Lo scorso 7 maggio, a Bologna, l'Associazione Lavitabella ha presentato il progetto "Casa Bologna" del Comitato Bologna Portland, istituito in occasione del 10° anno di gemellaggio tra le città di Bologna e Portland, nello Stato americano dell'Oregon. Il Comitato nasce dalla collaborazione tra la stessa Associazione Lavitabella e la Portla...
READ MORE“This is not just vinegar. This is balsamic. They are not the same,” Daniele Barbieri said when I visited his family’s Acetaia del Cristo in this Northern Italian city last fall. I heard him, but I was also engaged, engrossed in the parade of flavors in my mouth. Mr. Barbieri had suggested that I stick my pinkie inside a 165-year-old juniper-wo...
READ MOREAs we're having a great time wandering all over the 50 States in search of Italian stories, our trip today stops by Portland, Oregon: we're far from the motherland, but that doesn't mean that there's no Italy, here in the Beaver State. On the contrary, we're happy and grateful to meet our friend Tonya Russo Hamilton, who will help us understand...
READ MOREWTI Magazine #32 2014 May, 29Author : folclore.it Translation by: The Palio (contest) of Ferrara, in addition to being the oldest in the world, is peculiar for the type of race, which is a festival unlike many other contests with a competition formula that comes from actual wars between the contestants.
READ MOREWTI Magazine #41 2014 July, 30Author : italia.it Translation by: A trip to Emilia Romagna is a trip to the land of motors. After all, it was here that one of the greatest symbols of Made in Italy was born a legend: the Ferrari brand.This beautiful Region offers car lovers a grand series of pertinent places and events, including the M...
READ MOREdi Maria Pace Lucioli Ottieri Franco Maria Ricci ha raccolto la sua biblioteca e le sue opere d'arte dentro questo intricato, grandioso – è il più vasto del mondo – giardino. Un sogno borgesiano nato 38 anni fa e realizzato oggi a Fontanellato (Parma) Ceduti il marchio e l'attività editoriale, nata nel 1963 e conosciuta in tutto il mondo,...
READ MOREWTI Magazine #61 2015 May, 29Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: John Cabot University A comprehensive and exhaustive exhibition is currently being set up in the gorgeous complex of Museums of San Domenico, in Forlì. It aims at presenting the striking career of one of the most famous and requested Italian painters of the turn of...
READ MOREOne reason Sicilians tend to identify with Sicily first and Italy (a distant) second? Sicilian food. The same goes for Veneto in the north or Puglia in the south. Italy is a young country -- it only celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2011. Despite the successful export of the "Italian restaurant," the idea of a unified Italian cuis...
READ MOREPenelope, "art name" of Chiara Cocchi, has been invited by the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco for a solo exhibition in its gallery. After several shows in Miami (Florida), Sarasota (Florida), and Italy, the artist has conceived and assembled a new exhibition entitled We are All Made of Stardust, which will be on view from January 15 un...
READ MOREPrivately owned by the fourth generation of its founding family Parma, Italy-based Pasta maker Barilla, has achieved ubiquity, both in Europe and the U.S. Founded in 1877, it's about the closest to an authentic experience as you can get from mass produced pasta in a box. But for all its success Barilla isn't resting on its laurels. It anno...
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