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TH # 50 • DECEMBER 28 , 2014 THE BEST OF... 2014 INDEX ON WETHEITALIANS.COM pages 26-27 EDITORIAL #50: What’s up with WTI By Umberto Mucci pages 4-5 Editorial staff Umberto Mucci William Liani Alessandra Bitetti Manuela Bianchi Enrico De Iulis Jennifer Gentile Martin Matthew Lofstrom Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn Simone Callisto Manca Francesca Papasergi Giuseppina Salzano Giovanni Vagnone Giovanni Verde Anna Stein W e the Italians is a web portal where everybody can promote, be informed and keep in touch with anything regarding Italy happening in the US. It is also the one and only complete archive of every noncommercial website regarding Italy in the USA, geographically and thematically tagged. We also have our online magazine, which every 15 days describes some aspects of Italy the beautiful and some of our excellences. We have several columns: all for free, in English, in your computer or tablet or smartphone, or printed to be read and shared whenever and wherever you want. Ready? Go! Plus, articles written by: www.buonenotizie.it www.folclore.it www.italia.it www.livingadamis.com MIPAAF UNIONCAMERE ... and many more. © # 50 • December 28th, 2014 SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER http://wetheitalians.com/index.php/newsletter CONTACT US [email protected] THE INTERVIEW: Mary Jo Gagliano By Umberto Mucci pages 6-9 ITALIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY: San Gregorio Armeno The Christmas Nativity Tradition By Italia.it pages 10-13 ITALIAN SPORT: A 2014 full of gold and success By Simone Callisto Manca pages 13-15 ITALIAN CUISINE: Cotechino in puff pastry and lentils By Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn pages 16-17 ITALIAN LANGUAGE: How to use “acqua” and the letter q By Manuela Bianchi for learnitalygroup.com pages 28-29 ITALIAN FLAVORS: Buffalo mozzarella By Consorzio di Tutela della Mozzarella di Bufala Campana with MiPAAF page 30 STUDYING (IN) ITALY: Stadio Olimpico, Living the Dream By Matthew Lofstrom pages 31-32 IT AND US: Photos of the emigration to the US from Veneto and Belluno ByAssociazione Bellunesi nel Mondo pages 33-35 ITALIAN ART: Cecilia Gallerani By Enrico De Iulis pages 36-37 ITALIAN LAND AND NATURE: Tracing Magna Graecia on the Nausicaa Riviera GREAT ITALIANS OF THE PAST: By www.italia.it Virna Lisi pages 18-21 By Giuseppina Salzano e Giovanni Verde pages 38-39 ITALIAN WINE: Wines of the Lazio wine region ITALIAN POLITICS: By Jennifer Gentile Martin A more bitter than sweet 2014, but a huge pages 22-23 hope for Italy’s 2015 By Francesca Papasergi ITALIAN HANDCRAFTS: page 40 Lisio Silk By Camera di Commercio di Firenze with ITALIAN LIFESTYLE: Unioncamere Hexx by Diesel Living with Foscarini pages 24-25 By Living Adamis pages 41 WETHEITALIANS BEST OF 2014 pages 26-27 WE THE ITALIANS | 3 www.wetheitalians.com