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Bread making is an art and Italy knows it very well. Besides the many types of bread baked in the ovens every morning, there are also other types of dough that can be found on the counters of bakeries: it is the focaccia. Focaccia can be soft, crispy, simple, seasoned and stuffed, but they are always loved by all Italians. It cannot be said that ev...

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The recent increase in Italy’s industrial production is largely due to the all-time high of Italian food exports: +13% for an estimated annual value of €52 billion in 2021, if the current trend is maintained. This is what emerges from the latest analysis of the Italian farmers association Coldiretti on Istat data about the growth of industrial prod...

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Who knows what the great poet Ovid would have thought if he had known that his fame would've been overshadowed, one day, by a small and simple sweet of almonds and sugar. Sulmona, a beautiful city of art located in the middle of Abruzzo, is in fact almost more famous for its confetti, as they're called in Italy, than for being the birthplace of the...

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Pizza has a very long, complex and uncertain history. It is true that pizza as we know it today originated in Naples, Italy, but flatbreads with toppings were already consumed by the ancient Romans. At the time though, these flatbreads were not made with durum wheat flour, did not require any leavening and were cooked directly on the fire or on hot...

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Hailed in Italy as the “Michelangelo of Pizza,” Chef Gabriele Bonci and his team have opened Bonci Pizza in Miami’s Wynwood district. The chef’s famous creations from his landmark Pizzarium eatery in Rome were hailed by the late Anthony Bourdain as, “amazing, amazing, amazing!” With one in Chicago, his second US restaurant now resides inside Wynwoo...

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In the summer of 1325, the process for the canonisation of St. Nicholas of Tolentino took place in some towns in the Marche. 371 witnesses from various socila backgrounds were invited to testify in the presence of the papal legates, who were to receive news and testimonies on the life and miracles of the saint.Among the testimonies presented was on...

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The appeal of Made-in-Italy design in an expression of the Genius and Ingenuity of our Country constitute the core of the experience at the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai thanks to the Italian Genius exhibition which was opened at the presence of the Minister of Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgetti in the Short Stories Section of the exhibit...

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The Mole Antonelliana is Turin’s architectural landmark. At first, it was conceived as a synagogue, but the Municipality of Turin bought it and transformed it into a monument of national unity. Alessandro Antonelli is the planner and architect of the historic building. According to historical records, its construction lasted between 1863 and 1889 a...

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A collaboration between the Wadsworth Atheneum and the Detroit Institute of Arts (Dia), By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800, is on view now to January 9, 2022, at the Wadsworth, and travels to the Dia, February 6 – May, 29 2022. An exhibition solely dedicated to Italian women artists, now at the Wadsworth Athene...

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Amazon (AMZN.O), through its Climate Pledge Fund, has bought a minority stake in Italy's CMC Machinery, a company with technology that makes custom-sized boxes that eliminate the need for single-use plastic packaging, the machines maker said on Wednesday. CMC, which is controlled by private equity firm KKR and counts Amazon and Walmart among its cu...

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