Protezione del patrimonio culturale e artistico: 15 anni di Memorandum tra Italia e Usa
L'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington ha ospitato la presentazione del tre volte rinnovato accordo tra Italia e Stati Uniti, esistente già da 15 anni, per la protezione e la salvaguardia del patrimonio artistico e archeologico risalente ai periodi classico, pre-classico e dell'Impero romano. Allo scopo di accrescere la consapevolezza del patr...
Italy Triumphs at 2016 NYIOOC
Complimenti, Italia! This year, Italian olive oil swept the New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC) with 109 awards, the most from any country. Twenty-six countries from around the world submitted olive oil to be tasted and evaluated by the NYIOOC international panel of expert judges. This year's competition marked the fourth...
Condits are Re and Regina for 2016 Italian Fest
By James Beaty Talk to Karen Condit for a few minutes about her family and it's obvious she's beaming with pride about her Italian heritage. Her heritage includes stories about her grandmother, who, as an 8-year-old child, cared for her three younger siblings while crossing the Atlantic during an ocean voyage from Italy to the United States....
Olive Trees a Popular Choice in the Gardens of Italy’s Country Homes
"In my experience with international customers, I can say that the olive tree is one of the most loved plants and is undoubtedly at the top of the requests for use in the composition of a garden," said Alice Collantoni, an architect who specializes in garden and landscape design. We met Collantoni on the southern coast of Tuscany, in the s...
Food & design, nasce il primo master a Milano
Dopo il successo di Expo, il cibo e tutto il settore alimentare, hanno assunto un ruolo ancora più fondamentale per il nostro Paese. Milano è diventata la città dell'innovazione, e il futuro progetto "technopole", nel sito espositivo della fiera, aprirà la strada a migliaia di nuove possibilità nel campo della ricerca e della tecnologia, s...
Italy edge past USA
Carlo Canna and Ornel Gega helped Italy past the United States in their rugby Test in San Jose, California.Italy have claimed their first win of the year with a hard-fought 24-20 victory over the United States at Avaya Stadium on Saturday. The boot of Carlo Canna led Italy to their win as the fly-half contributed 14 points, while Ornel Gega crosse...
Italian Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Visits NJ
On Friday June 24th, New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission participated in a dinner meeting with the Hon Vicenzo Amendola Undersecretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The Undersecretary was in New York for official meetings at the United Nations, but made time to visit New Jersey to meet with the Italian America...
Lady Gaga, Travolta help celebrate Tony Bennett birthday
By John Carucci A star-studded guest list that included John Travolta, Bruce Willis and Lady Gaga helped celebrate Tony Bennett's 90th birthday on Wednesday. "This particular day is the best moment in my life. The whole day has been magical. The whole world is showing up for me and wishing me well on my 90th birthday, and I can't be more b...
In search of Ragu
La Grassa. The fat one. Bologna has earned its nickname like no other place on earth. The old city is awash in excess calories, a medieval fortress town fortified with golden mountains of starch and red cannons of animal fat, where pastas gleam a brilliant yellow from the lavish amount of egg yolks they contain and menus moan under the weight of th...
Restaurant review: At Sicilia Mia, fine Italian dining feels right at home in Millcreek
At Sicilia Mia, the Mirenda family has once again brought great Italian food to an unsuspecting neighborhood in the Salt Lake Valley. Chef Franco Mirenda, who is well known from Sole Mio in Sandy and the former Amici, gathers his Sicilian family together at Sicilia Mia in Millcreek and produces well-executed takes on old family recipes in...
Danny Amendola on Jimmy Garoppolo: 'He's a tough kid and he's Italian, so don't count him out'
The New England Patriots don't have any plans at this time to add a quarterback before the team's home game against the Houston Texans on Thursday night, according to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, and fellow ESPN NFL Insider Ed Werder tweeted the following on Tuesday morning: #Patriots still believe there's a chance Jimmy Garappolo can tolerate p...
Retired Stamford educator first woman to lead Stamford Columbus Day Parade
By Angela Carella When Connie Scarella Stevenson leads the Columbus Day Parade next month, she will bring the intermingled history of her family and her city, and insight into the saga of the Italians who made their way to America since the turn of the last century. Stevenson will also be the first woman to be grand marshal of the parade, which b...