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Livia Cevolini was 36-years-old when she founded Energica Motor Company, an Italian manufacturer of high-performance electric-motorbikes. Energica is based in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, also known as “Motor Valley” and home to automotive greats Lamborghini, Maserati, Ferrari, and Ducati. Cevolini says she overcame significant obstacles t...

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It's official! We have re-formed the St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities Organization. Thanks to the World Trade Center and the St Louis Economic Development Partnership. Special thanks to Stella Sheehan for making this possible. Stella Sheehan, Deputy Director of the World Trade Center, appointed Michael J Cross as President of the St Louis - Bologna...

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Balsamic Vinegar of Modena is ready to open up to the Miami food & wine scene this February. The Consorzio Tutela Aceto Balsamico di Modena (Consortium for the Protection of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena) is participating in the Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival (SOBEWFF) which will return to Florida, from February 21st t...

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A jury "unanimously" picked Parma over nine other Italian cities, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini announced on Friday, beating Agrigento, Bitonto, Casale Monferrato, Macerata, Merano, Nuoro, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia and Treviso. Parma takes over the title from Italy's 2018 Capital of Culture, Palermo, and the 2019 European Capital of Culture, Ma...

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La Fiera di Bologna cresce negli Stati Uniti, con una nuova casa a New York. "Grazie alla collaborazione con l'agenzia Ice, apre il prossimo 1 marzo una propria struttura operativa a New York al fine di rafforzare ulteriormente la presenza sul mercato statunitense", annuncia il presidente Gianpiero Calzolari. La società di via Michelino è presente...

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A lick of cold, creamy gelato isn't just magic. It's mathematics. "You have to respect the range," emphasizes Gianpaolo Valli, a senior instructor at Carpigiani Gelato University in Bologna, Italy, who has spent decades drilling aspiring gelato chefs on the right ratio of solids to water in any given recipe. (FYI: Solids need to be between 32 and 4...

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Cibus is coming back: the most relevant food Italian fair will be held in the city of Parma from 7th to 10th May, 2018. More than 3,000 exhibiting companies and a growing number of Italian and international buyers are expected in Parma.  The most innovative products will be displayed in a new dedicated area, the incoming programme for foreign buyer...

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Se il palcoscenico è il mondo, non sempre le persone sono protagoniste. In un giardino botanico, ad esempio, lo sono i fiori, le piante, gli alberi eccezionali, le foglie dalle forme più svariate, i profumi di tutti i generi e i semi. Sì, i semi, come mette in evidenza, attraverso la sua arte eccezionale, Laura Fantini, artista Bolognese pluripremi...

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February 11. 5:00 pm. Cost: Free. Dorothea’s House - 120 John Street, Princeton, NJ, 08542. http://www.dorotheashouse.org/events.html Film-maker August Ventura will share some extraordinary findings that have surfaced during research for his film project on Parma’s unique brand of Verdi-mania, including abundant rehearsal and performance footage, s...

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Fancy a glass of chilled, fizzy, acidic red wine? I suspect not. It doesn’t sound very enticing, particularly on a cold February day. As one who finds it hard to love that Australian speciality, sparkling (red) Shiraz, until recently I have always avoided Lambrusco like the plague. Lambrusco is a sweet, red, fizzy wine that weaned a generation of A...

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