Lavazza Coffee Beans For Sale In US As Italian Roaster Increases Efforts To Reach American Consumers
By Sarah Berger As tennis fans strolled around Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City last week, many saw a new, crisp white, green and blue pop-up cafe plopped in the center of the stadium grounds. Lavazza, an Italian coffee company, was an official sponsor of the U.S. Open tennis tournament for the first time, hoping to attract a...
Will The Stelvio Make Americans Lust For An Alfa Romeo Again?
To people of a certain age, Alfa Romeo is how you say "sports car" in Italian. Its two seat barchetta, the Spider Veloce, played a staring role in Mike Nichols' classic movie The Graduate. You don't even have to know Italian to know what "veloce" means. Just say the word and it definition become clear. Road & Track often waxed poetic about the...
Italian Diaspora Studies Summer Seminar
by Anthony Julian Tamburri This three-week summer program at the University of Calabria (Arcavacata di Rende) is now in its third edition. The Seminar takes place June 12–30, adiposity 2017 and is designed to introduce participants (doctoral students and professors) to cultural studies of the Italian Diaspora from a variety of academic pers...
SMEG’s small appliances bring the 50’s to your kitchen
Blending Italian craftsmanship, 1950s style, modern electrical technology and an architectural eye, the SMEG line of small appliances brings a delightfully refreshing atmosphere to the kitchen. A collaboration between Matteo Bazzicalupo and Raffaella Mangiarotti of deepdesign and SMEG (the translation of the Italian acronym is 'Metal Enamellin...
Pasta Is Making A Comeback, Sales Rise After Years Of Decline
Could the dark era of low-carb dieting in America finally be behind us? U.S. pasta consumption is back on the rise after shrinking for years, according to data from research firm Nielsen. In the 52 weeks ending on April 2, dollar sales of dry pasta were up 2.9% year on year. The trend is reflected in people's online search habits as well. "Pa...
Everything You Need To Know To Cook Like An Italian
Anna Prandoni is the author of Let's Cook Italian (Quarto Publishing), an Italian family cookbook (with simplified versions of the most famous recipes), written in order to bring our culinary art around the world, to adults and children (who are increasingly involved in making dishes). We asked her to tell us the ten golden rules of Italian co...
The 'Andrea Doria' sinks
By David A. Marlin It was July 25, 1956, shortly before midnight, when two ocean liners collided in heavy fog 45 miles south of Nantucket Island. The Andrea Doria, the pride of the Italian fleet bound for New York, had been rammed amidships by the bow of the Swedish liner Stockholm. My recollections of the Andrea Doria sinking are firsthan...
Jackie Collins’ ‘Lucky Santangelo’ Novels To Be Film Trilogy
It has just been announced that Universal Pictures has bought the rights to the Santangelo book series, dosage and will develop feature films based on the character Lucky Santangelo. The book series, written by Jackie Collins, is comprised of nine novels with one spin-off. The story follows the daughter of Italian-American gangster, Gino Sant...
L’Italia del futuro in scena negli USA: Marinetti da Washington a Houston passando per New York
Non c'è solo la mostra al Guggenheim di New York a far parlare d'Italia e del Futurismo negli Stati Uniti. Sta ora per iniziare una tournée teatrale in collaborazione con l'Ambasciata, i Consolati e gli Istituti Italiani di Cultura in USA, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò New York University e Acqua di Parma, dedicata a Filippo Tommaso Marinetti c...
Love is eating. Healthy and tasty Italian recipes for family meals
Hardcover- Size 22x22cm (9x9in)132 pages with color photos - EnglishISBN 978-88-96059-35-7March, 2015- By Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn This engaging everyday Italian cookbook features simple recipes highlighting fresh, seasonal, local and healthy ingredients. Italian food is simple, tasty and zesty. You can whip up a mouth-wate...
MV Agusta Proud to Participate in MotoAmerica
MV Agusta USA LLC is proud to return to the racing circuit in the USA and to be affiliated with the efforts of four independent teams. The weekend of April 10-12, 2015 marked the first race in the new MotoAmerica series. Four independent teams brought their dedicated efforts to the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas with pilots lever...
Nancy and Tina Sinatra remember their father Frank
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Frank Sinatra, or simply The Voice, one of the most influential figures in the entertainment business. Francis Albert Sinatra was a true artist; movie singer, movie actor, he was one of the very first to give resonance to Italian-Americans, having born from Italian immigrants Natalina "Dolly"...