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Italian Parmesan producers are protesting what they call fake versions of the cheese made in the U.S. that are cutting into their livelihood.   Parmesan cheese — the real stuff, that is, labeled Parmigiano Reggiano — is a globally protected Italian brand. It can only be legally produced in and around the city of Parma, following a strict pro...

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by Julia Ford-Carther   Wine enthusiasts looking for the perfect pairing don't have to travel all the way to the Italian city of Parma for a pour. In the heart of downtown, Wine by the Bay brings Italy's top labels to Miami by way of storeowner—and Parma native—Stefano Campanini.   Of its 250-bottle inventory, 80 hail from Campanini's...

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Thursday, April 14 | 5:00pm | Harvard Law School |Boston College | 140 Commonwealth Avenue , Chestnut Hill. Artistic Wonders of Parma from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. Boston College The Dept. Of Romance Languages & Literatures & The Office For International Programs present: A lecture in honor of the 20-year part...

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Pizza Maestro and 11-time world champion Tony Gemignani of Tony's Pizza Napoletana will lead The World Pizza Champions, America's No. 1 Pizza Team, to the World Pizza Championship April 11-13 in Parma, Italy. Held each year, the World Pizza Championships determines the world's best pizza makers with more than 20 countries competing and 6,500 indepe...

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Parma-based Artemis Danza, one of the most beloved dance companies in Italy, makes it United States debut with its highly acclaimed production of "Traviata" at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 East 60th Street, for one performance Thursday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m.   Under the leadership of Monica Casadei, the company's acclaimed a...

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by Marcus Kwesi O'Mard   Former Major League Baseball star Mike Piazza could join Italian soccer's brigade of new, foreign owners and bring an element of stardust to struggling club Parma FC. Piazza told Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport on Wednesday he's considering buying Parma, according to Football Italia.   Parma currentl...

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di Maria Pace Lucioli Ottieri Franco Maria Ricci ha raccolto la sua biblioteca e le sue opere d'arte dentro questo intricato, grandioso – è il più vasto del mondo – giardino. Un sogno borgesiano nato 38 anni fa e realizzato oggi a Fontanellato (Parma)   Ceduti il marchio e l'attività editoriale, nata nel 1963 e conosciuta in tutto il mondo,...

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Privately owned by the fourth generation of its founding family Parma, Italy-based Pasta maker Barilla, has achieved ubiquity, both in Europe and the U.S. Founded in 1877, it's about the closest to an authentic experience as you can get from mass produced pasta in a box.   But for all its success Barilla isn't resting on its laurels. It anno...

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"Ciao, bello," yells a young, Italian man in my direction. "Hello, beautiful," he's saying, as his friends crane their necks and loosen their jaws in awe. They're not aiming their ardor at me but at the car I'm riding in — a vintage 1962 Alfa Romeo.   In gleaming, tomato red, it's a finely-curved marvel of style, history, technolog...

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Per la prima volta il Brain Prize è stato conferito a uno scienziato italiano: Giacomo Rizzolatti, docente di Fisiologia presso il Dipartimento di Neuroscienze dell'Università degli Studi di Parma.   Il prestigioso riconoscimento è assegnato annualmente dalla Fondazione Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research per premiare uno o più studiosi c...

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