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Visiting the Amalfi Coast: Tips By Local Writer and Guidebook Author Laura Thayer

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 09/27/2019 - 00:00

“It takes time to know a place and have the chance to capture the spirit of it as well as provide practical information on what to see and do, how to get…

Travel

How to Pack for Travel to Italy: Interview with Rick Steves Tour Guide Sarah Murdoch

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 09/20/2019 - 00:00

[Rick Steves tour guide and travel expert Sarah Murdoch.] "You don't need as much as you think you do," says tour guide Sarah Murdoch, who's been preaching…

Lifestyle

Talking to: Archaeologist & Rome Expert Darius Arya

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 07/13/2018 - 12:17

Darius Arya loves the rooftop terraces of Rome because they make you see the Eternal City’s monuments from ever new angles. Even after 18 years of living in…

Culture

kamin mohammadi, author of bella figura, standing in vineyard in black dress

Bella Figura: How To Live Like An Italian

by jaimeclewis | Thu, 07/05/2018 - 00:46

Editor's note, October 6, 2022: We're re-sharing this 2018 profile of the Tuscany-based author and broadcaster Kamin Mohammadi not only because of her delight…

Food & Drink

Italy’s Female Leaders in Food & Wine: Angela Velenosi

by Francine Segan | Thu, 06/21/2018 - 03:35

Angela Velenosi of Velenosi Wines started her company in 1984 to bring the unique wines of the Marche region of Piceno…

Food & Drink

Talking to: Domenica Marchetti, Food Writer and Cookbook Author

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 03/23/2018 - 06:46

[Domenica Marchetti, food writer and author of seven books on Italian cooking. Photo credit Olga Berman.] For our Interview series, we introduce you today to…

Lifestyle

Talking to: Federico Rampini, The Chief New York Correspondent for Italy’s La Repubblica Newspaper

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 02/09/2018 - 00:00

“I feel like a pendulum between two magnets,” says Italian journalist Federico Rampini, referring to an inner conflict common to many expatriates, the allure…

Lifestyle

Talking to: Katherine Wilson, Author of 'Only in Naples'

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/12/2018 - 07:17

“Goethe said, 'See Naples and die.' I saw Naples and started to live.” So writes American-born Katherine Wilson in the introduction to her memoir, ‘Only in…

Food & Drink

Meet Giorgia Caporuscio, Queen of Neapolitan Pizza in New York

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 12/15/2017 - 04:35

It’s a man’s world, and even more so when it comes to the pizza-making industry; but that hasn’t stopped young and talented Giorgia Caporuscio from stepping in…

Lifestyle

Talking to: Chandi Wyant, Author of “Return to Glow - A Pilgrimage of Transformation in Italy”

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 06/23/2017 - 00:00

In her early forties, in the wake of a divorce and a traumatic illness, California-born Chandi Wyant decided to walk - alone – on a stretch of the Via…