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Italy’s northeast region of Veneto is home to many charms. From gondola-lined canals of Venice to the cobblestoned streets of picturesque Padua, there is a lot to fall in love with. Included in that, of course, is the region’s array of red wines. Amarone is undoubtedly the best-known, as its bold, rich style has won the hearts and palates of many....

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With their intense and enveloping aromas, bright colors and an unmistakable flavor, herbs are the elements that best characterize the Mediterranean diet, whose culinary tradition is in the amalgam of green sensations and fragrances. Aromas that awaken a collective olfactory memory, bringing back memories of seaside dinners and picnics enjoyed in th...

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Recently, I shared a little about quality Italian canned tomatoes along with a list of canned tomato recipes. Now, I want to explain my reasons for promoting Italian canned tomatoes in more depth. I started my site in 2011 and have been getting on my soapbox about quality ingredients since day one. I’ve also ranted about “Italian” recipes that have...

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People who talk about wine rarely mention their conflicts of interest, so let me put mine front and centre: my first dinner date with my now wife included a bottle of Nero d’Avola. It was a wine that was somehow both supple and robust and met that most difficult of pairing challenges, working well with a curry. A series of coincidences had wines ma...

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Among the fruits mainly produced in Italy, certainly the Tarot oranges cultivated especially in Sicily and exported all over the world stand out. In addition to being rich in nutrients, these citrus fruits are used to prepare many excellent recipes and also as a ingredient to create products of various tipo as the candles. One of the main character...

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Gianluca Bisol has developed a taste for exotic wines close to his home in Italy’s Veneto region. After making his fortune in the Prosecco boom with his family’s historic winery in Valdobbiadene, Bisol has taken on some off-the-wall side projects with vineyard ventures in places few (or no) others dare to go. Fifteen years ago, he began his tiny Ve...

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Peroni Nastro Azzurro, an Italian beer owned by Molson Coors, launched its first TV campaign in two years this week. The campaign comes at a time when the demand for imported beers is growing, especially among younger drinkers. The campaign reflects an expected boon in wanderlust as pandemic restrictions ease, while also presenting the brand as a f...

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A simpler time. A time when life was far less complicated, a golden age in the memories of most Italians. This was a time when anything & everything seemed possible. A time to dance, to sing, to laugh, to be together. It was the age of the Italian Dream. The age of making Italy great again... in a simple and humble way. Not the way of Mussolini, bu...

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It may seem unbelievable to think, but pizza was not always Italy’s most iconic dish, in fact, in its earliest iterations, it was born in the streets, reserved for only the humblest of people. Pizza is arguably the world’s favorite fast food and today, it can be eaten anywhere, anytime. At home, on the street corner, or at a restaurant. Throughout...

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“The whole thing started when I saw a picture on a magazine cover,” said Burt Sugarman, a car guy and automotive entrepreneur turned Hollywood TV and movie producer. The year was 1965, and the magazine was Road & Track. Sugarman was 26 years old, and the car was the Ghia 230S, a curvaceous Italian coupe—the precursor to the production 450/SS conver...

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