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This Editor’s Note originally appeared in the February/March 2022 issue of Dream of Italy. Members receive access to nearly 190 back issues—if you’re not a member, join here. As you’ve just read on the facing page, one of our new features, Dream Day in Italy, is just a snippet of something exciting and authentic to experience in Italy. My friend Valerie …
I came up with the concept for the PBS special Dream of Italy: Travel, Transform and Thrive in 2019 before a pandemic was anywhere on the horizon. The TV special of course premiered this year and though I had no idea what would hit the world in between, I think the topic was right on time. I am more convinced than ever …
This article originally appeared in the March 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. The Italian government has declared March 25 National Dante Day (Dantedì) to celebrate Dante Alighieri, the author of The Divine Comedy, an epic poem completed in 1320. The new holiday is in anticipation of the 700th anniversary of the poet’s death, which occurred in September 1321 in Ravenna. Dante, a revered poet whose Divine Comedy is …
Editor’s Note: In a world that has gone mad, let’s close our eyes and dream of Italy. No one writes about Italy the way Frances Mayes does. In the midst of the chaos, she has a stunning new book out from National Geographic – Always Italy – along with her fab travel writer extraordinaire co-author Ondine Cohane. We’re offering a …
Calling all those leap year babies! FICO Eataly World in Bologna is celebrating all those born on the day that doesn’t exist, February 29. On Saturday, February 29th Fico Eataly World will feature 29 stages of food and wine, concentrating the flavors of four years into just one day. Specialties will include cannoli, arrosticini, Ascolana olives, Sicilian arancini and much …
This article originally appeared in the November 2019 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main What’s New in 2020 article here. Italy is gearing up to celebrate the 100th birthday of influential filmmaker Federico Fellini (www.federicofellini.it), who was born on January 20, 1920, and died in 1993. In his 50-year film career, Fellini directed award-winning films such as La Dolce Vita and 8½. He …
This article originally appeared in the August 2018 issue of Dream of Italy. During World War II, the city prison in Ferrara, a city of about 133,000 between Bologna and Venice, detained Jews who came from Ferrara’s ghetto and who were later sent to concentration camps. Now, that same prison has been converted to Italy’s first museum dedicated to Jewish …
In the Bologna episode of the second season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy experiences a unique day long food tour of Bologna and the surrounding areas. Alessandro Martini is the founder of Italian Food Days Experience offering culinary experiences in and around Bologna. He will be your guide for a day of crazy culinary adventures (though minus the …
In the Bologna episode of the second season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy catches up with her childhood friend to discuss his latest wine venture in Italy. New Jersey native (and Kathy’s childhood neighbor) Danny Marcus has been living in Bologna since 2002. Danny partnered with a local winery located in the picturesque rolling hills of Imola and …
In the Bologna episode of the second season of Dream of Italy on PBS, Kathy learns the art of making Italy’s most popular dessert, gelato. It’s not the oldest university in the world, but it may be the tastiest. Carpigiani Gelato University just outside Bologna (Via Emilia Ponente, 45; Anzola dell’Emilia) teaches students from around the world how to make …
