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Food & Drink
by Coral Sisk | Fri, 03/24/2023 - 18:45
It’s spring, and for some 300 million people around the world, that means the arrival of the New Year — Nowruz — a festival that has been celebrated for over…
Food & Drink
by Alexa Ahern | Thu, 10/20/2022 - 08:16
Olive oil has incredible depth and variety. If you aren’t carefully selecting and correctly using extra virgin olive oil, now’s the time to start. We talked to…
Food & Drink
by gabriela_1 | Fri, 09/16/2022 - 09:13
Pasta preparation is a serious matter in Italy. But with the “anything-goes” approach often seen on social media, proper technique can fall through the cracks…
Lifestyle
by andrewcotto | Mon, 06/13/2022 - 12:58
The American actress Debi Mazar met Tuscan native Gabriele Corcos in Florence in the summer of 2001. She was on holiday; he was in love. By the end of the…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/07/2022 - 00:00
Crime thriller The Hunting Season is set in the foodie town of Bologna, and food indeed plays a central role in the plot, especially as it refers to the world…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 12/17/2021 - 03:16
Hand-kneaded pasta dough has been the base ingredient of many traditional dishes of Emilia-Romagna’s cuisine for a long time. A clever product that, in times…
Culture
by Luciana.Squadrilli | Wed, 12/15/2021 - 09:42
“Doesn’t everybody want to be Italian?” This is the starting point — as well as the final words — of Maria Pasquale’s new book How to be Italian, published…
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…