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By Sam Tanenhaus   The dubiously accused almost always disappoint, once their full stories are told. It is the crime that magnetizes our attention. Remove the stain of guilt, or at least of strong complicity, and what's left? One more casualty, and casualties don't command interest. They spread unease. And so it is with Amanda Knox — the Sea...

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Every month Eataly brings its guests closer to a different region of Italy through its food, wine and culture. Throughout the month of November Eataly will be featuring the region of Umbria with a series of classes focused on wines and traditional dishes from this region.   Cooking with fresh herbs is at the heart of Italian cuisine. In Umb...

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According to poet Dante Alighieri, who is considered the father of Italian language, Assisi should have changed its name. "He who speaks of this place, should not say Ascesi," suggests the poet in the tenth Canto of his Paradise.   "Ascesi" (i.e. Assisi) is a much too short, too limited name. The city should have been called Oriente, si...

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AmCham Italy è lieta di segnalare che patrocinerà un incontro organizzato da Confidustria Umbria ed Umbria Export previsto per l'11 giugno. Si tratta di un seminario di approfondimento sugli aspetti tecnici, doganali e normativi inerenti l'esportazione di prodotti agroalimentari negli USA, al quale parteciperà come relatore anche il nostro Rapprese...

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One 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...

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I vini biologici di Roccafiore conquistano i consumatori statunitensi. Nei primi mesi del 2014, l'azienda di Todi (Perugia) ha già superato le vendite dell'anno precedente, con una crescita a due cifre: +10% rispetto al 2013, quando si sono toccate le 15.000 bottiglie esportate in questo mercato.   Negli USA Roccafiore è presente in diverse...

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The testimonies of Italian emigration to America (and to the world) are not just in the cities and in the countries where the lives of those who left developed after they landed. Even in Italy there is a (yet too small) network of museums regarding this topic, with an excellence standing: the Regional Museum of Emigration Pietro Conti in Gualdo Tad...

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Ieri la presentazione delle iniziative a Villa MadamaTra i presenti anche il presidente della Regione Umbria, Catiuscia Marini, che annuncia la partecipazione regionale al programma degli eventi   ROMA – Anche la Regione Umbria, attraverso il suo presidente Catiuscia Marini, ha partecipato ieri alla presentazione degli eventi organizzati in...

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Living nativity scenes and pageants, in Italian "presepi viventi", are quite common in Italy. Living nativity scenes are usually presented for several days, thanks to the fact that many people in Italy enjoy wearing a costume and act out the parts of the nativity.   Considering that in many parts of Italy living nativity scenes have become a...

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  WTI Magazine #45    2014 October, 15Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   Eurochocolate in Perugia is an honored tradition eagerly awaited by thousands greedy and curious Italians.In the center of the beautiful Umbrian city there will be the inevitable and tasty chocolate sculptures made from blocks of dark chocolate a cubic meter; art a...

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