Annual Abruzzese Salami and Sausage Making Extravaganza
by Sandra Tornberg More than 35 years ago a tradition was started by the late Giulio and Connie Badia. They opened their home to about ten paesani for the purpose of making sausage, salami, and prosciutto in the Abruzzese tradition. Back in those days they started out with one hundred pounds of pork meat, and eventually worked the...
Voltaggio Introduces New Italian Concept Within Range
Don't fret Bryan Voltaggio fans. Range, the "Top Chef" alum's Friendship Heights hot spot, isn't biting the dust. The chef's vague social media flirtations that an Italian concept is coming to 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, which is the address of Range, left some to speculate whether Voltaggio is opening a new space within the Chevy Chase Pavi...
Rosati's celebrates 50th anniversary, new Schererville location
Rosati's Pizza in Schererville may have a new location, but there's nearly a century of tradition behind the name that began in Coney Island, New York and then Chicago's Taylor Street. The name goes back to the 1890s when Italian immigrant Ferdinand Rosati opened a New York restaurant. The family later moved to Chicago where in 1927 Ferdinand's so...
La comunità italo-americana a Milwaukee: storie di successi oltreoceano
Alcune settimane fa vi ho parlato del fatto che a Milwaukee non esista una Little Italy, dove si ha la sensazione di essere in Italia perché si sente parlare solo italiano come a Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco o anche Pittsburgh. In città però la presenza italiana è quanto mai vivace. Il centro della vita della comunità qui da mo...
Bulgari to Fund Renovation of Rome’s Spanish Steps
Italian jewelry and luxury goods company Bulgari on Thursday answered the Italian government's appeal for help in financing a renovation of Rome's famous Spanish Steps. Bulgari, which was bought in 2011 by French luxury giant LVMH, will put $2 million towards the refurbishment which will begin in 2015 and last two years, Rome's mayor Ignaz...
L'Italia, il design e Paola Antonelli
By Jacopo Colò Paola Antonelli è arrivata al MoMA, uno dei più importanti musei del mondo, nel 1994. Aveva 31 anni. Ha iniziato la sua carriera lì semplicemente rispondendo a un annuncio di lavoro e poi non se ne è più andata, arrivando fino a diventare la curatrice del dipartimento di design e architettura del museo. Le sue acquisizioni...
Italian good news: Italy at Europe's top, recycled 2 million tons of electronic waste
WTI Magazine #26 2014 Apr, 18Author : buonenotizie.it Translation by: A few days ago Europe has reached and passed the record of 2 million tons of RAEE (Rifiuti di Apparecchiature Elettriche ed Elettroniche, as to say Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) collected and recycled. Thanks to the extraction of controlled chemical su...
La Commissione Fulbright ricerca un Assistente Amministrativo: scadenze invio candidature 15 maggio 2014
La Commissione per gli Scambi Culturali fra l'Italia e gli Stati Uniti, the U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission, ente privato che dal 1948 gestisce su mandato del Dipartimento di Stato e Ministero degli Affari Esteri il Programma Fulbright finalizzato a rafforzare gli scambi accademici tra Italia e Stati Uniti ricerca un Assistente Amministrativo: il...
United Grapes of America: U.S. becomes world’s No.1 wine market as French drinking drops
The United States became the world's biggest wine market last year, beating France into second place for the first time as consumption falls in the country widely seen as the drink's natural home. U.S. consumers bought 29.1 million hectoliters of wine in 2013, a rise of 0.5 percent on 2012, while French consumption fell nearly 7 percent to 28.1 mi...
Cemetery tourism could boost Italian economy
Italy boasts more than half of Europe's historic or unusual cemeteries of interest to tourists but is poorly organised to develop this specialised sector of the tourism market, a survey made available exclusively to ANSA says. As many as 192 Italian graveyards are of touristic interest, representing 55% of the total in Europe, followed by...
Great Italians of the past: Sofia Loren
WTI Magazine #34 2014 June, 11Author : Giuseppina Salzano e Giovanni Verde Translation by: Sofia Loren is the most award-winning Italian actress in history, and the most beloved by the American cinema. Her characters are famous, even today, known by old and new generations. Her candor, simplicity and sensuality, and her being light a...
Scottdale man leads state Sons and Daughters of Italy
By Rachel Basinger Scottdale resident Tony Lizza is on top of one state social organization. He currently sits as president of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Sons and Daughters of Italy. Born in Italy, Lizza joined the Sons of Italy organization on Jan. 1, 1980. "I thought it would be a good place to meet other Italian people," h...