sia stato Marco Polo, nel 1295, al suo ritorno dalla Cin...

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The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has announced that 39 of Brooklyn's greatest and tastiest restaurants will take part in "Explore Brooklyn: Italian Restaurant Week" from October 10-17.   The initiative - which coincides with the week of Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month - is aimed at promoting restaurants in Brooklyn and allowing for v...

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On Sunday, December 15, the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum will host a day of holiday celebration. Beginning with Christmas Breakfast Buffet at 11:30 a.m., the day will include games and treats for the whole family. The museum will also unveil its newly enhanced presepio (nativity scene).   The tradition of the presepio began in 326 AD when Emperor...

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«I want to bring sexy back to science», says Alberto Pepe, the 34 year old co-founder of Authorea, a startup based in New York City. It's «the collaborative platform for research», reads its website. It's also the first startup created by an Italian that is able to raise money among NYC investors, thanks to the VentureOutNY program that every mont...

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First the myBaguette app, and now a studio apartment-size pop-up shop in Soho with hashtag neon signs: looks like Fendi has finally figured out how to translate their Italian luxury roots into a language millennials speak.   The brand nonchalantly opened a pop-up inside Wolford's former spot on the corner of Greene and Prince Streets this we...

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Monday, September 22 Luzzi creates a personal portrait of Italy that leaps past clichés, delving into why Italian Americans have complicated relationships with the "old country" and how it is that Italy has produced astonishing and significant art while suffering from corruption, political fragmentation, and an enfeebled civil society.   Wi...

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The extraordinary and sometimes underestimated legacy of Frederick's reign between 1220 and 1250 is the subject of a lecture by Louis Hamilton. The era of Frederick's rule has justifiably been described as the "first Renaissance." However, whereas the later Italian Renaissance flourished primarily in the center and north of the peninsula, this firs...

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Triangle è il nome della fabbrica tessile che prese fuoco nel 1911 a New York causando la morte di 146 persone, la maggior parte emigrate italiane ed ebree. Sistemi di sicurezza inesistenti e porte chiuse a chiave, perché i padroni temevano che le operaie facessero pause troppo lunghe o commettessero furti, furono tra le condizioni che causarono un...

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Emirates will add a superjumbo service between Milan and New York JFK on June 1. The Gulf carrier will upgrade flights EK205/206 on its Dubai-Milan-New York route from a B777-300ER to an A380.   Currently, it operates the A380 between Dubai and Milan as flights EK091/092 (see news, October 7). The third service between those two destination...

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Dr. Silvia C. Formenti, an international expert in the use of radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer, has been appointed chair of the newly established Department of Radiation Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College and radiation oncologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective April 15.   Dr....

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