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Dear Italian-American: Travel Advice on Northern Italy

By Ringo Boitano
in :  Travel Advice

I am planning my first trip to Italy. I want to see Rome, Florence and Venice. I plan on arriving in Milan. Friends have told me to quickly bail out of Milan and use it as a place to head out to more historic places. Should I ignore the city and go on my way? --- Susan of Portland, OR

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Abandoned Under the Pugliese Blue

By Tom Weber
in :  World Travel

When I’m not in my wellies tending to our two-acre plot of olive trees, tucked inside the Valle d’Itria of the Alto Salento sub-region of Puglia in the southeastern reaches of Italy, I like to lace up my hiking boots, grab my camera and walking stick and head out on long, photo-shoot treks around my ‘hood.

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Pizza Napoletana: Naples’ Gift to the World.

By Ringo Boitano
in :  Eclectic Stuff
Pizza Napoletana

My dream was about to become a reality. Based in Los Angeles, I was used to taunts from my otherwise wonderful East Coast friends, who were never shy about battering me with people in Southern California don’t know what REAL pizza is. Though I had eaten my way through New York, Boston and Philly in the past and had sampled their delicious pies – I would ask them countless times why it was a REAL pizza and others were not.

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Trulli Charming

By Stephen Brewer
in :  World Travel
the landscape of Alberobello, southeastern Puglia region, Italy

It’s almost impossible not to fall under the spell of this dreamscape where round, domed houses known as trulli rise from gentle hillsides. Alberobello will make you feel like you’ve stepped into the pages of a fairy tale, but this small town in Italy’s southeastern Puglia region is decidedly of this world, fashioned from limestone, surrounded by centuries-old vineyards and olive groves, and home to 11,000 residents.

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The First International Destination You’d Visit in the Post Pandemic World

By T-Boy Society of Film & Music
in :  World Travel

The latest T-Boy Society of Film & Music poll is devoted to our members' favorite international destination. That is, the first international destination we'd visit when the roadways, skyways and waterways are deemed safe to travel. You'll find members' selections to be illuminating, telling us much about their own personal preferences.

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Celebrity Suites Part 5

By Stephen Brewer
in :  World Travel

Italy has been the backdrop for some of our favorite films, and the beguiling scenery often upstages the acting. Don’t Look Now (1973), Room with A View (1985), Cinema Paradiso (1988), Il Postino (1994), Call Me By Your Name (2017) . . . well, we could go on and on. The stars, too, have often been smitten with the settings …

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Sipping Vino and Savoring Vistas in Tuscany

By Fyllis Hockman
in :  World Travel

Wandering the hilly, narrow cobblestone streets in our home base of Montalcino, Italy, a Medieval city of interlocking passageways, steps and alleyways curving around and through and behind and beyond the main square, I reminded myself I was walking through history spanning eight hundred years. Stopping for lunch, I ordered a glass of the house wine. A bottle arrived at …

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Lemon Cream and Ricotta Crostata

By Audrey Hart
in :  Audrey’s Travel Recipes
Lemon Cream and Ricotta Crostata

A crostata is an Italian baked tart or pie, also known as coppi in Naples and sfogliate in Lombardy. The earliest known use of crostata in its modern sense can be traced to the cookbooks Libro de Arte Coquinaria (Book of the Art of Cooking) by Martino da Como, (circa 1465).

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Vicarious Culinary Travel During a Pandemic

By Richard Frisbie
in :  World Travel
Spanish Chicken Chilindron

Just because we can’t travel during the Covid-19 pandemic, doesn’t mean we can’t still explore the culinary traditions of various countries from the comfort of our own kitchens.

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To Live and Dine in Bologna: Three-Days in the Gastronomic Capital of Italy

By Ed Boitano
in :  World Travel
different types of pasta on display in Bologna

With the popularity of 'Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy' series we thought it would be fun to add a few recipes based on our own pre- Covid-19 gastronomic experiences in the Emilia-Romagna cities of Bologna and Parma.

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