A Meatball-Serving Political Godmother in Brooklyn Celebrates a Century
Mary Sansone, a 4-foot-11 daughter of Italian immigrants, in the Brooklyn home she and her husband bought in 1956, her headquarters as godmother to liberal candidates she deems deserving.
Run-off Elections for Mayor: Surprises May be in Store
Run-off elections for mayor take place in six of Italy's most important cities Sunday, June 19, two weeks after administrative elections involving 12 million voters. To judge by previous such ballots, a few surprises can be expected.
Osteria Francescana, Owned by Massimo Bottura, Named World’s Best Restaurant
The world’s number-one restaurant award finally comes to Italy as Chef Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana was named the best restaurant at the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards Monday night.
The Count of Cavour & the Barolo Langa's Pralina
If one day you are walking around NYC and taste Barolo in a chocolate praline, you might be transported from Murray Hill to the beautiful hills of Langhe. And there is a great story to tell. It is about crispy dark chocolate, it is about Barolo Filling, it is about the 19th-century Italian statesman, Camillo Benso Count of Cavour
La Sirena, Joe Bastianich porta gli americani a cena in trattoria
C’è l’idea della trattoria dietro il nuovo ristorante che il celebre imprenditore della ristorazione Joe Bastianich ha aperto a due passi da Meatpacking a Chelsea. Un locale elegante e familiare con cui Bastianich sta insegnando agli americani a “condividere” il cibo perché La Sirena importa a New York un’altra caratteristica della tavola italiana: il bis di primi.
La Fabbrica dei Sogni—Il mito riparte. Venite a trovarci a Cinecittà!
Giuseppe Basso inizia la sua rubrica su i-ItalyNY celebrando un anno record, il 2015, che ha riportato Roma ai tempi della HollyWood sul Tevere
Open Roads: A Quick Look Behind the Scenes
Every year, Open Roads, co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà, offers a diverse and extensive experience of contemporary Italian cinema, and that's not just a treat for the audience but it's a special opportunity for filmmakers alike that get a chance to meet with US distributors, in case their films have not found distribution yet, with local press and with fellow Italian or international filmmakers and artists of all sorts.
La Chiesa dica NO a ciò che non è fede e nasconde un non so che di losco e blasfemo
Censure, condanne, scomuniche alla camorra non servono, nulla dicono a chi ha fatto il patto con il diavolo, la Chiesa volti pagina e dica basta a ciò che non è fede, non pensi di voler “purificare” a suo vantaggio anche l’inferno, cancelli definitivamente dal suo vocabolario “superstizione”, “simonia”, “idolatria” e per incanto le “corna del diavolo” non saranno più né un alibi, né un problema.
Italy Struggles to Reform Neglected Museums
Government efforts to streamline Italian museums like the Uffizi and Capodimonte face resistance from unions, limited resources
Restaurants Where the Italian Family Tradition Endures
A linebacker for the Green Bay Packers understood exactly why we love the enduring, family-run Italian restaurant. The October 1974 issue of Esquire magazine included a feature on where N.F.L. players liked to eat, in which that linebacker, Jim Carter, gave this description of a Chicago favorite: “Food keeps coming, and they’re insulted if you don’t eat everything — or spend less than three hours on a meal.”
Interview: Italian director Matteo Garrone
There are those who believe Matteo Garrone should be in Hollywood. In fact, the logic goes, the Italian director should have been there since 2008, when he released his film Gomorrah.
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