Si chiama Next l’auto del futuro ideata da due giovani talenti italiani. Modulare ed ecologica, si ricarica in corsa
"Immagina di prendere l'auto e partire per un viaggio. Immagina di volere un caffè. Fai una telefonata, la macchina modulo si attacca alla tua e si crea uno spazio interno dove tu puoi comodamente prendere il tuo caffè. Intanto, l'auto guida da sola". È questa l'idea di Tommaso Gecchelin, designer freelance classe 1985, per rivoluzionare il concet...
A turnaround, a first: seven foreigners out of 20 will head the most famous museums in Italy
by Antonello Cherchi Twenty of the most famous Italian museums – the Uffizi Museum in Florence, the Borghese Gallery in Rome, the Royal Palaces of Caserta and Capodimonte, the Archaeological Museum in Reggio Calabria with the Riace Bronzes, and the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, to name a few – will soon be headed by new top managers, inclu...
Italy’s sparkling spumante sales overtake champagne, thanks to English and American consumers
Italian spumante is reaping success abroad, as demonstrated by a study by Coldiretti (Italy's confederation of farmers) presented at Expo Milano 2015. In the first five months of 2015 Italian spumante sales abroad set an historic record, with an increase of 20% of bottles distributed. In the rankings of the preferred Italian sparkling wine...
Fazoli’s trying to make comeback in Phoenix market
We could see the return of Fazoli's to the Phoenix market very soon. The familiar Italian restaurant chain closed its last store in the area in 2008, but is trying to expand back into Phoenix, among other markets, thanks to a recent brand turnaround. In fact, Phoenix scored very high when looking into potential growth markets accordin...
Marco’s Pizza Announces Aggressive Growth Plan for Colorado, Wyoming
Marco's Pizza, the fastest-growing pizza franchise in the United States, is targeting the Rocky Mountain States for growth. With 15 franchise locations already open and operating throughout Colorado and Wyoming, the company has announced plans to open more than 35 additional locations through strategic franchise partnerships in the coming years. &...
How to Make a Perfect Ragu - the Popular Italian Meat Sauce
by Julia Moskin When I started out cooking dinner (for my little sister, on the nights my parents went to their weekly disco lesson), meat sauce was one of the recipes I cut my teeth on. (The other was canned-soup stroganoff; we had a great love for ground beef.) It seemed, and was, so basic: brown the meat, pour in chopped tomatoes, and...
Italy Day at FIU in Miami
October 22, 2015 - Thursday 1:30 PM. Florida International University - Graham Center - GC 140 - Florida International University , 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, Florida The Consulate General of Italy, the Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, the European & Eurasian Studies, the Europe Student Association,...
Call abstract for the “11th Conference of Italian Researchers in the World”
The COMITES Texas together with the Consulate General of Italy in Houston invite you to submit an abstract to the "11th Conference of Italian Researchers in the World" that will be held February 26-27th 2016 in Houston, Texas. The Conference is open to all researchers working abroad and in Italy in different fields of science, technology, medicine...
Eataly: Italian Food the Italian Way
by Renee Lo Iacono When my friend in Milan took me to Eataly I was initially surprised to discover that he wanted to show me a grocery store, however, after a walk through the boutique Italian market, I could understand why it had become such an attraction in Milan. Let's take a walk... I walk through the double sliding glass...
Everyday Italian: The new Foreign Legion is downtown's inexpensive, hidden gem
by Mecca Bos Minneapolis is currently as flush with Italian as the prom queen is with suitors. And we love so many of them it is hard to choose: Il Foro for the architecture and chef Joe Rolle's playful way with high-end Italian American creations; Parella for its keen eye toward true regional cooking, the way it's really done in Italy; Bar La Gra...
Quei sogni a stelle e strisce
"La simbolica data d'inizio dell'emigrazione italiana nelle Americhe può essere considerata il 4 ottobre 1852, quando venne fondata a Genova la Compagnia Transatlantica per la navigazione a vapore con le Americhe. Fra il 1880 e il 1915 approdano negli Stati Uniti quattro milioni di italiani, su 9 milioni circa di emigranti che scelsero di attravers...
In conversation with Sergio Donati: Once Upon A Time… Italy made great cinema!
by Valerio Viale It seems like fate has bestowed more than just the first name to Donati (13 April 1933) and Leone (3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989), both named Sergio and born in Rome, four years apart from one another. Together they created a genre, called "Spaghetti Western", which enchanted and still captivates generations of afici...