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Super excited to announce that Nonna Romana and I will do a cooking segment on the Home & Family Show which airs on the Hallmark Channel. The show is hosted by Mark Steines and Debbie Matenopoulos. Monday April 10, 2017. 10:00 AM EST. Hallmark Channel  On the show, Nonna and I will be making one of Nonna's recipes from my cookbook.  Not telling you...

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Elena Ferrante fans can rejoice, their heroine is coming to the small screen. Well, kind of. Though many expected Ferrante to fade from public life after an Italian journalist revealed her real name last October, she's instead continued to do what she's always done: Write things for money.HBO just announced a 32-episode order that will cover all fo...

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The message to Danny Falcone was simple enough, but it revealed all: “When was your father’s birth date?” He sent back a text message, “7/11/38.” Seven-eleven. A very Vegas date for a very Vegas legend. Vincent Falcone, the master Las Vegas pianist and music director for many of the giants in the entertainment industry, died late Friday night in To...

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McDonald’s ce l’ha fatta, Burger King anche, ora ci proverà Starbucks, ma sono poche le grandi catene del food & beverage made in USA che, in Italia, sono riuscite a sfondare. Tra quelle che all’estero volano e nel nostro Paese, invece, stentano un po’ a farsi spazio c’è, ad esempio, KFC – Kentucky Fried Chicken, la catena di fast food specializzat...

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The Italian director Saverio Costanzo has signed on to direct and to help write a 32-part television series based on the four Neapolitan novels by the author who publishes under the pseudonym Elena Ferrante. The novels, published between 2012 and 2014, have developed a cult international following. They are “My Brilliant Friend,” “The Story of a Ne...

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Cari lettori, Vi voglio raccontare il mio impegno per voi in questa settimana di carnevale. Ricevo spesso da voi, e vi ringrazio perché utile al mio lavoro, molte sollecitazioni e consigli su varie questioni. Questi giorni ne ho ricevute parecchie sul ruolo diRai Italia: chi vuole più sport chi più cultura, chi più informazioni etc.., tutte cose le...

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I ask Lorraine Bracco if she remembers the first time she saw Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese’s dazzling portrait of life in the mob. “Absolutely,” she says. “It was last year.” Which is strange, given the film came out in 1990, and Bracco was one of the stars. She is laughing as she speaks, a husky giggle, her accent doorstop-thick New York. “Well, I...

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Joe Paterno was and still is one of the most recognizable names in the world — something that made the winningest football coach in NCAA history quite the marketing tool. Bread distributor Holsum, who once provided delicious grain-based products to households across the country, recognized this and promptly made Paterno the face of Italian bread ba...

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Many of us dream of Italy. Kathy McCabe transformed her Italian dreams into an award-winning newsletter and a PBS travel series. Blonde-haired McCabe doesn’t look Italian—nor does her name sound Italian. But the first time she visited her great-grandfather’s village in Campania, McCabe felt that she had come home. “When I was growing up in New Jers...

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Watertown chef Mike Fucci's friends have been teasing him that, as of Wednesday, he's going to be famous. The reason? Fucci will be featured on Cutthroat Kitchen, a competitive cooking show on the Food Network on Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. Fucci, who has lived in Watertown for 11 years, has always been involved in cooking and community. "I have coached Water...

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