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Culture
by Laura Morelli | Wed, 02/19/2020 - 04:38
Capodimonte is a distinctive style of porcelain that stands apart from all the other ceramic traditions of southern Italy. This delicate, ornate porcelain--…
Culture
by Laura Morelli | Tue, 12/10/2019 - 03:06
From the shop windows of Naples, hundreds of faces lure us with their expressions: proud, sad, joyful, lewd, angelic, humorous. Few artistic traditions have…
Life + Style
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 10/16/2019 - 06:36
Purchases of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in the U.S. have more than tripled in the last week (+220%), with importers rushing to stock up before the proposed…
Food + Wine
by Laura Morelli | Tue, 09/10/2019 - 12:58
The brightly painted face of a medieval-knight-turned-marionette. A three-legged Medusa grimacing from the center of a ceramic plate. The wooden wheel of a…
Food + Wine
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 08/30/2019 - 05:20
In Italy, coffee is a religion with millions of worshipers. Yet, most of these devotees know nothing about the object of their devotion, despite being…
Culture
by Laura Morelli | Thu, 08/08/2019 - 02:53
Main photo credit: Squillace view to the sea (c) Jelly CC via Wikimedia Commons.jpg
Around the toe of Italy’s boot lies a coastline marked with clear waters,…
Life + Style
by Georgette Jupe | Fri, 06/28/2019 - 00:11
Walk through the ancient cobblestoned streets of the city of Florence and you can see that it is quite easy to get lost in its intoxicatingly beautiful…
Food + Wine
by mackayjamie32 | Tue, 05/28/2019 - 05:15
Sicily can reasonably claim to be the most enigmatic of all Italian regions. Anomalous and magical, with a multicultural identity that has fused together…
Culture
by Laura Morelli | Tue, 05/21/2019 - 05:27
The famous tart-sweet liqueur known as limoncello requires only four ingredients: lemon peels, grain alcohol, sugar, and water. However, like many of Italy’s…
Culture
by Laura Morelli | Thu, 05/02/2019 - 06:28
The hilltop village of Caltagirone rises like a mirage above the parched landscape of central Sicily. Scrubby plants and olive trees eke out their existence in…
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