Lady Gaga: Italian of the Week
On March 29, 1986, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born in New York, NY, to Cindy and Joseph. She started playing the piano when she was four years old and started writing her own music by the time she was 13. A year later, Stefani began performing at open mic nights throughout the city. After high school, she enrolled at Collaborative Arts...
Education Reform: Italian Group Shows Americans How It's Done
By Bruce Deitrick Price Here are two harsh realities about American education. K-12 schools are mired in mediocrity. Second, the Education Establishment and the high-level people who should be improving the schools seem indifferent to academic improvement. My sense is that the only people crusading for genuine reform are tradition...
Let’s Be Real: Dominick’s Real Italian
By Heather Hoch When it comes to eating Italian stateside, you essentially have three options. There's the upscale, handmade and tradition-focused cuisine that oft brands itself as a modern trattoria. There are also the deli-style pasta houses that serve up big portions in Italian-American style, offering a distinct take on classic dishes....
Pasta Sisters Makes Italian Specialties Affordable Again
by Joshua Lurie The menu at Pasta Sisters is more or less mix-and-match. Pick a pasta and match your favorite sauce. Tagliatelle, spaghetti, pappardelle and penne are all considered basic. House-made gnocchi and ravioli cost a bit more. For a sense of what you'll face at the register, tagliatelle tossed with tomato basil sauce runs $7.50....
In a nation of small businesses, immigrant entrepreneurs fit right in
by Rossella Cadeo The number of foreign entrepreneurs in Italy is growing. According to a study by Fondazione Leone Moressa based on ISTAT data, in the last five years the percentage of non-Italian entrepreneurs has increased by 20%, with Lazio, Campania and Calabria regions leading the way. Italy's immigrant business owners now...
Fazoli's To Celebrate First Annual "Italian for the People Day"
Fazoli's®, the nation's largest fast casual Italian chain, is celebrating its first annual "Italian for the People Day" on Saturday, March 12, 2016, in promotion of its new menu items by honoring guests with a special limited-time offer, with purchase of a new menu item, valid at participating Fazoli's nationwide. During the week of March...
SNL’s Joe Piscopo does lunch at World’s Biggest Bowl of Spaghetti
Whom would you expect to bump into at the World's Biggest Bowl of Spaghetti? Of course, it's Joe Piscopo from Saturday Night Live! Joe is a celebrity, and so is this pasta. It's served in a bowl that's eight feet in diameter. It has 500 pounds of pasta, 150 gallons of sauce, or as they call it gravy and 50 pounds of cheese. That'...
Exploring the full range—and moneymaking potential—of Italian meats
You already know that pepperoni has been America's favorite pizza topping for decades—but times are changing, and so are consumer tastes. When was the last time you introduced your guests to something different, such as an imported Italian salami or a beautiful prosciutto di Parma? Maybe it's time to expand your horizons, explore the full...
Lighting tecnology company iGuzzini’s growth based on research and human capital
Products, people and projects. Three words – the "three Ps" – behind iGuzzini Illuminazione's "sustainable" growth, which cannot be subsumed into a single cause, according to Adolfo Guzzini and Andrea Sasso, respectively President and CEO. The Marche-based lighting technology firm, headquartered in Recanati (province of Macerata) and prese...
The Trevi Group’s Challenging Rescues of the Tower of Pisa and Concordia Shipwreck
When: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT)Where: Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford Street, Houston, TX 77006 Join us at the ICCC for a lecture on the challenging rescues of one of Italy's most iconic structures, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and also of one of the largest ships ever to be abandoned, the Co...
Italian Festival set for this weekend
This year's Italian Festival will be held a week earlier than usual — this Saturday and Sunday on May 14-15. Italian Festival Committee member Bobby Lenardo said volunteers decided to move this year's festival up a week to avoid conflicting with McAlester High School activities scheduled at the site the following week. Those organizin...
Giovanni Falcone commemorato anche a Washington
La messa annuale in commemorazione del giudice Giovanni Falcone è stata celebrata nella Holy Rosary Church, parrocchia italiana di Washington, ieri, domenica 22, alla vigilia dell'anniversario dell'attentato in cui è stato assassinato assieme alla moglie ed i membri della scorta. L'evento annuale serve a ricordare il coraggio e la dedizione del gi...