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A sparkling red wine that's practically synonymous with Reggio Emilia, Lambrusco comprises eight DOCs, a mosaic of vineyards enclosed in an area between the provinces of Modena, Reggio Emilia, and Parma, plus the Lombard city of Mantua.  Lambrusco represents the roots of Italianità, and not just for its popularity among Italians or how it's Italy's...

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A lifelong dream of mine came true today: I visited a chocolate factory. And not just any chocolate factory, but that of that Gianluca Franzoni who founded Domori in 1997 in the town of None, just outside of Turin. Franzoni was the first to rediscover the ancient and particularly valuable, aroma-rich Criollo cocoa. As fragrant as it is rare and del...

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The first time I had fette biscottate, I threw one in my mouth plain. I coughed. I choked. It did not taste like food. It tasted like one of those cheap, brown paper napkins from a fast-food restaurant. If you’ve never encountered this Italian pantry staple, imagine a beautiful, fluffy piece of white bread, flattened a bit, and then toasted, toaste...

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Three sisters in the Giacomini family are proudly at the helm of the Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, on a lush stretch of land on the California coast overlooking Tomales Bay, a beautiful inlet from the Pacific Ocean. “100% women-owned. We are dairy farmers and artisans, delivering happiness through cheese,” proclaims the bio on their Instagr...

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Origins Organic Imports, a wine import company dedicated to bringing to market organically grown wines, is proud to introduce Corvezzo, a leading name in organically grown, vegan wines from northeast Italy’s Veneto region. Family-owned and-run Corvezzo has the largest acreage in Italy of organic Glera and Pinot Grigio. All Corvezzo wines are 100% e...

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Saffron has wielded legendary power through the centuries. Greek mythology states that the young Crocus bore an unapproved love for the nymph Smilace. As a result, the gods punished him, transforming him into a beautiful flower, Crocus sativus, the botanical name of a plant around 4 inches tall with threadlike leaves and scarlet pistils. The Atheni...

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Erly each morning, keys turn in locks on the ground floor shops along Pugliano street in the Italian town of Ercolano. Doors open to reveal shiny sequin dresses, furs in a range of browns, and jeans from the 1970s—plus a slew of military uniforms, displayed on hangers, dangling from boxes, or draped on white sheets. Many of the clothes worn by Amer...

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As the first-generation Mini forged ahead with its early sales success, Italian carmaker Autobianchi must have been looking on with envious eyes. Its attempt to grab a slice of the pie was launched in 1969 as the A112, a three-door hatchback that used the same (back then) relatively unusual transverse engine/front-wheel drive layout in a marginally...

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Cheesemaking is an art form that takes the most basic of culinary knowledge and combines it with age-old techniques to create something unique and diverse with dairy of all types. And now, this is even being done without the use of dairy in regard to vegan cheeses - but the cheese that's predicted to take over this summer (again) is not one of that...

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Prima edizione per le scuole italiane all’estero del progetto: un percorso di scoperta, studio e valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale italiano nel mondo pensato per gli studenti delle primarie e secondarie. Qual è il patrimonio culturale italiano presente nella tua città? Di cosa si tratta: di un monumento, un’opera d’arte, una canzone o una fes...

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