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If you're a Louisiana native with a distinctly Italian last name, you've got lots of company here. Since the late nineteenth century, more families of Sicilian descent have called Louisiana home than anywhere else in the world except Sicily. This is a topic that has fascinated Loyola history professor, Justin Nystrom – enough to compel him to recor...

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Let’s Eat Snails! is a delightful book designed to engage children in learning about the unique character of Italian culture through an encounter with a peculiar tiny creature. Let’s Eat Snails! celebrates Italian-American culture through a story that introduces kids to its familial and culinary traditions. When Margie visits the Barcellona family...

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Even with Italy’s rich diversity of regional cooking styles, the cuisine of Sicily, reflecting a remarkable range of influences reaching from ancient Greece to Bourbon Spain, stands out. A great way to enjoy Sicilian cooking is, of course, to visit the island; a great way to learn about its exceptional food is to visit (virtually now, in person whe...

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For many years, Italy’s classic cities of Rome, Venice, Florence, and Milan have attracted tourists from around the world while Sicilians quietly produced their wine, grew almonds, pistachios, olives, and citrus, and dined on superb seafood. But word has been getting out about the island’s picturesque coastline, historic towns, and many attraction...

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The Telamon of the Temple of Zeus in the Archaeological Park of Akragas, Agrigento has a length of at least twelve meters, as to say 40 feet. And from the end of 2020 the works will begin to restore it in vertical position as it originally was. A colossal architectural element that will be reconstructed with original finds that supported the entabl...

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All the investigations of the beloved Inspector Montalbano, created by the imagination and pen of the writer Andrea Camilleri, occur around what the writer calls Vigata in the imaginary province of Montelusa. In reality, it corresponds to Porto Empedocle (two steps from the famous Scala dei Turchi), in the province of Agrigento. However, most of th...

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The tiny village of Gesso in Sicily is celebrating the victory of the next US president Joe Biden and the historic rise to the White House of a First Lady with Italian roots, whose ancestors hailed from here. Jill Jacobs Biden's grandfather, Domenico Giacoppo, was born in this remote, offbeat hamlet where only 500 people live amid fluorescent green...

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You might say that Sicily is the scene-stealer in Detective Montalbano, the popular Italian books-to-TV series that has captivated the hearts and minds of mystery fans on both sides of the Atlantic.  Filmed and released over a period of more than twenty years between 1999 and 2020, the 36 two-hour episodes—now streaming on-demand—bring to life the...

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is very pleased to announce that Dr. Jill Biden is set to become the first Italian American First Lady in United States history. NIAF Chairman The Honorable Patricia de Stacy Harrison said, “Dr. Biden’s strong connection to her Italian American heritage and dedication to education aligns with NIAF’s m...

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Joseph R. Biden Jr. is the presumptive winner of the 2020 Presidential Election, after he secured 20 electoral votes by winning Pennsylvania on Saturday morning, The New York Times reports. But perhaps equally historic is the fact that his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, is set to become the first Italian American First Lady in our nation’s history. Her stor...

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