Books

Culture
by Carol King | Wed, 10/16/2013 - 08:30
Carol King talks to acclaimed author of the Italian Renaissance Sarah Dunant about her novel on the Borgias and more.British author, broadcaster and critic…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 10/16/2013 - 06:00
It took seven years and a team of translators from Italy and the U.K. to produce the first complete English translation of Giacomo Leopardi’s famous notebook,…
Food & Drink
by Carol King | Wed, 10/09/2013 - 09:00
Massimo Bottura and Gianfranco Vissani are Italy’s top chefs according to the latest version of the Gambero Rosso gastronomical guide. Bottura is chef patron…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/04/2013 - 09:00
“Roma dall’Alto. Forme della città nella storia” is a book that portrays Rome from an unusual – and unique – perspective: from high above. It is a…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/04/2013 - 08:18
A photographic book portrays Rome from a unique perspective: from high above (photos courtesy of “Roma dall’Alto. Forme della città nella storia”, published by…
Culture
by Katia Amore | Fri, 10/04/2013 - 07:00
As the "bible" of Italian manners "Il Galateo", first published in 1558, is now out in a new translation by M. F. Rusnak (University of Chicago Press), Italy…
Culture
by Carol King | Wed, 09/25/2013 - 05:30
Portrait of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) --------------------------------------------------------- Acclaimed novelist of the Italian Renaissance Sarah…
by Carol King | Sat, 08/03/2013 - 05:00
words by Carol King Gambero Rosso has published ‘Pizzerie d’Italia’, the first ever guide to Italy pizzerias. Revered as the publisher of the Italian…
Culture
by Carol King | Wed, 06/26/2013 - 09:40
Antique books taken from an Italian church during World War II were returned to Italy with the aid of a foundation dedicated to the conflict’s so-called ‘…
Culture
by Carol King | Fri, 06/21/2013 - 06:42
words by Carol King On the 500th anniversary of the composition of Niccolò Machiavelli’s 'Il Principe' (The Prince), Carol King looks at the influence of the…