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by Elizabeth Mitchell The mysterious author who goes by Elena Ferrante first discussed her idea for a novel that would become the now-legendary Neapolitan series with her Italian publishers over a lakeside lunch on a sunny summer afternoon in 2009.   "She told us that she wanted to write the story of two friends, middle-aged, and in Naple...

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by Dolores Alfieri   Have you heard of the term "blood memory"? Until recently, I hadn't. Although I have felt that which the term points to many times and, unknowingly, it was exactly this mysterious, magical idea I had been, again and again, trying to define on the show with guest after guest.   With Anthony currently overseas galli...

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Davanti al numero c'è ancora il segno più. E di questi tempi non è male, anche se questo resta quasi l'unico aspetto positivo dell'export extraeuropeo italiano di ottobre. Su base annua la crescita delle nostre vendite oltreconfine al di fuori del l'Unione Europea è dell'1,5%, un "bis" rispetto al dato di settembre che abbassa però ulteriormente la...

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The American-Italian Cancer Foundation (AICF) in New York, is a 501c3 non-profit organization founded by Italian scientist Umberto Veronesi to support cancer research and control.   Each year, through our International, Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Program, we are proud to fund the research projects of about 20 young Italian scientists...

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One Europe's Andrea Bonetti conducted an interview with Mr Simone Crolla regarding his views on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement.   Mr Crolla is currently the Managing Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy (AmCham) and Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at Weber Shandwick Italy. Previou...

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While I was reordering material in my research files I came across a piece I wrote a few years ago on Nina Piscopo D'Amore (1917-1994), a second-generation Italian American who designed a collection of house-robes as her graduating project entitled The Art of Lounging (1939).   The collection is composed of 11 fashion plates with description...

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by Cookie Curci   For many years, my Italian-American family worked the valley land; they were prune ranchers, cherry growers, farmers and cannery workers. The cuisine they enjoyed was essentially food from the land and some of the food they enjoyed came to them freely from the hills and orchards of the Santa Clara valley. Much of what they...

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They were seen taking the Polar Plunge at the weekend, jumping into a freezing Lake Michigan for charity.But Lady Gaga says that when it comes to taking the actual plunge with her wedding - it's her family who are in the driving seat. The 29-year-old singer - who is engaged to actor Taylor Kinney, 34 - said on Monday that her mother Cindy and fema...

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World-renowned mathematician Umberto Mosco, the Harold J. Gay Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has been elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).   The first WPI faculty member to receive this honor, Mosco is one of 65 new fellows elected for 2017 by AMS, the 128-year-old society...

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E' in dirittura d'arrivo l'accordo o tra l'azienda americana AluminiFuel Power Corporation e l'italiana Genport.   Le due società stanno lavorando intensamente per risolvere complesse questioni contrattuali internazionali e arrivare alla struttura ottimale dell'intera operazione. Al fine di rendere l'accordo conforme alla normativa italiana,...

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by Richard Leong   American chefs Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman draw inspiration for their Southern cooking from their Italian heritage and their grandmothers' Sunday dinners, which they remember fondly in their first book "Collard & Carbonara." The childhood friends run two popular restaurants in Memphis, Andrew Michael Italian Kitch...

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Frankie Avalon was born Francis Thomas Avallone on September 18, 1940, in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to parents of Italian heritage. His song "Venus" became his first No. 1 single in 1959 and he released six more Top 40 records in that year alone.   Avalon was on U.S. television playing his trumpet by the time he was 11. Two singles sh...

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