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  • 10 Italian Cooking and Dining Mistakes 10 Italian Cooking and Dining Mista... Published on Sunday, September 8, 2013 by
    The Academia Barilla in Parma is the first international center dedicated to the development and promotion of Italian gastronomic culture. So the folks there know a thing or two about Italian food and how it should be prepared and eaten. The center recently published  10 Italian cooking ...
  • Italian Life Photo: Smurfs Selling Italian Melons, Hmm… Italian Life Photo: Smurfs Selling ... Published on Thursday, September 5, 2013 by
    When we think about buying and eating fruit in Italy, we think of fresh, delicious produce. But do Italian melons need more help in selling to the public? Are Italians that into the Smurfs? That's what we wondered when we read this piece in Licensing Magazine about Smurfs being used to...
  • Italians Go Home for Lunch No Matter What Italians Go Home for Lunch No Matte... Published on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 by
    Remember when you were a kid and you could go home for lunch if you brought a note for your teacher? In the U.S., I think that possibility ended in the 1980s and surely few American kids and adults have the luxury of going to their house for lunch. But in Italy, a staggering 75% of workers...
  • The Italy Mix: The Borgias, Italian Genealogy The Italy Mix: The Borgias, Italian... Published on Friday, August 30, 2013 by
    The Italy Mix is a post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web each week. Here are our top picks for this week: Looking for the Borgias:  Novelist Sarah Dunant  is an expert on the Borgia clan who were true power brokers in 16t...
  • What Does Italy Do Best? What Does Italy Do Best? Published on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 by
    When you think of Italy, what do you think of? What do you think Italy, as a country, does best? A few thoughts might be art, wine, food. CNN came up with a list of 10 Thing Italy Does Better Than Anywhere Else and here are their 10 picks: 1. Flattery: Sure, we can see that. Those Itali...
  • Steve’s Travel Tips: Renting A Villa in Italy (Video) Steve’s Travel Tips: Renting ... Published on Friday, August 23, 2013 by
    I’m Steve Perillo of Perillo Tours. I have a video series called Steve's Travel Tips to share all the insider Italy travel tips I have learned over a lifetime of travel to Italy. In this video, I'd love to share my tips for renting a villa in Italy. This is a popular travel dream that...
  • Mayor Wants to Make Ancient Rome More Pedestrian Friendly Mayor Wants to Make Ancient Rome Mo... Published on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 by
    The newly elected mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino wants to close down the Via dei Fori Imperiali which runs next to the Colosseum  in a bid to make ancient Rome more pedestrian friendly, hoping to double the current number of visitors to the ancient sites to 20 million.  On August 3r...
  • Italian Wine: 2013 Predicted to Be Excellent Year Italian Wine: 2013 Predicted to Be ... Published on Sunday, August 18, 2013 by
    As the grape harvest begins  in southern Italy, the Association of Italian Enologists predicts that 2013 may well be an excellent year for the production of both red and white local wines if the current climatic conditions continue. ""It's going well, this climatic situation cannot but be...
  • Italy Travel Photo: Red Vespas in Rome Italy Travel Photo: Red Vespas in R... Published on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 by
    You can't visit the city of Rome without coming upon a Vespa parked on almost any street or whizzing by. These red Vespas truly stand out against a Roman backdrop. Photo by tekaybe, flickr.com...
  • The Italy Mix: Siena Travel Advice, Italy With Baby The Italy Mix: Siena Travel Advice,... Published on Monday, August 12, 2013 by
    The Italy Mix is a post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web each week. Here are our top picks for this week: Siena: Italy's Medieval Gem:  Rick Steves explores the Tuscan city of Siena and recommends sites, hotels and restaur...