Stephanie McClendon, Author at Dream of Italy

Glamour, Gourmet Food and…Gunfire? (October/November 2020)

This article originally appeared in the October/November 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. Picture an Italy on high alert. Dread isn’t quite what’s afoot, exactly, but in the major cities—Milan and Rome, in particular—people look suspect. Bodies are quick to stiffen in public spaces. Sirens cry late into the night; carabinieri eyes linger on residents a little bit longer than they’re accustomed to or comfortable with. And glitzy, expensive restaurants with densely seated clients don’t exactly feel like the safest places to …

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Seven Ways to Photograph Italy Like A Pro (October/November 2020)

This article originally appeared in the October/November 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. Anyone who has been to Italy knows how visually seductive it is. If you’re carrying a camera (and with every mobile phone equipped with a high-quality camera, who isn’t?) Italy becomes even more alluring, compelling you to make photographs of nearly everything you see. But why is it …

Introducing the New Dream of Italy Coloring Book

Who doesn’t love to color? Well, now you can take a journey to Italy through our very own Dream of Italy coloring book. The perfect gift for the Italophile of any age from 3 to 103…announcing Dream of Italy: A Coloring Book For All Ages! Enjoy 30 scenes of Italy and Italian life each accompanied by fascinating factoids! PRE-ORDER TODAY! Coloring books …

Book Excerpt: The Woman in Red by Diana Giovinazzo

Destiny toys with us all, but Anita Garibaldi is a force to be reckoned with. Forced into marriage at a young age, Anita feels trapped in a union she does not want. But when she meets the leader of the Brazilian resistance, Giuseppe Garibaldi, in 1839, everything changes. We had our book club meeting with author Diana Giovinazzo on Facebook …

Excerpt From The Night Portrait: A Novel of WWII & da Vinci’s Italy by Laura Morelli

Our friend Laura Morelli is a Yale-educated art historian and historical novelist. Her latest book, The Night Portrait: A Novel of WWII & da Vinci’s Italy—based on the centuries-long saga of Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with the Ermine—was released September 8th. She also wrote a fantastic article, The Women of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Portraits, which appeared in our August/September 2020 …

The Women of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Portraits (August/September 2020)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. Growing up in late 15th-century Florence, Leonardo da Vinci was surrounded by smart, beautiful women. While the young artist was learning from Andrea del Verrocchio, painters were busy depicting upstanding women in profile. In these portraits, the point was not to reveal anything about the woman’s personality, but rather …

Pantelleria: Unspoiled Paradise

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. Join Dream of Italy as a member to access this issue and 180+ back issues. I first read about the island of Pantelleria in 1989. The writer referred to it as “a speck between Sicily and Africa,” and added, “Pantelleria feels as if it was formed only a week …

Give Prato A Go (August/September 2020)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. Iris Origo’s 1957 work The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City at times paints a rather bleak picture of the townspeople. Early in the text, scholar-biographer Origo quotes an unknown 14th-century Pratese gentleman’s reflective writings upon returning from time spent in Padua and Ferrara: I …

Share Your Dream: A Heavenly Tuscan Guest House (August/September 2020)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy I dream of being lifted, as if on wings, to the Fonte Martino Guest House and Estate, nestled in the Tuscan countryside of Montepulciano. Floating up a winding path between cypress trees that pierce through ethereal clouds to touch the blue sky, I arrive at …

Share Your Dream: The Layers of Sicily and Eggplant Parmigiana (August/September 2020)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of Sicily and all the many ways they eat eggplant. That beautiful, shiny, dark purple vegetable is everywhere. You eat it hot and cold…in pasta and in salads…in caponata and, of course, in eggplant parmesan (parmigiana di melanzane). They say in Sicily that parmesan has nothing …

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