What IS America without pasta? Without prosciutto? Or parmigiano?? In this episode, we’ll ask those very questions when we’re joined by former Congressman Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania, the new Chairman of the American Italian Food Coalition (AIFC), a consortium of over 450 Italian companies …
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IAP 131: “Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going” — Examining the Italian American Identity Survey Results. (Part 4)
It’s all over but the counting! It’s our final episode examining the results of our ITALIAN IDENTITY 2020 SURVEY, our amateur analysis of the present and future of the 25-million-person Italian American community. Drawing on findings from more than 1,600 respondents from throughout the …
Amedeo Obici: The Italian American Peanut King
“Everyone has a nickel.” That realization was what led Amedeo Obici to create a lasting empire. Obici came to the United States from Oderzo, Italy, in 1889 at the age of 10. Originally planning to go to Scranton, Pennsylvania to join relatives, a mix-up en route from Brooklyn led him to …