What Christmas Looks Like for Italians This Year
As per the latest government emergency decree, Italy is currently divided into three zones according to level of coronavirus risk. This means that each of the 20 Italian regions is classified as either red zone (higher risk), orange zone (medium risk), or yellow zone (moderate risk). The decision to put a certain region in one of the three areas i...
TECHNOGYM Opens Its New Los Angeles Store
TECHNOGYM is excited to announce the opening of its brand-new retail store in Los Angeles, California. The two-floor space, located at 131 North Robertson Boulevard in the heart of the West Hollywood Design District, totals over 3,500 square feet, and has been designed to offer a real Wellness lifestyle experience and allow people to discover the b...
How to spend one day in Parma
For those seeking to get deeper into some of northern Italy’s smaller towns, one day in Parma is a perfect idea. And not just for your stomach which will love you for sampling Parmigiano Reggiano or prosciutto di Parma (Parma ham). Parma offers an array of delicious foods, but has much, much more than that. So if you’ve got one day in Parma, let us...
New Pleasanton Restaurant Seeks To Give 'True Italian Experience'
Locanda Amalfi, an Italian restaurant in downtown Pleasanton, opened this month to Tri-Valley diners. The Neapolitan restaurant at 349 Main St. offers diners the "true Italian experience," said owner Enzo Rosana, who was raised near the Italian city of Naples. Rosana's mother, founder Mama Carmela, is among those working behind the scenes in the ki...
Author Jhumpa Lahiri on why writing in Italian is like ‘falling in love’
“There is zero spontaneity in life.” Jhumpa Lahiri is telling me about her disorienting return to work at Princeton University, where the acclaimed writer is director and professor of creative writing. “We teach everything online, which is strange and frustrating and exhausting. We have no choice.” A weekly coronavirus test is mandatory for anyone...
This Italian town was famous for its old folks. And then they vanished
Since the 1990s Campodimele, a hamlet straddling the wild Aurunci hills in central Italy, has been celebrated for the longevity of its inhabitants. Over the years scientists and tourists have flocked to the tiny community, eager to learn what it was that made its residents live well into their 10th or 11th decade. Today, Campodimele is still known...
Little Mama’s Italian Serves Up Big Plates in SouthPark
Since moving to Charlotte from Chicago, it seemed like I forgot how to speak Italian, as in food. While it was my regular go-to in Chi-town, I have ignored one of my favorite cuisines since moving to the Queen City. Shortly after landing here, an acquaintance recommended Mama Ricotta’s as a spot I had to try. I still haven’t made it there, but I d...
Italian immigrants in 1956, New Castle's Michael and Raffaela Bruno reflect upon 64 years as Americans
Immigration — both legal and illegal — has been a widely debated topic in America the last few years. Indeed, the National Immigration Forum reports, a June 2019 Gallup poll found that “the percentage of Americans who said that immigration was the most important problem facing the country reached a record high ... at 23 percent.” However, the forum...
The Art of Unique Italian Fragrance
The number of wonderful alluring fragrances in the world seem endless – and one might wonder how new scents can enter the market so often, and not be the same as another but with a different name put on the bottle. Not all, but many of the fragrances today in fact do smell like another, and new one’s entering the market don’t smell very unique. If...
Celebrating Italian Excellence with the Italian Trade Agency
We have some exciting news from the Italian food world during this Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo, or World Italian Cuisine Week! Eataly is proud to announce our new partnership with the Italian Trade Agency, to help you expand your knowledge of authentic and traditional Italian food and wine. Starting in January 2021, the worldwide join...
Enel Green Power Promotes Sustainability At Solar Power Plants In US
Enel Green Power is a subsidiary of Enel, the Italian utility company. Established in 2008, it is headquartered in Rome but operates in 27 countries located on 5 continents, providing electricity generated by solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass sources to its customers. The company operates three solar power plants in the United States — one in St...
The Haunting Beauty of a Hut-to-Hut Hike in the Dolomites
Last August, long before the coronavirus pandemic descended across Italy, I set off on a hike following the Alta Via 1, a long-distance footpath that traverses the Dolomites from north to south. A monumental mountain range in northeastern Italy, the Dolomites — a World Heritage Site since 2009 — are home to some of the world’s most majestic scener...
