For the Love of Figs
by Gina Fava "How many figs do you have on your tree?" This is all I hear during harvest season in my family. Over the past few years, my husband, Jamie, and my father, and my brother, Tony, each acquired fig trees for their yards. Since the first year of cultivating them, these men relentlessly compete over quantity. Among their...
Nutley-Belleville Columbus Parade: 2015 honorees
2015 Grand Marshal: Vincent Micco is the grand marshal of this year's Columbus Day parade. Vincent Micco served two yearlong tours of duty in Iraq conducting intelligence operations with the U.S. Army. In his most recent deployment he led a counterintelligence team of special agents covering the entire southern portion of Iraq, which soug...
Elk Grove, Termini Imerese Mayors Meet, Reaffirm Sister Cities Bond
by Tom Robb The mayor of Elk Grove Village's Italian sister city, Termini Imerese in Palermo, Sicily, arrived at O'Hare Airport last week with a small delegation to visit his sister city and fellow mayor Craig Johnson. Termini Imerese Mayor Salvatore Burrafato and four others visited Chicago and Elk Grove Village. They joined...
The Best Italian Wine Region You’ve Never Heard Of
By Robert DraperMy love affair began dubiously one night at a restaurant in Venice 19 years ago when, as Americans are wont to do, I reflexively ordered a bottle of Pinot Grigio. The waiter returned with a bottle of his choosing and poured me a glass. Drinking it was like taking the first bite into a ripe golden apple, piercingly tart. I g...
Alfredo Casella. A Musician between Two Worlds - November 13
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute cordially invite you to a special event in collaboration with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. We celebrate the National Symphony Orchestra's first performances of music by Alfredo Casella conducted by Maestro Gianandrea Noseda, one of the composer's great champions. &...
Now That’s Amore
By Jasmin St. Claire Being a native New Yorker is sometimes an advantage in West L.A. For one, I've always been better at cursing out cab drivers than the locals. There are disadvantages, too: I'm saddled with a New Yorker's palate. It craves the flavors and ambiance of the kind of old-school Italian restaurant you'd find in one of th...
Italian flavors: Parmigiano Reggiano
WTI Magazine #73 2015 November 27Author : MIPAAF Translation by: Parmigiano Reggiano has ancient origins dating back to the 12th century. The first cheese dairies began in the Cistercian and Benedictine monasteries of Parma and Reggio Emilia. Abundant streams, pastures and salt from Salsomaggiore allowed the diffusion of a hard chees...
Insegnare in Usa: bando per assistente lingua italiana, in rinnovo
di Maria Francesca Massa Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program è il bando che permette ai giovani laureati aspiranti insegnanti di fare un'esperienza all'estero come assistente di lingua straniera. Il programma di studio prevede l'assegnazione di una borsa di studio nell'ambito del Fulbright per l'a.a. 2016/201. In rinnovo p...
Startup 2015, è boom occupazione
di Barbara Millucci Sono oltre 5 mila le startup innovative iscritte al Registro delle Imprese che danno lavoro a circa 24 mila persone. Un trend che continua a crescere: erano 30 quelle fondate nel 2009, 173 nel 2010, 981 nel 2013, 1.537 nel 2014 e 1.501 nel 2015. Sono i dati della Relazione relazione annuale del ministro dello Sviluppo economic...
Sons of Italy lodge seeks candidates for joint council
Geneva Lodge 2397 and Geneva American Italian Lodge 2397A of the Order Sons of Italy in America recently voted to merge their two lodges. That merger will take place in March. In anticipation of that, a joint Nominating Committee has been appointed to seek out candidates for all officer positions of the new merged lodge. All members of both lodges...
Taste With Tori: Matt & Marie’s Modern Italian Sandwich Shop
Well it's not New York, New York, but at Matt and Marie's Modern Italian sandwich shop in Center City, it's pretty close. These New York natives attended the prestigious Wharton School of Business, and then never left. For their dreams of retirement one day had them putting their heads together as young students at a diner way before grad...
Zagat: Average Phoenix diner will spend $31, pick Italian for dinner tonight
If you're planning on going out to grab a bite for dinner in Phoenix, you should probably plan on bringing a couple of Jacksons for the pasta dish you're ordering. A report from Zagat on dining trends for the Phoenix metro area said the average person will spend $30.85 on a dinner out, among some other interesting facts. If we continu...