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Eataly in New York. An Italian Mecca for Real Gourmets

M. M.

After the successes in Piedmont and Japan, on August 31 the Italian “patron of high quality foods” Oscar Farinetti will open a 50,000 sqf wine&food megastore in New York named...

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Slow Food, Fast Changes. We Met Carlo Petrini ...

Benedetta Grasso

While visiting the campus of the University of Gastronomic Studies in Pollenzo, Italy, we met Carlo Petrini, founder of "Slow Food" and director of the university. We discussed...

Arts & Culture

Archeology of Language: Sicilian ‘Beddu’ and Arabic ‘Badu’

Tom Verso

‘Forgetabout’ Verdi in Milan’s La Scala; more appropriate for southern-Italian Americans would be Michela Musolino’s "L’Evento in Memoria di Pino Veneziano" in...

Facts & Stories

Games, Media, and Politics. Does "Mafia II" Defame Italian Americans? Interview with Andre' DiMino

Ottorino Cappelli

Several Italian-American organizations are staging an anti-defamation campaign against the videogame "Mafia II" on the ground that it offends and stereotypes Italian Americans as...

Facts & Stories

Summer of Poisons

Maria Rita Latto

Despite the fact that the majority of Italians are on holiday, politics, politicians, journalists, and the media in general are having a really “hot summer.” And “hot”...

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Lidia Stops the Clock: Eataly is Opening Around the Block!

Marina Melchionda

The countdown is over. A 70,000 sqf fully Italian food & wine shopping mall, Eataly is ready to welcome thousands of New Yorkers at 200 Fifth Avenue. Lidia Bastianich, co-founder of the project, shares with us her feeling and emotions. "I want to make of Eataly a forum where people have the opportunity to learn more about Italian tradition, and can get more conscious and aware about the products that they buy ... Think about it: everybody admires and appreciates the Italian habit to sit around the table with our family and enjoy a good meal. It is part of our daily life, it is a must to which we should not renounce. It helps keeping our families together, and I think that Americans should learn a lot from this tradition."

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Made in Italy: How to Protect Authenticity. Interview with Donatella Iaricci, Head of the Intellectual Property Rights Desk

Louis Coluccio

The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Desk at the Italian Trade Commission in New York was instituted by the Ministry of Economic Development and works together with the Italian...

Op-Eds

Ground Zero Mosque: Ramadan Mobarak!

Jerry Krase

"I wrote this a few weeks ago but the intolerance is growing... The most venomous blabber so far has been the Newt's equating of Moslems to NAZIs and 9/11 to the Shoah. Given his...

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Two New Cookbooks Capture the Flavors of Puglia and Sicily

Michele Scicolone

Two Italian cookbooks published in English translation capture the colors and flavors of Puglia and Sicily. They are part of a new culinary series from Oronzo Editions.

Events

Festivals: the Preservation of Culture

Chiara Montalto

Festivals are often overlooked as simple events to get your funnel cake fix. But they're often much more than that, especially when culture is concerned.

Life & People

Texting Shortcuts and Etiquette

Fuzzy Fusaro

Is there a general rule to follow when sending a text in the professional world? And how about all those texting abbreviations and acronyms, where can I learn them all?

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