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I remember the first time a guide let me hold a white truffle before it went into the scale. It was heavier than I expected, cold, faintly damp, and it smelled like nothing I could name — garlic, hay, wet earth, something almost animal...

There is a version of Italy that never sits still on a map. It bubbles up, quite literally, in dozens of places between the Alps and Sicily, and it has been doing so since long before anyone thought to build a road, a temple, or a spa resort...

There is a strip of land, a little over two hundred kilometers long, running along the Via Emilia, where stuffed pasta is not simply a dish: it is an identity, a matter of local pride, a centuries-old dispute, and a domestic ritual. Emilia-Romagna...

My private Italy: dreaming twice a year in Siena To me, as well as to many Italians who love Siena and often pay a visit to the city, the Palio is a combination of colors, sounds and emotions. The colors, from yellow ocher turf lying on the...

Have you ever visited Rome? Me, I can’t even remember how many times I have been back. After a while, a strange thing happens to frequent travelers like me: you stop registering the grandeur. The Colosseum becomes just a familiar backdrop you...

There is a black and white image that, more than any other, captures the soul of an unrepeatable moment. It is the face of a young woman who emerges from a copy of the Corriere della Sera. Her eyes laugh, her hair is moved by the wind of novelty...

The Renaissance, Italy: the pinnacle of pictorial art. Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael—the artists who best represent this peak. After them, one might say that no one could ever reach such heights of perfection; no artist could invent something...

Italy is a treasure chest. Venice, in particular, is a hymn to beauty but also to the mastery of the artisan artists who have created this beauty, and who continue to pass on their knowledge of “doing” over the centuries. And nowhere...

If you think modern perfumery was born in Paris or Grasse, I am about to tell you a story that will completely change your perspective on fragrance history. This story is about Florence. Florence does not just make perfume; Florence is perfume....