Ciao a tutti,
Now that the month of October is upon us, there is plenty to look forward to during one of the best seasons to call Italy home. Milder weather combined with plenty of local events and delicious autumnal food make any visit one to remember no matter where you go from north to south.
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Just to whet your Italy-appetites, some of the latest content that we’ve conjured up for our members in the past few months includes:
• Five Fabulous Venetian Artisans
• Sipping History: The Wine of Dante’s Descendants
• A Recipe for Pistacchio Amaretti with Candied Orange Peel and Chamomile
• An Island of Light and Shadow: ‘The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History’ Review
• A dual-language feature on Cinque Terre’s Riomaggiore village (with an Italian audio component).
Let’s kick off October with our roundup of the best events and festivals around Italy—we included everything from regional apple harvests to superheroes and silent movies!
This week wine expert Cynthia Chaplin takes us to four stunning Italian wineries whose gorgeous architecture combines sustainability with design.
You may have never heard of Capestrano, yet this village in Abruzzo was home to what has become the symbol of the whole region: The Warrior of Capestrano. Enjoy more in our dual-language of the week.
Moist brioche cake soaked in sweet rum syrup, rum babá is a favorite Neapolitan dessert. It’s so beloved that there’s even a Neapolitan expression: Sì nu babbà, “Like a babá,” to describe a particularly nice person. Here’s our recipe.
The newly-opened Antonio Carluccio Library and Archive at Oxford Brookes University will celebrate the legacy and achievements of the ‘godfather of Italian gastronomy’.
Italians love to emphasize, and superlatives, alongside gestures, make everything more Italian. Let’s explain!
Into the wild “blue”, resident expert Silvia Donati takes us on a gorgeous hike between the mountains and the sea in Sardinia’s Ogliastra region.
Go hyperlocal and partake in one of Trentino’s signature fall activities: apple picking.
Your enthusiastic response to our Word of the Week language eBook has inspired us to create an Italian language bundle of three ebooks: The Word of the Week, Everyday Italian and Italy by Train.
Tuscany by the sea is the theme for this week’s property for sale. This large stone farmhouse, a fixer-upper in need of restoration, is very close to Castellina Marittima and only 15 km from the seaside resort town of Castiglioncello. Set within 3,000 square meters of land, it would be quite the property to make your own paradiso Toscano!
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend from Georgette, your editor, and the Italy Magazine team.
