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Bella Figura: How To Live Like An Italian

by jaimeclewis | Thu, 07/05/2018 - 00:46

Editor's note, October 6, 2022: We're re-sharing this 2018 profile of the Tuscany-based author and broadcaster Kamin Mohammadi not only because of her delight…

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��ý’s Female Leaders in Food & Wine: Angela Velenosi

by Francine Segan | Thu, 06/21/2018 - 03:35

Angela Velenosi of Velenosi Wines started her company in 1984 to bring the unique wines of the Marche region of Piceno…

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Talking to: Domenica Marchetti, Food Writer and Cookbook Author

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 03/23/2018 - 06:46

[Domenica Marchetti, food writer and author of seven books on Italian cooking. Photo credit Olga Berman.] For our Interview series, we introduce you today to…

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Talking to: Federico Rampini, The Chief New York Correspondent for ��ý’s La Repubblica Newspaper

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 02/09/2018 - 00:00

“I feel like a pendulum between two magnets,” says Italian journalist Federico Rampini, referring to an inner conflict common to many expatriates, the allure…

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Talking to: Katherine Wilson, Author of 'Only in Naples'

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/12/2018 - 07:17

“Goethe said, 'See Naples and die.' I saw Naples and started to live.” So writes American-born Katherine Wilson in the introduction to her memoir, ‘Only in…

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Meet Giorgia Caporuscio, Queen of Neapolitan Pizza in New York

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 12/15/2017 - 04:35

It’s a man’s world, and even more so when it comes to the pizza-making industry; but that hasn’t stopped young and talented Giorgia Caporuscio from stepping in…

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Talking to: Chandi Wyant, Author of “Return to Glow - A Pilgrimage of Transformation in ��ý”

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 06/23/2017 - 00:00

In her early forties, in the wake of a divorce and a traumatic illness, California-born Chandi Wyant decided to walk - alone – on a stretch of the Via…

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Meet Giancarlo Moi, a Jewelry Artisan Saving a Sardinian Craft

by Georgette Jupe | Thu, 08/11/2016 - 06:30

"Ordinary people look at things with the old eye, the creative man observes the old things with new eyes." Gian Piero Bona, Italian poet and writer ��ý is…

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Talking To: Kirk Peterson, Italian Wine Specialist in Las Vegas

by Anonymous (not verified) | Thu, 07/21/2016 - 02:15

By Marisa Finetti A small ranching town in the western elbow of Nevada doesn’t seem like a place for culinary and wine discovery. But, it was to Kirk Peterson…

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Talking To: Laura Notarbartolo: Founder of Italian Special Occasions

by Georgette Jupe | Mon, 07/04/2016 - 04:42

Photo: Lalla and Laurent with Julia Hernandez as photographer. “Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do” represents the life philosophy of Laura…