Food & Drink

Food & Drink
by Alex Sakalis | Mon, 01/08/2024 - 10:54
Kombucha — that acerbic, slightly bubbly drink — has, in recent years, transcended its obscure origins and niche market to become an increasingly fashionable…
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by Laura Itzkowitz | Fri, 12/08/2023 - 10:00
Every year starting in September, Olivieri 1882 transforms into a sort of Santa’s workshop for the domed Christmas cake that has taken the world by storm.…
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by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 11/13/2023 - 14:00
Italian food exports were up by 8% in the first eight months of 2023 and are on track to surpass 2022’s record-breaking value of €60.7 billion by the end of…
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by Liz Shemaria | Wed, 11/08/2023 - 13:30
Standing in Barbaresco Tower, Paolo Dalla Mora points to where he’s growing sage among a tapestry of grape vines.  Grapes are everywhere in Le Langhe, a hilly…
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by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 10/24/2023 - 07:00
Limoncello is — for many visitors to Italy — a quintessential holiday drink. It’s synonymous with long, languid dinners in southern Italy, a marker to signal…
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by Jessica Lionnel | Fri, 10/06/2023 - 08:00
It’s Italy’s most famous dessert besides gelato, but there’s no real consensus on where it comes from. We’re talking about tiramisù, and Friulians, Piedmontese…
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by Alex Sakalis | Tue, 10/03/2023 - 06:24
Bologna is known for many things — food, porticoes, medieval towers — but the world’s first and only Gelato University, currently celebrating its 20-year…
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by dickrosano | Tue, 09/26/2023 - 02:50
“Why do we refer to alcohol as spirits?” The question came unsolicited from a man swirling his Negroni, tossed out in the dim light of Harry’s Bar in Florence…
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by Shell Royster | Thu, 07/20/2023 - 15:00
Take an evening passeggiata across the whitewashed alleys of most any town in Puglia, and you’ll spot people leisurely sipping on local wines or cocktails and…
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by Shell Royster | Fri, 07/07/2023 - 13:00
Crunch.  That’s not a sound that’s typically associated with world-class chocolate, but the Modican variety has an unmistakable one. Biting into a piece of…