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My Grandmother’s Cappelletti

By the time I came along, both my mother’s and my father’s families had been in the United States for two generations. I never felt particularly “Italian,” in spite of my very ethnic last name. Mine was not a family settled into an Italian-American enclave and gathered around weekly, shouting at one another in a style familiar from so many films, and eating pasta with the sauce they called “Sunday gravy.” No, they assimilate

Source: the New York Times

Via del Popolo @ Little Italy

Mulberry Street between Houston and Prince. Something different is happening there and it coincides with the traditional celebration of the feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy until September 23.
Thanks to a project organized by parish priest Msgr. Donald Sakano, in collaboration with NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Aurora Vitrum Design, The New Museum, and the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral becomes the center of the sacred and the religious, a common reflection, an impression that refers back to ourselves and those around us.

Competitiveness of Italian firms. Hopes & Upbeat Mood

Susannah Gold

Bank of Italy Panel Discussion at the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, an appropriate venue created as a tribute to Guido Zerilli-Marimò, a noted Italian entrepreneur who helped with the economic rebuilding of Italy

The Path of Padre Pio

An exhibit celebrating the life and legacy of Saint Padre Pio opened at The Westchester Italian Cultural Center on Thursday, September 13, 2012. It remains on display until Thursday, November 15, 2012. Multiple cultural events are programmed around it.

Get to Know Antica Cantina di Canelli

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The official wine sponsor of the Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari Festival has been producing the classic wines of Piedmont since 1933. Their Duebollicine - Pinot Chardonnay Brut, Asti Spumante DOCG, Moscato Dolce VSQ Spumante, Brachetto d’Acqui - Spumante DOCG, Moscato d’Asti - Bricco Sant’Antonio DOCG, Piemonte Chardonnay DOC, Barbera d’Asti Albarelle DOCG and single vineyard Barbera d’Asti Superiore - Vigna Tre Termini DOCG were the stars of the party.

Italian Cheese Road Tour: Exploring PDO Cheeses with Agriform

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Agriform, in collaboration with igourmet.com, the North America's leading online gourmet food and gift retailer, launches the Italian Cheese Road Tour, at the Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari Festival. The taste tour aims to introduce consumers to different cheeses and to educate them about PDO cheeses of Italy.

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Royals sue yet Italy’s Chi publishes photos

ROME — An Italian gossip magazine owned by former Premier Silvio Berlusconi published a 26-page spread of topless photos of Prince William’s wife Kate on Monday despite legal action in France against the French magazine that published them first.

Source: The Province

Saratoga Tastes Italian with ITC! Interview with Aniello Musella

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Italian Trade Commissioner Aniello Musella, shares his thoughts with i-Italy on the role of the Italian Trade Commission in the Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari Festival.

Toasting Italian Excellency @ the Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari Festival

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Presented in collaboration between the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and the Italian Trade Commission, the festival (Sept. 7-9) offered a replete program of educational seminars, guided tastings and social activities to better acquaint guests to Italian food products and wines from the official sponsor, Antica Cantina di Canelli.

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First Ever Etruscan Pyramids Found in Italy

The first ever Etruscan pyramids have been located underneath a wine cellar in the city of Orvieto in central Italy, according to a team of U.S. and Italian archaeologists.

Source: Discovery News
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Italy's embassies secure from anti-Islam film protests

Rome: Italy's embassies and consulates worldwide are safe and being protected with "maximum vigilance" amid anger of Muslims over an anti-Islam film which has left at least 19 people dead, a minister said Tuesday.

Source: ZEE NEWS

Fashion Leathers: Arts & Tannery. The Excellence of Italian Products in New York

Fashion Week. New York - Arts & Tannery is an exclusive event exhibiting the highest quality in Italian leather products. It is a unique and useful opportunity for those seeking the latest in materials and is a vital reference for those designing collections of footwear, handbags and clothing.

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