Editor’s Note: April/May 2022 Dream of Italy Issue

This Editor’s Note originally appeared in the April/May 2022 issue of Dream of Italy. Members receive access to nearly 190 back issues—if you’re not a member, join here. A cover story on Trieste is long overdue. This is the city of my dreams. Why? Because despite some 60 (I’ve lost count) trips to Italy, I still have not visited this …

What’s New in Italy in 2020: UNESCO-Preserved Prosecco

This article originally appeared in the November 2019 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main What’s New in 2020 article here. 2020 is the perfect time to visit Italy’s Prosecco country and toast to the region’s new UNESCO World Heritage Site status with a bellini or a spritz. Officially added to the World Heritage list in July 2019, the area comprises nine provinces in …

Trieste’s Best Bakery: Pasticceria Penso

This is an excerpt from the longer article Eat Your Way Through The Friuli–Venezia Giulia Region of Italy by Elisabeth Antoine Crawford, author of Flavors of Friuli: A Culinary Journey through Northeastern Italy: My fondest memory of Trieste will always be the day I first stepped into Pasticceria Penso. My timing seems predestined — I arrived on a blustery February …