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Vico Equense and the human touch: Springsteen, Franklin and the Neapolitan Enlightenment

There is an under-the-radar town that has a few secrets up its sleeve. Its name is Vico Equense and dates back to pre-Roman times. The picturesque...
January 11, 2019
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Lifestyle

The thousand secrets of farro

Spelt, known to the ancient Romans as far, used to be their most common and best loved cereal up to the first republican period (509-264 BC). After,...
January 11, 2019
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LIFE & PEOPLE

Word of the Day: Tombola

Every Italian received a Tombola set as a Christmas present at some stage of their childhood. Mine, however, was a bit of a historical relic, as I...
December 24, 2018
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Seattle

Marco Ponti’s newest comedy calls attention to Italy’s economic woes

Rank heists, police chases, beautiful actress, cruel gangsters, crooked cops and social criticism: Marco Ponti’s newest film, Reckless Life (Una Vita...
December 20, 2018
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San Francisco

Il Cenacolo: the men and now the women

This year, 2018, marks the 90th anniversary of San Francisco’s premier Italian cultural club, Il Cenacolo. This impressive and important milestone...
December 20, 2018
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All Around Italy

Knocking on Italy’s door: Spotlight on Basilicata’s local identity

A beautiful article appeared a while back on the renowned pages of the New York Times. It was an incredibly entertaining and informative account of...
December 20, 2018
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Lifestyle

Meeting panettone and pandoro’s cousin: buccellato

Christmas desserts in Italy are usually always associated with panettone and pandoro, and people usually have a firm favorite of the two.  I love...
December 20, 2018
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Los Angeles

The Italian Cultural Institute wraps up a 2018 full of events

“The new year will open with an Italian evening organized by the LA Clippers in collaboration with the Institute and dedicated to the NBA champion...
December 20, 2018
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Los Angeles

Silvia Chiave is Italy’s new Consul General in Los Angeles

“Even before choosing to travel, I was a nomad and I got to know first-hand the nature of the various Italian communities abroad, I was able to...
December 20, 2018
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All Around Italy

Faith, wars and books: the eventful story of the Monte Cassino Abbey

One of the great things about modern libraries that is sometimes taken for granted is the access to books of many cultures and ages they make...
December 20, 2018
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All Around Italy

A world without Venice: a nightmare more real than we think

Last month Venice suffered the fourth highest floods in its history. Water seeped up through the drains, over the canal sides and into the houses,...
November 29, 2018
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La Buona Tavola

The tradition of Quinto Quarto cuisine: Trippa alla Romana

The term quinto quarto, “the fifth quarter,” refers to a type of cuisine born from poor, peasant kitchens, and the term itself originates from Rome...
November 29, 2018
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toni brancatisano
LIFE & PEOPLE

Botteghiamo, Rome and the soul of Italian heritage

Today, I feel like to write about Rome and Italian heritage, but for once - our regular readers may be aware of my penchant for classical history - I...
November 28, 2018
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francesca bezzone
Travel

Le Marche, Ascoli and the magic of Olives all’Ascolana

As big as a Robin’s egg, mildly tart with a hint of sweetness, and just-perfect chewy only begins to describe an Ascolana olive. Biting into one is a...
November 28, 2018
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paula reynolds
Los Angeles

The Week of Italian Cuisine highlights Mediterranean diet and Apulia’s traditional food

The Mediterranean Diet as a model of proper eating, as a balanced and sustainable lifestyle for both health and environment, was the main topic of...
November 28, 2018
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silvia giudici

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The thousand secrets of farro

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The thousand secrets of farro
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Wine

Alto Adige Pinot Noir

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Travel

Volterra and alabaster: More than 3,000 years of art in stone

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The heart and soul of Naples:

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A world without Venice

November 29, 2018
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The story of the Monte Cassino Abbey

December 20, 2018
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Vico Equense and the human touch

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Legends and ghost stories of Milan

October 24, 2018
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Culture

Volterra and alabaster: More than 3,000 years of art in stone

Italian inventions: the utilitarian table fork, once a “scandalous” innovation

It wasn’t always the Romans: Italians before Romulus and Remus

Syracuse Duomo: a story of 4 faiths, 6 conquerors and over 2500 years of history

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Lezioni di modernismo al Museo Nivola di Orani. Per la prima volta in Italia i disegni di Le Corbusier

Lezioni di modernismo al Museo Nivola

January 10, 2019
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Staff
Animalia Fashion, una mostra al Museo della Moda e del Costume di Firenze

Animalia Fashion, una mostra a Firenze

January 10, 2019
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Verso il tempo dell’essere: in mostra a Roma Ennio Calabria

Ennio Calabria in mostra a Roma

January 10, 2019
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Red Carpet

In un docufilm presto a Los Angeles 'Addio Italia, non tornerò. I nostri giovani, gli emigranti degli anni 2000'

Addio Italia dagli emigranti del 2000

January 10, 2019
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La razzia. Roma, 16 ottobre 1943. Il cinema per il Giorno della Memoria

La razzia di Roma: cinema e Memoria

January 10, 2019
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Film italiani al Palm Springs International Film Festival

L'Italia al Palm Springs Film Festival...

January 10, 2019
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Grand Tour

Dopo 450 anni torna il castoro in Italia: primi avvistamenti in Friuli

Il castoro torna in Italia

January 10, 2019
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Sapevate che anche Milano aveva il suo Colosseo? Ora lo riavrà ma di alberi

Il Colosseo di Milano

January 10, 2019
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Con la pesca ecosostenibile riapre la storica Tonnara di Favignana

Riapre la tonnara di Favignana

January 10, 2019
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Attualità

Lisippo presto in Italia dal Getty Museum. L'Italia lavora per la restituzione delle opere d’arte trafugate

Lisippo presto in Italia dal Getty

January 10, 2019
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Staff
Visita del Ministro degli Affari Esteri italiano a Washington DC e incontri con gli italoamericani Mike Pompeo e Nancy Pelosi

Meeting a Washington per l'Italia...

January 10, 2019
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L'Italia celebra il 222° anniversario del Tricolore, simbolo della Patria

222° anniversario del Tricolore

January 10, 2019
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Impresa Italia

Omaggio a Leonardo a 500 anni dalla morte: a Vinci il volo sperimentale del drone salvavita di Abzero che trasporta sangue ed emoderivati

Drone salvavita in volo per Leonardo

January 10, 2019
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Staff
L’intelligenza artificiale dell’italiana Volta vince l’Innovation Award al Ces 2019 con la ciotola intelligente che riconosce l’animale domestico

IA italiana al Ces 2019

January 10, 2019
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L'irrigazione hitech di una startup trentina al Ces 2019 di Las Vegas

Startup trentina a Las Vegas

January 10, 2019
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Heritage

L'Infinito Leopardi: patrimonio di poesia, arte e cultura italiana sempre attuali 200 anni dopo

L'Infinito Leopardi 200 anni dopo...

January 11, 2019
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Staff
"Diaspore Italiane – Italy in Movement": call for papers e simposio a Genova

Diaspore Italiane – Italy in Movement

January 11, 2019
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La Grande Guerra di Armando Diaz

La Grande Guerra di Armando Diaz

January 10, 2019
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Profiles

Consul General Antonio Verde says goodbye to Los Angeles at the end of his mandate

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Consul General Antonio Verde leaves LA

November 14, 2018
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Dina Morrone’s “The Italian in Me”

November 7, 2018
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The last lighthouse keeper

November 7, 2018
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Identità Golose opens in Los Angeles

November 7, 2018
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Mary Bacarella: “mayor” of Pike Place

October 23, 2018
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