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Before it was called the Strait of Messina, the body of water separating Calabria from Sicily was known as the Strait of Scylla. This stretch of sea dividing the island from the “mainland” was named after the monstrous creature from the myth of Scylla and Charybdis, made famous in Homer’s Odyssey. Scilla is a small fishing town in Calabria, in the...

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Everyone says their grandmother’s cooking is the best. But what will grandmothers be cooking twenty years from now?”  It was this simple yet profound question that, over a decade ago, inspired British producer Vicky Bennison to create Pasta Grannies, a project dedicated to the art of handmade pasta, Italian home cooking, and most of all, the women...

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  La battaglia legale a difesa di Cristoforo Colombo continua negli Stati Uniti, questa volta in Nevada e Massachusetts L’Italia nomina Marco Peronaci nuovo Ambasciatore a Washington DC La creazione di un distretto storico nella Little Italy di San Francisco in California La Festa Italiana torna nel South End di Springfield in Massachusetts con la...

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As RT enters Max’s Sandwich Shop in Crouch Hill, north London, owner Max Halley is there to greet us, glass of riesling in hand. The man who reinvented the humble sandwich, and has published several recipe books celebrating it, has an infectious passion, a booming laugh and swears frequently. His intimate wood-panelled establishment attracts huge q...

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Italian cuisine is mostly remembered for its wide variety of pasta, cheeses, wines, and produce. However, not many people are aware of its chocolate tradition. Like many things in Italy, the history of chocolate can be traced back to the 16th century, the Renaissance period, when the first cocoa beans arrived from the New World. The tradition trans...

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CINEGELATO is back! Join us for a series of five movies and… gelato! All films are in Italian with English subtitles. Free admission | Registration required Thursday, July 3 | 6:30 PMGOD WILLING (Se Dio vuole)Dir: Edoardo FalconeItaly, 2015, 87 minWith Marco Giallini, Alessandro Gassmann, Laura Morante, Ilaria Spada, Edoardo PesceIn Italian with En...

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A new restaurant has opened at 278 Park St. in New Haven. Casanova is next door to The Place 2 Be, according to The Connecticut Scoop. The new Italian restaurant "brings flavors of Italy that meet the charm of Old World romance, inspired by Giacomo Casanova himself," according to the restaurant's website. Casanova serves handcrafted pasta, wood-...

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Stanley Tucci is heading back to Italy after Nat Geo renewed his docuseries Tucci In Italy for a second season. The series, which premiered last month, has been picked up for another five episodes. In the first season, Tucci explored regions including Tuscany, Lombardy, Abruzzo, Trentino-Alto Adige and Lazio. In the second season he will venture fo...

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American consumers increasingly appreciate authentic Prosciutto di Carpegna PDO: this is demonstrated by export figures that show a +57% increase in sales and +43.5% in volumes in just two years. Marco Pulici, Vice President of the Prosciutto di Carpegna PDO Consortium, comments on the trend of the export market as follows: "Between 2022 and 2024 w...

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Everyone knows balsamic vinegar: it’s in supermarkets around the world and often mistaken as just another salad dressing ingredient. But its real story is far richer – and far more exclusive. As British journalist Giulia Crouch recently highlighted in her piece for The Times, there are two very different worlds within the category: one is mass-mark...

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