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Finding Your Roots
Words cannot adequately describe the experience that our family had with Roots ’n Tours during our visit to Sicily. We had asked Rosario and his team to help us do some research on our family prior to our trip. Through … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, Europe, Facts, Family, Food, Heritage, History, Italian, Italian American, Italian Food, Italy, Sicily, Tourist, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Ancestors, Ancestry, Famiglia, Family, Genealogy, Heritage, Home, I Am An Immigrant, Immigrant, immigrants, Italian American, Italian Americans, Italian Family, Italian Heritage, Italy, Sicily, Tour Company, Tourism, Travel, Travel Company, traveling
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The Legacy of Falcone and Borsellino
Yesterday, NIAF’s 2017 Voyage of Discovery (VOD) program – a group of Italian American college students brought to Italy by NIAF on an all-expenses-paid, two-week trip to rediscover their heritage – visited the Mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, as well … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, Europe, Facts, Heritage, History, International, Italian, Italian American, Italy, National Italian American Foundation, NIAF, Sicily, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged American-Italian Anti-Defamation League, Anti-Mafia, college student, College Students, Cosa Nostra, Discrimination, Heritage, History, Italia, Italian, Italian American, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Italian Mafia, Mafia, Mob, Sicilia, Sicilian, Sicilian American, Sicily, student, Student Travel, Students, The Mob, Travel, VOD, VOD2017, Voyage of Discovery
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Sicilian Food: A Global Diet
What are we talking about, when we discuss “Italian food?” It’s the age-old question: Italian vs. Italian American. We get so caught up in the details of what the difference is between the food of Italy and the food developed … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, Europe, Food, Heritage, History, International, Italian, Italian American, Italian Food, Italy, NIAF, Restaurants, Sicily, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Ancient History, Arab, Arrancini, Cannoli, Eggplant, Heritage, History, Italian, Italian American, Italian culture, Italian Food, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Mediterranean, Mediterranean diet, Muslim, Pasta, Pasta alla Norma, Seafood, Sicilian, Sicilian American, Sicilian Culture, Sicilian Food, Sicilian Heritage, Sicilian History, Siciliana, Sicily, Tomatoes
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The Bells of Agnone
In this week’s #NIAFblog, our guest blogger, Jenifer Landor – founder of Live and Learn Italian, offers a fascinating look into the heritage of a small Italian town in the Apennine hills – where for centuries, the Marinelli family has been making bells. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Bell, Bells, Church, Churches, Heritage, History, Italian, Italian American, Italian culture, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Marinelli, Tradition
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A Day about Italians Should Be Called Just That
By John M. Viola, President, National Italian American Foundation For the past few years, as summer fades into autumn and October approaches, I’m inevitably inundated with calls from media to talk about the great elephant in the Italian American room: Columbus … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, History, Italian, Italian American, Italy, NIAF, Uncategorized
Tagged Ancestry, Christopher Columbus, Columbus Day, Columbus Day Parade, Heritage, Immigrant, immigration, Indigenous Peoples Day, Italian, Italian American, Italian Americans, Italian Ancestry, Italian Heritage
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Un Giorno con Gigi (A Day with Gigi)
Captured (written) by The Recipe Hunters in Calabria, Italy We’re sharing a blog post from our guest blogger team, The Recipe Hunters, of an adventure they had while traveling through Calabria as they searched for authentic, Italian recipes. You can read … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, Italian, Italian American, Italy, NIAF, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Blog, Calabria, Calabrian, Catholic Church, Catholic Tradition, Catholicism, Church, Fagioli, Feast, Feast Day, Food Blog, Food Bloggers, Fusilli, Guest Blog, Heritage, Holy Relic, Homemade, Homemade Pasta, Immigrant, Italian, Italian American, Italian culture, Italian Food, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Italian immigrants, Italian Tradition, Italy, National Italian American Foundation, NIAF, Olive, Olive grove, Olives, Pasta, Recipe, Recipes, Religious Feast, Saint Hilarion, Sant'Ilarione, The Recipe Hunters, Tradition, Zeppole
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Book Review – My Father’s Daughter: From Rome to Sicily
In need of a good beach read this summer? Check out Gilda Morina Syverson’s travel memoir, reviewed by NIAF in our Ambassador magazine. My Father’s Daughter: From Rome to Sicily By Gilda Morina Syverson “Dad,” I said, “I’m giving everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, History, Italian, Italian American, Italy, NIAF, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Family, Father, Fathers, Heritage, Italian, Italian American, Italian Heritage, Italian Language, Memoir, New York, NY, Syracuse, Travel
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