In the Rome episode of the first season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy learns how to make her own traditional Roman mosaic. Nadia Ridolfini teaches visitors how to make traditional Roman mosaics at her studio Aegea Mosaici on Via Corsini, 8. You can take a two-hour class (35€ per person) and create your own small mosaic to take …
In the Rome episode of the first season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy learns how to make the iconic pasta dish famous to Rome. There’s a tiny restaurant in Trastevere that is one of the best places in Rome to eat Cacio e Pepe, one of the most famous dishes in the Eternal City. Brothers Francesco and Roberto …
In the Rome episode of the first season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy wanders through one of working-class markets of Testaccio. The Mercato Testaccio offers everything from vegetables to cured meats, fresh seafood to Sicilian pastries. The market, at Via Galvani and Via Beniamino Franklin, is a great excuse to visit the working-class neighborhood of Testaccio. (Nearby sights …
In the Rome episode of the first season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy tastes local specialties at a mouth-watering deli. You’ve never seen a deli quite like Volpetti. The alimentari at Via Marmorata, 47 in Testaccio was founded more than 40 years ago. Alessandro Volpetti gave Kathy a mouth-watering tour of the meats, cheeses, truffles, olive oils, wines …
In the Tuscany episode of the first season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy travels to Maremma to meet the last remaining cowboys. The wetlands of the Maremma, in the southwest corner of Tuscany, are home to a vast preserve of stately umbrella pines and remote, untouched beaches. Here you will find the butteri, the last remaining Tuscan cowboys, …
In the Tuscany episode of the first season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy tours an old-fashioned textile factory. Since 1842, Busatti has been producing sumptuous linen, cotton and wool textiles in the basement of a 16th- century palazzo in Anghiari. Eighth-generation proprietor Giovanni Sassolini Busatti takes pride in the fact that his customers prefer fabrics made the old-fashioned …
In the Puglia episode of the first season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy visits a family workshop to observe the unique process of making many icons used for religious processions. Paper mâché was introduced to Italy from Spain in the late 17th century. It had a practical purpose – to create lightweight icons for Italy’s sometimes days-long religious …
In the Puglia episode of the first season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy joins in the most popular evening stroll in all of Italy. Every Saturday and Sunday, throughout the year, the Leccese flock to the historic center and engage in a grand passeggiata. The passeggiata is the nightly stroll most Italians take, usually before and sometimes after …
In the Puglia episode of the first season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy learns about the history of Lecce while cruising around in an early 1930s model car. Tonino Benincasa gives Kathy a tour of Lecce in his 1935 Morris Model 8. A classic car ride is a unique way to experience Puglia. Yltour can arrange for a …
In the Puglia episode of the first season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy visits the heel of Italy’s boot and the world famous Baroque city of Lecce. The Baroque city of Lecce has been called “the Florence of the South.” The historic center is constructed almost entirely from the same material – known as Lecce stone, or pietra …
