Veneto Views

Food & Drink
by Alex Sakalis | Mon, 01/08/2024 - 10:54
Kombucha — that acerbic, slightly bubbly drink — has, in recent years, transcended its obscure origins and niche market to become an increasingly fashionable…
Food & Drink
by Laura Itzkowitz | Fri, 12/08/2023 - 10:00
Every year starting in September, Olivieri 1882 transforms into a sort of Santa’s workshop for the domed Christmas cake that has taken the world by storm.…
Food & Drink
by Jessica Lionnel | Fri, 10/06/2023 - 08:00
It’s Italy’s most famous dessert besides gelato, but there’s no real consensus on where it comes from. We’re talking about tiramisù, and Friulians, Piedmontese…
Travel
by Joseph Harshbarger | Wed, 09/27/2023 - 05:35
Silver-screen adaptations of Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries have been British actor-filmmaker Kenneth Branagh’s bread and butter since he first directed…
Travel
by Alex Sakalis | Wed, 08/09/2023 - 16:00
When Venetian aristocrats of bygone eras needed an escape from the sweltering summer heat of the lagoon, they chose the Brenta. Between the 16th and 18th…