A story that remained secret for many years
Sometime around 1930, Natale Tarantino, a handsome, strapping young Sicilian from Palermo, Sicily, made his way across the Atlantic with his fiancée and her brother, landed...
Category : Italians Roots
Daniela’s Dish from Casamassima to Philadelphia
Daniela’s Dish’s origins go as far back as 1915. Gerard Borreggine (Daniela’s grandfather), left his family and small town of Casamassima for the shores of...
Tribuzio Family Meat Market from Mola di Bari to Brooklyn
Let’s start from the beginning. My name is JohnFranco Tribuzio. I come from an Italian American family. My father grew up in a small town...
Lauren, from New York to Rome: one way!
Everyone loves Italy (particular Americans) and rightfully so. Italy is where you can find the best food and wine, beautiful art, architecture, and history –...
Joanne Mosconi “the Chef’s daughter” discover her italianità
The culinary author Joanne (Giovanna) Mosconi is the daughter of legendary, New York City chef, Pietro Mosconi. Let’s discover how much her Italian heritage...
5 Hollywood stars of Italian origin that you did not know
Today we present you ten personalities that you will find hard to believe that they have also Italian origins. Selena Gomez. In case you did...
Finding America
Today we want to make a deserved recognition to Leonardo (Dino) Martiradonna’s life. He was born in Monopoli, in Puglia, on Sunday August 22, 1937....
Maria and her Southern roots
This is a story that is shared by millions of southern Italian families who left their beautiful and beloved country to start a new life...
The American Dream of Peter’s nonni
The great “American Dream” for countless Italian-born immigrants who desired a better life and emigrated from their country, leaving behind, home and families of origin...
Sons of Italy, dreaming of America
My family lived through the poverty of the reconstruction era after the Second World War. I felt responsible in trying to help my eight younger...