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Expat Life in Italy: The Three Fs of Italy

This article by Wendy Olsen originally appeared in the March 2016 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. I awoke a few months after arriving in Milan, finally in my own appartamento. The muggy morning heat was smothering. I was relishing my 10 minutes lying in bed, encapsulated in my 700-count cotton thread, Missoni sheets. My future mother-in-law had ironed my …

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Expat Life in Italy: Italy Through Chinese Eyes

This article by Suzanne Ma originally appeared in the March 2016 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. The last few times I traveled to Italy, I ate very little pasta, spoke very little Italian and saw very few Italian people. I spent most of my time with Chinese immigrants, with Chinese shopkeepers in Prato, with Chinese students in Bologna, and …

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Expat Life in Italy: Soccer Grandma

This article by Katherine Wilson originally appeared in the March 2016 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. “Vieni, vieni,” the Roman grandmother calls me over. Come over here. She’s found the last ray of sunshine on this spring afternoon, and is turning her wrinkled face toward it like a sunflower. Like many wise Italians, she moves with the sun so …

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Gifts from the Sea in Torre del Greco

This article originally appeared in the November 2015 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. Italians have pulled coral and seashells from the Mediterranean and the Adriatic since ancient times, often pairing these materials with gold, pearls, and other precious materials to create spectacular objects. Coral and cameo production remains a vibrant industry in the area surrounding Naples — particularly in …

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What’s New in Rome

This article originally appeared in the November 2015 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. There is nothing quite like visiting Rome. On a normal day, the city glows a burnt orange under an azure sky, and every experience has a sense of humor. On a great day, Rome is epic and unforgettable, offering hours of picture perfect memories and indelible …

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Portraits of Sicily: His Wheels Keep on Turning – Sicily’s Last Donkey Cart Painter

This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. Imagine a culture without books, newspapers, or text-based signs. How would you remember important dates in history, learn about current events, or know whom to call when for the best groceries? In Sicily for hundreds of years, most of the population was illiterate—just like most of the population …

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Portraits of Sicily: A New Chapter in a Sicilian Family History

This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. In 1917, Anna D’Angelo and her three eldest children left Castellammare del Golfo for New York City, where Anna’s husband had emigrated a year before. Although he would eventually prove unstable, the couple had six more children. Jean, born in 1924 in Detroit, was the last and most …

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Portraits of Sicily: From Cloister to Cookies – A Sicilian Pastry Chef

This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. Getting to the medieval walled town of Erice is easiest and most picturesque via the globe-shaped funiculari that leave every 10 minutes from the top of Trapani. As the pods rise, they offer the vistas that distinguish that city from its Sicilian fellows—the meeting of the Mediterranean and …

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Five Unique Places to Stay in Sicily

This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. If you have preconceived notions about Sicily, you’re not alone—and we’re not talking about stereotypes of Mafia activity or country tables laden with food. We’re talking about the actual land and terrain. Many people, including some of the most sophisticated travelers around, believe that this island, just at …

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Edible Souvenirs: Bringing Home Sicilia Naturale

This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. A friend who grew up in a home with two Sicilian parents (both had emigrated to the USA in the 1950s) recalls that every meal was a groaning board of food, from antipasti to primi to contorni to secondi to dolci. That might have stemmed, for many Sicilian-Americans, …

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