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Food & Drink
by Georgette Jupe | Fri, 11/26/2021 - 00:23
We all know how lovely, truly excellent EVOO (extra-virgin olive oil is), but it is an easy product to imitate and produce in mass quantities that take away…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 11/19/2021 - 00:00
Pesto is one of Italy’s most famous pasta sauces around the world, but besides that and perhaps focaccia, most people don’t know much about Ligurian cuisine.…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/08/2021 - 03:27
“Italy began for me south of Naples,” reads the opening sentence of Robert Camuto’s newest book, “South of Somewhere - Wine, Food and the Soul of Italy.” It…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 09/03/2021 - 08:04
Before she moved to Italy’s Val di Non, Silvia Tadiello didn't even know that Groppello di Revò existed. However, this obscure - to most - red wine produced in…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 08/06/2021 - 00:00
American born, Australian influenced, and now Italian resident and business owner: meet Kaila Terraneo, a young woman originally from Vermont who moved to…
Lifestyle
by Phoebe Hunt | Mon, 06/07/2021 - 09:36
From hand-making hats with Florentine straw to becoming a millinery favorite of the British royal family, Marzi has carved out a path in the very best “Made in…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 05/28/2021 - 04:47
Italian-American writer Robert Camuto moved to Italy’s Verona with his wife in 2015, after their son left home (which at the time was Nice in southern France)…
Lifestyle
by andrewcotto | Mon, 05/10/2021 - 13:59
The first thing I did during the lockdown—after seriously stocking up on food and wine—was escape to Italy. Sort of. Without the ability to actually fly there…
Language
by Rebecca Winke | Tue, 04/27/2021 - 10:05
Stephanie Cook, 24, is a UK-based teacher of English as a foreign language. Here, she tells the story of her journey to becoming a certified TEFL instructor…
Food & Drink
by kasiadietz | Wed, 04/21/2021 - 10:25
Rather than planning dreamy summer holidays, we are more consumed with plotting mask-clad trips to the grocery store these days. Conversations over plates of…