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Despite having one of the highest concentrations of Baroque architecture and some of the most dramatic views of sloping fertile plains, Ragusa is...
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Regardless of how many figurative skeletons Italians might keep well stored in their decorative armoires, the country freely displays real human bones...
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We arrived at Genoa's Aeroporto Cristoforo Colombo on a prop plane in a humid drizzle - the port city's gritty romance seeping into our moistened...
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Despite a tumultuous and anguished life, early Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (a.k.a. Caravaggio) revolutionized his art form to...
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Fans of revered Italian architect Andrea Palladio may be so intent on visiting his well-ordered villas across Italy's Veneto region they could easily...
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Just below our balcony at the discreet Art Hotel Orologio in Piazza Maggiore, Bologna's heavily turreted civic heart, voices of varying timbres lulled...
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Forty hairpin bends. The idea nestled in my throat before traveling down to my respiratory tract and settling in my gut. A roller coaster, I realized....
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Mountains are such a common sight throughout Sicily that when my husband Joe and I finally made our way to the flatlands of Marsala, we thought we had...
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After spending time with my husband Joe’s family in the rustic mountains of Calabria, we were ready to hit the beaches. As we ferried (with car...
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An invitation from friends to visit them during their summer holiday in Corsica conjured two images in my mind: Napoleon's birthplace and a strong...
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- Pesce Uno - Naples / Linguine with White Clam Sauce
- Pesce Due - Genoa / Pesto Genovese
- Carne Uno - Umbria / Cinghiale (Wild Boar) with Pappardelle
- Carne Due - Piemonte / Manzo ristretto alla Piedmontesa
- Pasta Uno - Sicily / Pasta con le sarde
- Pasta Due - Bologna / Spaghetti Bolognese
- Vino Uno - Sardinia / Canonnau (or Vermentino)
- Vino Due - Tuscany / Brunello di Montalcino
- Dolce Uno - Sicily / Cannoli
- Dolce Due - Torino / Torta Gianduja
