The National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) Honors Aileen Riotto Sirey, Ph.D., Founder and Chairwoman at Gala Lucheon (Metropolitan Club in NYC).
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Carlo Petrini, gastronomist, journalist, Italian writer and above all, the founder of the Slow Food cultural movement, met ex and future students of UNISG and food aficionados at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York to illustrate new projects and his University.
Petrini explained, the food we eat should taste good and be healthy, it should be produced in a clean way that does not harm the environment, animal welfare, the workers and food producers should receive fair compensation for their work.
Mission Accomplished for the Meatball Family!
There is a de facto Gramsci-esque northern-Italian cultural conspiracy being perpetrated against Americans of southern-Italian descent by American university Italian Studies and Italian American Studies programs, in conjunction with northern-Italy’s tourist and food marketing industry.
ROME — An earthquake struck the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna on Sunday, killing five people, wounding at least 50 and damaging historic buildings as well as warehouses and factories, officials said.