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Whoever studies the history of medicine finds L’Orvietan,” says Lamberto Bernardini. In his laboratory in Orvieto, Italy, a medieval hill town famous for its soaring duomo, that history is all around. Bernardini’s vaulted, frescoed space dates to the 1200s. One of the rooms in his lab is a museum-like space filled with historic books and framed ant...

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Easter wouldn’t be Easter in Italy without chocolate eggs: yes, I know they are quite popular in other parts of the world, like Ireland and the UK, for instance, but we think that in Italy the art of chocolate egg making and exchanging reaches its peak! Gifting eggs – real ones – was a common propitiatory gesture in ancient times, when the egg was...

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Women are influencing the wine landscape all over. Today, they represent more than half of the wine purchases in the US. There has been a transformation in the worldwide wine industry that now sees women occupying prominent roles in every area, from sommelier to importers; from writers to winemakers. Meininger’s Wine Business, an international publ...

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Let's go back to the Great Lakes, in our journey to discover Italy in the USA, and today we are happy to meet with the Italian Consul General in Chicago, Adriano Monti, whom we thank for his cordial availability.   On the next October 23 and 24 Chicago will host the Italian Expo, the most important event yearly organized specifically to promote M...

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"Torna a casa, in Italia, con Expo Milano 2015". Questo lo slogan scelto per il portale madeofItalians.expo2015.org, che si rivolge agli italiani nel mondo. Il progetto, che ha già visto l'adesione delle diverse consulte regionali dell'emigrazione tra cui quella dell'Emilia-Romagna, mira a promuovere la prossima Esposizione Universale di Milan...

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Every time I speak with a member of the Italian American community, what impresses me most is the reference to the region of his/her family comes from. I find it interesting as it explains very well how strong the sense of belonging to the local community is, when we speak about a quite young country such as Italy. As a matter of fact, Italy is th...

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È rivolto agli italiani residenti all'estero e ai cittadini stranieri di origine italiana "Made of Italians", il progetto di Expo 2015 cui hanno aderito le Consulte regionali per l'emigrazione. Il progetto, si legge sul sito di Expo, è stato pensato per garantire "un'accoglienza speciale", per far vivere ai connazionali "l'esperienza emozionan...

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