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Di Palo's Fine Foods has been selling Italian cheeses and other products on the corner of Grand and Mott streets in Little Italy since 1925. How has the family done it? According to Lou Di Palo, it's because of the emphasis on the customer. Di Palo explains this philosophy in his book "Di Palo's Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy," which is out...

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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the appointment of New York's 11th State Author, Edmund White, and 11th State Poet, Yusef Komunyakaa. In celebration of Italian-American poet Joseph Tusiani's lifelong dedication to the arts, Cuomo has also named him New York State Poet Laureate Emeritus. Governor Cuomo said, "These talented, inspiring...

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The present volume, which has a moving image by Giulia Di Filippi on the cover and which the author dedicated to his wife Florence, is number 27 in the "Sicilian Studies" series, published by Legas and directed by Gaetano Cipolla. This is a revised and expanded edition of the volume published with a slightly different title in 2005. Following the...

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Presentation of the book: My Two Italies (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014), by Joseph Luzzi. A poignant personal account from a child of Calabrian peasants whose lifelong study of Italy unveils the mysteries of this Bel Paese, "Beautiful Land," where artistic genius and political corruption have gone hand in hand from the time of Michelangelo to The...

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C'è l'ingegnere che ha insegnato a volare a Neil Armstrong, il primo uomo sulla Luna, e il fotografo di sei presidenti degli Stati Uniti che insegnò il dialetto siciliano a Robert De Niro prima del film "Il padrino". Lo stilista di Lady Gaga e Beyoncè e la designer dei foulard di Michelle Obama.   Lo scultore del celebre Toro di Wall Street...

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Join us for a special lecture by Piero Messina, renowned Journalist from L'Espresso Magazine: Mafia and Freemansonry in Italy from World War II to the Globalization of Crime. The Lecture will take place at The Italian Cultural and Community Center - 1101 Milford St, Houston on Friday, February 20th 2015&...

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Italian imports and specialty store Via Umbria will host its monthly book club on Tuesday, April 7, at 7 p.m, at its Georgetown location at 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW, D.C.   The featured book this month is "Virgin Territory: Exploring the World of Olive," by Nancy Harmon Jenkins, which is available at Via Umbria for purchase. RSVP to elsa@viaum...

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Joe Famularo, who grew up with his Italian-American family in New York when the Great Depression was in full swing, recounts his youth, and how his family's love for authentic Italian food helped them weather those difficult days.   The narrative of his book, Crazy for Italian Food, primarily occurs in Hell's Kitchen, on the far west side of...

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by Riccardo Chioni "In occasione del Giono della Memoria quest'anno abbiamo pensato di presentare la ripresa delle ricerche della biblioteca molto importante della comunità ebraica di Roma razziata dai nazisti nel 43". Così ha spiegato Alessandra Di Castro direttrice del Museo Ebraico di Roma la missione a New York per un evento organizzato ieri...

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By Michael J. Agovino Italians, like most Europeans, are especially attached to their regions. The fact that Italy — and Spain, Belgium, and Switzerland for that matter — remains a united country is a minor miracle. Nowhere is this regionalism more apparent than in their kitchens.   Sicily's food is a particular product of its history, whic...

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