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Italian Town Celebrates its Ugly Re...
Published on Saturday, January 4, 2020 by Kathy McCabe
Piobbico, a beautiful medieval village in central Italy, has celebrated an unusual trait for 140 years: It is the home of the Club dei Brutti (The Ugly Club), known for the ugliness of its residents. The club’s motto is “A person is what he is and not what he looks like.”
Piob...
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Steve’s Italy Travel Tips: Ch...
Published on Friday, November 8, 2019 by Kathy McCabe
I’m Steve Perillo of Perillo Tours. I'm thrilled to host 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'm talking about Christmas in Italy, traveling to Italy for Christmas, Ita...
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Molise Will Pay People $27,000 to M...
Published on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 by Kathy McCabe
Molise, one of Italy’s lesser-known and rural regions, has been experiencing a population decline as residents increasingly move to urban areas. So Antonio Tedeschi, a regional councilor, had an idea: Entice people to move to Molise by paying them $27,000 to settle there and open a s...
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Steve’s Travel Tips: New Year...
Published on Thursday, December 20, 2018 by Steve
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 New Year's Eve in Italy. The Italians have some very specific t...
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Italian Christmas Dessert Recipe: S...
Published on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 by Kathy McCabe
Nothing says Christmas in Italy quite like a pile of struffoli on an Italian table. The marble-sized dough balls are deep-fried to a golden hue, coated in honey and tiny hard sprinkles. While the traditional recipe calls for deep-frying the balls, some modern recipes call for spreading t...
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Italy’s Natural Wines Gain Pr...
Published on Friday, September 7, 2018 by Kathy McCabe
VinNatur, an Italian natural wine organization, has created a list of qualifications and characteristics for natural wine, a label that is often misused, undefined or confused with organic wines. Unlike other natural wine organizations, VinNatur enlists an independent certification group t...
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Why You Should Watch Pasta Grannies...
Published on Monday, September 3, 2018 by Kathy McCabe
Everyone knows Italian grandmothers make the best handmade pasta, and if you’re lucky, your nonna passed down her recipes and techniques. For the rest of us, there’s Pasta Grannies, a YouTube channel that films Italian nonne making pasta by hand, the old-fashioned way.
Food writer V...
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Celebrating New Year’s Eve in...
Published on Thursday, December 28, 2017 by Kathy McCabe
Spending New Year's Eve (Capodanno) in Italy can be as much a cultural experience as a celebration. Italians have very particular ways that they say goodbye to the old year and welcome in the new one:
Natale con I tuoi, Capodanno con chi vuoi. This Italian expression sums up the h...
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Belluno Is Most Livable Place in It...
Published on Sunday, December 3, 2017 by Kathy McCabe
Business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore has named Belluno at the top of its annual livability ranking of 110 Italian provinces. The province, located in the region of Veneto just north of Venice, was lauded for its overall quality of life and for its tourism industry and growing manufacturing a...
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Umbria Is Home to The World’s...
Published on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 by Kathy McCabe
Gubbio, in the region of Umbria, is home to the world's largest Christmas tree. The tree of lights is 650 meters (or 2,130 feet) tall and takes 1,900 man hours to assemble on the side of Gubbio's Mount Ignacio. It was named the world's largest Christmas tree in 1991 by the Guinness Boo...