'Humbling' award caps busy 2017 for Gary Perone
The new year is officially upon us, but for Gary Perone 2017 was a year to remember. Perone, the assistant general manager for the Brooklyn Cyclones, was named the Italian American baseball executive of the year by the Italian American Baseball Foundation. "I was humbled and grateful," said the Tottenville resident Perone. "Very humbling because wh...
The future of olive oil
To regain the trust of Italian and foreign olive oil consumers with an action of the whole supply chain and the support of the institutions. This is the strategy for the revitalization of the Italian olive oil sector, expressed by ASSITOL (the Italian Association of the olive oil industry adhering to Confindustria) during a recent meeting in Rome....
2018 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition
Submissions are now being accepted for the 2018 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the annual awards program organized by Confindustria Ceramica and the Italian Trade Agency honors the exceptional work of North American architects and designers who feature Italian ceramic and porcelain tile in their resi...
A Shovel and a Dream – Dan Yaccarino on the Italian American Immigrant Story
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast episode, I speak with Dan Yaccarino, an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator with more than thirty books to his credit. We’re going to talk specifically about one of his books called All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel. The children’s book details his...
How the buzzy chef of Brooklyn’s Lilia is making Italian food healthy - starting inside her own kitchen
Getting a reservation at Brooklyn’s Lilia (the airy, gorgeous, industrial-chic Italian hotspot in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood) is no small feat. But if you’ve been lucky enough to taste renowned chef Missy Robbins’ dishes, you may have noticed one thing: It’s not your standard spaghetti and meatballs. Of course, that’s due to Robbins’ own...
Irwin's Barry Schiavo loved basketball and his bar, but most of all, his family
It's not much of a stretch to say that basketball was a defining force in Barry Schiavo's life. In the late 1940s, he was a point guard for the Irwin High School basketball team that won a state championship. A lifelong hoops fan, Schiavo in recent years was not one to miss a great-grandchild taking the court. “Just a couple weeks ago, he was at my...
Startup, quali sono e che cosa fanno le 44 italiane che partecipano al CES 2018
Sono quarantaquattro le startup italiane che prenderanno parte alla cinquantunesima edizione del Ces di Las Vegas, la fiera dedicata all’hi-tech che si svolgerà negli Stati Uniti dal 9 al 12 gennaio. Una parte di questi giovani realtà innovative, 29 per la precisione, è stata selezionata da un comitato promotore composto da alcuni dei principali at...
Going to the Source for a Sacred Italian Cheese
I’m not saying I drank too much Brunello di Montalcino. But if I had drunk too much Brunello di Montalcino — the Podere Le Ripi 2014, for example, at, say, 2 a.m. — then a hot, dusty barn packed with sheep wouldn’t have been my first choice of places to be at 6 in the morning. Yet there I was, surrounded by a hundred little animals, white wool coat...
Columbian Club Foundation celebrates 25th anniversary
The Cook County Board marked the 25th anniversary of the Columbian Club Charitable Foundation with a special resolution on Dec. 12. Present were Columbian Club members (from left) Robert DiSilvestro Jr.; Carmen Forte Jr.; Leonard J. Maniscalco and Gabe Caporale; Commissioner Peter Silvestri; and Chairman Toni Preckwinkle. Maniscalco and fellow foun...
Gianni Versace's Longtime Love Antonio D'Amico Followed in His Footsteps With His Own Fashion House
As the premiere of the second installment of the American Crime Storyanthology from Ryan Murphy gets closer, fans are becoming more and more curious about the dramatic life of the legendary fashion designer Gianni Versace. Many people are wondering if Gianni was ever married, and the answer is no. But he did have a 15-year relationship with his boy...
Italian Woman Receives First Bionic Hand with Sense of Touch
Scientists in Rome have unveiled the first bionic hand with a sense of touch that can be worn outside a laboratory. In 2014 the same global team produced the world's first feeling bionic hand. Unfortunately, the system was too large to leave the laboratory. This breakthrough is the result of many years of robotic research carried out by teams in It...
Inside San Diego's Big Farmers' Market Boom
A man is trying to navigate a double-wide baby stroller through the Little Italy Mercato Farmers’ Market. It’s going as expected: like a semitruck attempting to weave in and out of rush hour traffic. Jogging strollers, built wide for stability so children don’t fall out onto the sidewalk, also struggle. Compact, economy fold-ups seem the best for t...