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Whether you’re craving pizza, roasted fish and vegetables, or a pile of pasta, Italian restaurants in Boston are innovating with tons of takeout options during the current shutdown of on-site dining. We’ve pulled together a list of some top options for consideration the next time a craving hits—and in the interest of planning ahead, remember: Fresh...

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When Chiara Monti went to her office on Monday morning, she joined millions of Italians returning to work after nearly two months of being on lockdown because of the coronavirus. And when she arrived, she immediately went to the personnel office and asked to have her hours reduced. Like many working parents, Ms. Monti faced a dilemma: how to...

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Kitchen Quarantine is the name of chef Massimo Bottura’s appointment with his Instagram followers on. During Covid-19 quarantine, the Michelin-starred Italian chef is indeed sharing recipes from his home kitchen. Now these videos have ‘conquered’ the prestigious US weekly magazine New Yorker. In addition to a long article celebrating Bottura’s orig...

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Anche in Italia, molte regioni si stanno attrezzando per alleggerire le strutture ospedaliere dalla raccolta dei campioni per i tamponi necessari all’accertamento del contagio da Covid-19 con la predisposizione di punti di raccolta “drive-through”, direttamente all’interno dell’auto del soggetto potenzialmente infetto, accelerando così le procedure...

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Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana has launched Amore for Scientific Research, a campaign that will donate a portion of the proceeds from sales of its Devotion handbag collection to Humanitas University, a private international school dedicated to medical sciences. The collaboration with Humanitas will fund global health research to fight the co...

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A local tradition like no other, the Feast of Our Lady Mount Carmel and San Paolino di Nola has officially been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The annual Italian-American celebration has taken place for the past 117 years in Williamsburg, and on Sunday, the pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel announced the cancellation in a letter...

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Under a new set of rules, now valid from May 4-17th, the ban on outdoor exercise has been lifted and parks were allowed to reopen in most parts of Italy. On Monday May 4th, many people were able to go for a run or walk outdoors for the first time in almost two months - though team sports remain forbidden. Residents were for the first time able to g...

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After eight weeks of national lockdown in an effort to defeat a deadly outbreak of COVID-19, Italy began to tentatively reopen certain businesses and put millions of citizens back to work on May 4. As part of that gradual reopening, Italian national and local authorities are undertaking extensive antibody testing campaigns to determine how many peo...

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Live from Italy, an Italian grandma is teaching virtual cooking classes during the pandemic. With help from her granddaughter Chiara Nicolanti, Nerina Tamanti films "Nonna Live." Audiences can watch and learn as Nonna Nerina makes lasagne, fettuccine, ravioli, gnocchi and more from her kitchen located in Palombara Sabina, a small village outside Ro...

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I write from Lake Como. There are worse places to be during a Coronavirus Lockdown. The Romans called the lake ‘Larius’, an ancient Etruscan word meaning ‘the best’. The Romans rarely got things wrong. It has subsequently inspired the greatest artists of the world and caused the English poet Shelley to write, “This lake surpasses in beauty anything...

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