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Foreign Food Ban in Italy
Now I love Italian food as much as the next person. But, a ban on foreign food in some municipalities and regions is, in my opinion, a kind of gastronomic racism (as described by Italian chef Vittorio...
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Rome’s Best Trattoria? You decide…
Choice Tables – A Debate Over the Best Roman Trattoria -NYTimes.com How could I possibly let this headline from the New York Times pass me by? Apparently, the global recession has led Italians to...
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Comprehensive Guide to Cooking Schools in Italy
Staying on the subject of food today, here is a wonderfully comprehensive guide to cooking schools throughout Italy (not just Tuscany) for anyone thinking of taking a culinary vacation. Thanks for all...
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Rumblings in the Wine World
It has been a little under two weeks since Italy announced the findings in the Brunello di Montalcino scandal. In case you haven’t been following this case, Italian authorities – prompted by the...
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Hotel Award: Best Culinary Experience
Virtuoso Life, a magazine tailored to luxury living and travel, has just released the winners of its Best of the Best Awards for 2009. Not surprisingly, the worldwide winner for the best culinary...
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How To Make Bolognese Sauce
Here’s a great way to bring Italy home – learn how to make Bolognese sauce! There are dozens of instructional videos out there, including this recent one from Epicurious.com. But two of the best I...
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Five Favorites: Recipes from Rome
Here’s another installment of Five Favorites, this time from a born-and-bred Italian. Eleonora (Lola) Baldwin writes not one, but two food blogs – one in English and the other in Italian. I’m very...
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Dining in Rome: Rooftop Restaurants and Special Occasions
Refined Rooftop Dining from Rome's Hotel 47 In the first installment of “Ask the Italy Expert,” a feature in which I ask Italy travel specialists to help me answer reader inquiries, Stefania Troiani...
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How to Eat Fish in Venice
Dining is one of the best parts of the Italy travel experience. Of course, as you’ve probably read before, there are rules when it comes to enjoying a meal in Italy. I hate rules. But I do appreciate...
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Comfort Me With Potatoes: A Tale of Two Tuber Dishes in Italy
Pity the poor American who can only find comfort in the familiar flavors and food textures of home. Pity me for not taking kindly to the coniglio (rabbit) or swooning at the sight of chicken liver...
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I get lots of emails from readers asking for Italy travel advice. And while I like to think of myself as the Italy travel resource, I know that there are tons of bloggers, writers, tour operators,...
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Cooking school teacher and chef Angela Schiavina shows off the culinary riches of Ravenna in this "My City" video from The Guardian. Read more The post Culinary Tour of Ravenna appeared first on...
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Italy’s First Wine Fountain Opens in Abruzzo — and the Wine is Free
The Local.it reports that the town of Caldari di Ortona in Abruzzo has opened the first free wine fountain. Dora Sarchese Vini installed the Fontana del Vino on its property, which is located along...
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More Than A Mocha: Torino’s Sweet, Rich Bicerin
When in Turin: Try a Bicerin You can visit Torino without tasting a Bicerin, but then you’d be going against the advice of noted gastronome Alexandre Dumas. The writer who was best known for his novels...
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Learn How to Make Pasta From Scratch: Italian Nonnas Show You How [Video]
Making fresh pasta can be fun! The post Learn How to Make Pasta From Scratch: Italian Nonnas Show You How [Video] appeared first on Italofile.
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A List of What I Ate in Palermo
There was one evening during our four-night stay in Palermo when we canceled a dinner reservation. We were just too stuffed from lunch and snacks and the build-up from our meals the days before....
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Porcini Mushrooms: How Italians Ease Into Autumn
Some time between beach season and boot season, porcini mushrooms begin to arrive in the market, at road stands, and on menus. Though they are available almost year round, porcini are one of the true...
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