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Italian Culture

My Mom's Italian Goodbye

Jan Angilella | Posted 06.18.2013 | Women
Jan Angilella

This week marks the second anniversary of my mom's passing. I think about her every day and now I'm planning a "Mom" trip to Italy where I will visit all of our favorite places -- and maybe a few of my own.

Life, Italian-Style: Good For The Body And The Soul

Debbie Gisonni | Posted 04.24.2013 | Healthy Living
Debbie Gisonni

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared 2013 to be "The Year of Italian Culture in the United States." Italian culture revolves around beauty, love, passion and sensuality -- all things that feed the body and the soul.

2013: Italy's Genius Will Shine Bright Across America, Once Again!

Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata | Posted 12.11.2012 | World
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata

A new Renaissance is exactly what we need, and are relentlessly trying to start, in Italy and in Europe, together with our American ally, to boost shared and sustainable growth and prosperity.

8 Differences Between Italian Food In Italy vs. America

Menuism | Posted 08.08.2012 | Home
Menuism

When you think about Italian food, the first foods that spring to mind might be pizza, pasta, Parmesan, or gelato, coffee and maybe even bread and olive oil.

Italian Cooking

Will Levitt | Posted 07.07.2012 | College
Will Levitt

In time, Italian food would go from relative obscurity to become the first ethnic cuisine largely adopted and prepared in American homes.

San Diego's Little Italy: That's Italian

Laura Lippstone | Posted 06.11.2011 | Travel
Laura Lippstone

America's eighth-largest city has a gem that L.A. doesn't: an authentic Little Italy that's hotter with the locals than the almost-constant sunshine.

Pan dei Morti (Bread of the Dead) for All Souls' Day

Jamie Schler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Jamie Schler

Pan dei Morti, or Bread of the Dead, are fabulous cookies, dark, moist, very dense and chewy that appear much too briefly in Italian bakeries during the autumn season.

In Praise Of Slow Food

Carl Honore | Posted 01.04.2012 | Healthy Living
Carl Honore

The bright news is that people all over the world are taking a slower approach to food -- and eating better as a result.