Sirio Maccioni recovers from broken leg in Italian villa
by Emily Smith It hasn't been the best summer for famed restaurateur Sirio Maccioni, who, we've just learned, spent a month in a hospital in Tuscany, Italy, following a fall at his villa in the picturesque hillside town of Montecatini Terme. But the fans of 83-year-old Sirio, who include Spain's former king Juan Carlos, Woody Allen, Rudy...
Momentum builds for Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade
The Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade Committee will host its Honoree Dinner Gala at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Nanina's in the Park in Belleville. For tickets, call Barbara Freda at 973-650-3849 or Melissa Matturro at 973-661-9234. The awardees being honored in this year's parade are as follows: Vincent Micco, Grand Marshal; Me...
A taste of Stockton's Italian past
By Michael Fitzgerald Mary Risso, the "Foccacia Queen" who baked cookies for neighbors and her mailman, has died. She was 98. "Her personality was sweet," said Risso's daughter, Marie Dremelas. "When you met her for the first time you said, 'My gosh, where has this woman been all my life?'" And then Risso gave you homemade pasta sauc...
Bronx Columbus Day parade draws 3,000
By Sarah Trefethen Man, woman and pooch showed their Italian pride at an annual Columbus Day parade in The Bronx on Sunday. "Everyone gets along," cheered Andrew Maccio, 67, who said the parade along Morris Park Avenue is different from any of the other city processions. "Italians are not drinkers, they're lovers," he boasted. Sunday's...
Erba stella can be harvested at any time
By Paul Barbano Italian food can have funny names such as spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, meaning string, twine, or manicotti from the Italian, plural of manicotto, muff or sleeve, because it is a sleeve stuffed with cheese. Penne pasta got its name because it looks like the quill or a pen. Orzo, meaning barley, because it looks like a...
Opening for Assistant Professor in Italian and German
The position is in the department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at San Francisco State University. SF State is a member of the California State University system and serves a diverse student body of 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The University seeks to promote appreciation of scholarship, freedom and, human diversity through ex...
Studying (in) Italy: 3 Inventions that Shaped the History of Ancient Rome
WTI Magazine #72 2015 November 13Author : John Cabot University Translation by: Many inventions that we take for granted today – from roadways to concrete and even our calendar – have their origins in the ancient world. Some were invented in Ancient Rome, and others were perfected by the Empire as it absorbed technologies from the ci...
The Renaissance of California Extra Virgin Olive Oil
by Silvia Donati California olive oil producers are hard at work these days, with the olive harvest season currently under way. An unprecedented production of 4 million gallons of extra virgin olive oil is estimated for this year's harvest, almost double what was produced last year. A sign that the California olive oil industry is...
The legend of "La Befana"
by Cookie Curci Christian legend has it that La Befana was approached by the magi (the biblical three kings) a few days before Christ's birth. They asked for directions to where the baby Jesus was, but she did not know. She provided them with shelter for a night, as she was considered the best housekeeper in the village with the most pleasant home...
100 Italian Stories telling the success of Made in Italy green energy
by Claudia Astarita Not many people know what Italy is doing in term of environment protection and sustainability. The Italian foundation Symbola and Enel have recently released a piece of research on 100 Italian successful energy stories. They are small and medium Italian enterprises that have specialized in eco-friendly energy-r...
Italian report: Living and Doing Business in Italy - part 1
WTI Magazine #75 2016 January 18Author : Italian Notariat Translation by: The Guide entitled "Living and Doing Business in Italy" was created by the Italian Notariat to meet the needs of Italy's new economic scenarios and to inform foreign citizens about operations that in Italy by law require the intervention of a notary, who is a publ...
I pianoforti dell’ingegnere che ha sposato arte e scienza
di Federico Taddia «Certo che lo riconosco il suono, l'ho perfettamente stampato nella mente: è chiaro, elegante, libero e liquido. Meno roboante rispetto ad altre marche, ma più raffinato e colorato. È vivo e articolato, assomiglia quasi alla lingua italiana». Socchiude gli occhi e accarezza l'aria mentre cerca di tradurre in par...