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My private Italy: Pizza, I love you

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 “The perfect lover is the one who turns into pizza at four in the morning” – Charles Pierce Italians love pizza, and we are obsessed with it: “Saturday night is pizza night” or, in my case, it could be “every...

My private Italy: the magic of Venice Carnival

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Venice, the city on the water, is famous worldwide for its history and undisputed beauty, but especially for the Carnival, one of the most famous in the world. Venice is much more; it is a magical city, a unique and iconic place, an open-air...

My private Italy: why italians eat so much bread?

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Bread is the centrepiece of our Mediterranean diet, a central element of lives and cultures. Christians consider it a sacred food, broken and shared at the table, a symbol of brotherhood. When I was living in America, it was served in Italian...

My private Italy: at Christmas, Pandoro or Panettone?

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Christmas is one of my favourite moments of the year: the colours of the lights in the houses, families reuniting to enjoy the magic of this holiday together and children looking forward to the arrival of Santa Claus. Christmas in Italy is also...

My private Italy: olive oil, I love you

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Extra virgin olive oil (EVO) is undoubtedly the symbol of Mediterranean food, and Italian food in particular. Olive oil is an ancient product, rich in history. You don’t drink it, you eat it; it is a valuable food, a few grams change the...

My private Italy: harvesting olives on Lake Garda

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It is often said that the greatest satisfaction in creating something lies in the act of doing so, rather than in the outcome. And every year, from April to November, I am very lucky to have the chance to “make” something, to create it from...

My private Italy: in Sicily, eat like a sicilian

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I have been hosted several times in a Sicilian house and for sure they never run out of food! The first time I went to Sicily, I was hosted by a friend of mine in the beautiful city of Syracuse; I am a hearty eater but, trust me, I remember...

Italy’s darkest hour – Episode 6: the agony of Naples

Italy’s darkest hour – Episode 6: the agony of Naples The landing of Salerno was designed to advance further north and free Naples as soon as possible, but it resulted in a painful time for the city. In the last episode we left you with the...