WTI Magazine #63 2015 June, 27
Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by:
Ciao from Rome! Actually, this time I should say "ciao from Milan!" In fact, We the Italians has been invited to visit Expo 2015, the wonderful world exhibition that runs from May 1 through October 31 in Milan. We just have one word about it: AMAZING! You know that we have been publishing contents about Expo in our magazine, and it will go on until the end of October: but we strongly encourage everyone of you to visit it!
The theme of the exhibition is "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life". Every country explains through its own pavilion how they feed the planet ... and make no mistake, the Italian Americans are there too! The most important content in the pavilion is called "The Great American Foodscape". This part of the Pavilion experience is a journey through America's food culture, past and present; fun, delicious and surprising. These stories are a selection of our food tales about cultural adaptation, regional specialties, American peculiarities - all celebrating the creativity and diversity of our food and people. It has seven cartoons explaining the contents, and the first one is called "Tradition transformed – My grandfather's recipe". And which recipe is this? Spaghetti with meatballs!
Of course, the Italian pavilion is the one with most contents about the incredible contributions Italy gives to feed the planet, not only with food – both in a traditional and in an innovative way, you have to see it! – but also with beauty. After all, Italy is the most beautiful country in the world ...
About Expo 2015, we are happy to announce that We the Italians is closing deal with UVET and we will be able very soon to present travel ideas branded We the Italians, all of which contain the visit to Expo: a must see, make no mistake! More coming soon ...
As always, also in our 63rd issue of this magazine we will wander through different Italian regions to take a look at some of the beautiful excellences of a few Regions of our beloved country. We start from Tuscany with the tradition of the wonderful Palio di Siena, and then we move north to Veneto and the culture and history of Verona, a city for lovers. Lombardia is the region where our great Italian of the past, Mother Frances Cabrini, was born; and we move south to Sicily and the beautiful handcrafts from Trapani. The cuisine in this issue is from Lazio, and after that we go back to Tuscany for the magical land and nature of the Elba island and for the flavor of Pecorino Toscano. Back to Veneto for the art belonging to the University of Padua, we then move to Sardinia for the beautiful garden in Aymerich. Almost in front of Sardinia there's Campania and its tasty Falanghina wine, and after that we go back north to Friuli Venezia Giulia and the little town of Fagagna. Last but not least, we visit the Italian cinema of a curious festival in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, and then we end our trip back in Lazio, where we learn about Roman English libraries. That's just a tiny preview of all you will find in this issue of We the Italians magazine!
Before to say goodbye, let me remind you the awesome opportunity given by the partnership between John Cabot University and We The Italians: two brand new Italian-American Heritage Scholarship. You can find the specifics in this previous editorial, or you can contact admissions@johncabot.edu for more information.
That's all for now. So stay tuned, fasten your seat belt and enjoy the ride. The future's so bright, we gotta wear shades!