A Young Italian Venture Capitalist in Silicon Valley
Luigi Congedo is a young Neapolitan Venture Capitalist based in Silicon Valley. He is part of an Italian exodus being one of the hundreds of thousands of Italians who moved abroad in the last 10 years: 90% of them have a college degree and they go abroad in search of economic stability and meritocracy. Our interview starts with the account of how...
L’alfabeto dei Sapori d’Italia conquista l’America
By Paola Pavan Alla Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò la cucina è argomento ricorrente e, a giudicare dal successo delle serate, molto apprezzato dal pubblico che chiede sempre il bis. L'occasione per un altro incontro gustoso si è presentata giovedì 5 maggio, complice la visita in città di Licia Granello, firma storica de La Repubblica. Grane...
Il Piemonte è la 'Regione d'onore 2016' del Niaf
Nei prossimi mesi il Piemonte avrà un canale di dialogo privilegiato con gli Stati Uniti. La National Italian Amarican Foundation (Niaf), che rappresenta i cittadini italo-americani, conservando e promuovendo l'originario patrimonio di valori della comunità, ha infatti designato il Piemonte "Regione d'onore 2016". Annualmente la Fondazione...
Bright Blue Sea, Small-Town Charm: Inside Italy’s Secret Summertime Getaway
American sunseekers seem to predominantly associate littoral Italy with Capri and the Amalfi Coast (Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi itself, et cetera). Lesser talked about, however, is the country's Tuscan shoreline. (Okay, Porto Ercole and the famous Hotel Il Pellicano are in Tuscany, but there's more to see.) One such outpost is Punta Ala, about two h...
Review: Katerina Ristorante Italiano in Great Neck
Remember when Italian restaurants had white tablecloths, crystal chandeliers and tableside carts staffed by waiters who boned fish and flamed sauces? Katerina Ristorante Italiano, which opened in Great Neck a few months ago, offers these touches. It is a pleasant throwback to the 1980s. Antonio Cerra, the general manager, can usually be fo...
Spotlight: "Mila", il film d'animazione scritto e diretto da Cinzia Angelini
Duecentocinquanta artisti da venticinque differenti paesi stanno lavorando da circa sei anni come volontari per realizzare Mila, un cortometraggio animato in 3D, scritto e diretto da Cinzia Angelini, artista nata e cresciuta a Milano. La Angelini dal '97 vive e lavora a Los Angeles dove la sua carriera si è affermata nel mondo dell'animazi...
Famous Italian Chef Takes Campaign Against Food Waste To Rio Olympics
Massimo Bottura, the award-winning chef behind the famed Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, believes that cooking is about more than just putting quality ingredients together ― "cooking is a call to act," he says. During Milan's Universal Exposition, or Expo 2015, Bottura created an off-site project to reduce food waste. In collaboratio...
Esternalizzazione di servizi relativi allo svolgimento di attività connesse al rilascio dei visti di ingresso in Italia
di Consolato Generale d'Italia a Philadelphia Nel corso degli ultimi anni un numero sempre maggiore di Rappresentanze diplomatico-consolari italiane e straniere ha fatto ricorso a prestatori esterni di servizi per la gestione di alcune procedure propedeutiche o connesse al rilascio dei Visti di ingresso. L'utilizzo di tali forme di collabo...
‘Ingredienti’: Marcella Hazan’s Soulful Italian Food
By Nancy Harmon Jenkins I've lived in Italy off and on since the 1970s, eating my way up and down the peninsula, shopping the markets, raising the vegetables in my own gardens, prepping and cooking the food, studying the history and meeting the home cooks and chefs who carry the treasures of the Italian table in their heads, hearts and hands. &nb...
108 gather for annual Conforti family reunion
A total of 108 descendants of the late Angelo and Josephine Conforti gathered for their 29th annual family reunion July 31 in Ewing Park. A special face time call was placed from Christopher Chirchetti who is serving in Jordan. Italian music was provided by D Major, a local Italian band. The 50/50 was won by Michelle Hampton of Virginia...
Barengo's new line of balsamic vinegar of Modena hits market
Mizkan America Inc. is expanding its Barengo line of Italian cooking vinegars with the introduction of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, a portfolio of versatile products offering leaf-certified premium taste and organic options. Barengo's Balsamic Vinegar of Modena is steeped in 140 years of traditional craftsmanship, ensuring superior quality at co...
Italia 4.0 plan calls for €7 bn in public spending on digital manufacturing innovation
by Marzio Bartoloni and Carmine Fotina The"Italia 4.0" project is ready. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will likely present it on September 21, together with Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda and Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan. The plan is expected to attract €10 billion of additional industrial investment, and €7 billion for r...