Words and lead picture by Jo-Ann Santora McLean
Thirty nine year old Paolo Gallo uses his hands like a maestro conducting an orchestra. His opera is…
Katia Amore
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Katia has been collaborating with Italy Magazine for several years now and in late 2010 joined as the Editor - providing a host of new ideas and a fresh direction for the site.
She started working for the media when she was just a student at the Ca' Foscari University in Venice, working for a local TV channel and collaborating with various magazines. She then got her Master Degree and Ph.D in Ethnic Relations from Warwick University in the UK, where she also studied for her Certificate in Journalism.
She currenlty lives in Sicily, where she runs her cookery classes and is working on a Sicilian Cookery book.
Articles by Katia Amore
Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:25
Mon, 03/09/2015 - 11:32
Last Friday, two American tourists decided it would be ok to carve a memorable souvenir of their visit on the Colosseum's walls.
The two women from C…
Thu, 03/05/2015 - 10:41
For the first time ever, in 2014, global production of fake parmesan and grana padano has overtaken that of the genuine made-in-Italy.
According to I…
Wed, 03/04/2015 - 02:14
As an art historian whose major research and writing has focused on women patrons of art and architecture in 16th century Italy, we wondered what brou…
Tue, 03/03/2015 - 13:53
It all started in early November 2012, when we asked you to nominate your favourite blogs for the first ITALY Magazine Blog Awards. Your response was…
Thu, 02/26/2015 - 14:00
Modica's chocolate is as Baroque as the city's architecture. It is rich, dramatic, unabashedly opulent—and unique. There are many excellent chocolate…
Mon, 02/16/2015 - 02:00
Visiting Sicily can be a wonderful Mediterranean experience. To make sure you truly enjoy it, though, there are just a few things you should consider…
Tue, 02/03/2015 - 05:44
Update!!
The shortlists are out and you can now vote for your favorite blogs!
We talk everyday to lovers of all things Italian across the web thro…
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 05:45
Have you ever been on a trip that was so perfect that you avoided going back just in case another visit might not turn out as good? This sums up my ex…
Sun, 01/18/2015 - 04:00
Festa a Casa di Levi - The Feast in the House of Levi is a 1573 painting by Italian painter Paolo Veronese and one of the largest canvases of the 16th…
Sat, 01/03/2015 - 03:30
There are circumstances when a simple grazie (thanks) is just not enough!
Maybe you were asking for directions to an Italian man who didn't speak Eng…
Wed, 12/24/2014 - 02:30
I keep coming across articles intensively debating whether the Seven Fish Feast, where seven different fish-based dishes are served on Christmas Eve,…
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 03:35
During Christmastime in Italy, you are bound to come across presepi in homes, churches and piazzas all over the country. Presepe, which literally tran…
Sun, 12/21/2014 - 02:00
This Nativity is a fresco painted by Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel, in Padua, as part of one of his finest and most important fresco cycles dedicated…
Sun, 12/14/2014 - 01:00
Sistine Madonna, also called La Madonna di San Sisto, is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael).
It is one of the last Madon…
Thu, 11/27/2014 - 05:20
No holiday meal is complete without dessert, but when it comes to traditional Italian Christmas cakes, will you be serving panettone or pandoro? This…
Sun, 11/23/2014 - 03:00
Musician Angel (1480) by Melozzo da Forlì - Pinacoteca Vatican Museums
Melozzo da Forlì (c. 1438 – 1494) was an Italian Renaissance painter and archit…
Tue, 10/14/2014 - 05:23
Over the past few days, rivers of mud and torrential rain flooded Genova and other areas of Liguria, leaving one man dead and millions of euros worth…
Sat, 10/11/2014 - 03:30
How many times have you heard that Italian is a very phonetic language, so pronunciation and spelling should be really easy and felt powerless when y…
Mon, 09/29/2014 - 06:15
This year 'La festa dei Gelsomini' (The Jasmine Festival) - on the 27th and 28th of September in Giarre, Sicily - had a special guest, a jasmine inf…
Recipes by Katia Amore
Tue, 08/04/2015 - 03:00
The Bellini is the creation of Giuseppe Cipriani, founder of the famous Harry's Bar in Venice, who mixed puréed white peaches from Verona and…
Mon, 02/16/2015 - 02:30
In Italy, there are various traditional recipes to be enjoyed during Carnival time, especially sweets. The most typical are the Chiacchiere, also…
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 09:46
There is no question that Cannoli are the most famous Sicilian dessert. They have been traced to the times of the Arab domination of the island and…
Mon, 02/09/2015 - 10:52
There is no restaurant in Sicily that does not feature “pasta alla Norma” with fried melanzana (aubergine-eggplant), tomatoes and shaving of salty…
Thu, 02/05/2015 - 04:09
Sicily, and especially the South-East, is well known for the quality of its almonds, which are used to make sweets such as granita, sorbet, marzipan…
Mon, 02/02/2015 - 11:10
You will all agree that Minni di Sant Aita (Saint Agatha's breasts) is the Sicilian dessert with the funniest name and shape, but it has a serious…
Wed, 01/28/2015 - 06:30
Carciofi alla giudia, literally "Jewish-style artichokes", is among the best-known dishes of Roman Jewish cuisine. The recipe is essentially a deep-…
Wed, 01/14/2015 - 02:30
The Salsa Verde (green sauce), or Bagnet Vert, is a recipe from Piedmont which is usually served with Bollito, boiled meat, but it is widely used…
Wed, 01/07/2015 - 10:08
"Canarino" in Italian literally means canary, but don't worry, we are not going to bake sweet Tweety in the oven. This is just the name Italians use…
Mon, 01/05/2015 - 09:30
The Epifania, on the 6th of January, marks the end of the Italian Christmas holiday season and children celebrate the arrival of i Magi (the three…
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 06:06
Croccante di mandorle (almond nougat) is an excellent sweet that you find all over Sicily throughout the year, but during Christmas time it becomes…
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 10:07
Cantucci are Tuscany's most famous and traditional biscotti.
They are baked twice, the first time in the shape of a loaf, then cut diagonally and…
Thu, 11/06/2014 - 02:30
A classic recipe from Lombardy and Emilia Romagna which is one of my favorite North-Italian recipes. In a recent visit to Cremona and Parma I kept…
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