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When I heard that author Dianne Hales (who has previously written for Dream of Italy) had a new book out about Mona Lisa, I immediately contacted her to find out if she could write a related travel article for us. Her article on Mona Lisa’s Florence will be in our October issue. It turns out Dianne is also developing a walking tour around …
This is a guest post by our friend, art historian Alexandra Korey. Updated 2018. If you love Italy, chances are you’ve been to Florence, and you’ve likely stood in line for your chance to gaze up on the world’s most famous sculpture, Michelangelo’s David. Why did you wait to see him? What was your reaction? This almost inexplicable attraction is …
In our November 2012 issue of Dream of Italy, Jennifer Criswell wrote about the surprising things she learned about Italian culture and everyday life when the thirtysomething moved from New York City to Montepulciano. In an excerpt of her article What I Learned When I Moved to Tuscany, the author of the new book At Least You’re in Tuscany, talks about …
Barrie Kerper, the author of The Collected Traveler series of travel books, introduced to two incredible Sicily cooking schools in our October issue. Here she shares her reading list to immerse yourself in Sicilian cuisine: Two excellent books that generally cover Sicilian cuisine are Pomp and Sustenance: Twenty-Five Centuries of Sicilian Food, Mary Taylor Simeti and Sicily: Culinary Crossroads, Giuseppe …
Frequent Dream of Italy contributor Toni Lydecker is out with a new cookbook, Piatto Unico: When One Course Makes a Real Italian Meal. “As you have no doubt heard and observed, a real Italian meal consists of several courses. Except when it doesn’t,” Toni says. Based on this idea, Toni’s cookbook celebrates the one-course Italian meal. She share’s a terrific …
Cucina Povera in Tuscany May 3-10, 2012 From the mountains to the rolling hills to the seaside… Learn about Tuscany’s traditional rustic dishes of the past. Details: http://foodartisans.com/workshops/cucina-povera-tuscany.html Victory gardens of wartime Florence Peasant farmers & foragers: Artimino & Lucca Apennines Tuscan coast: Pietrasanta, Viareggio, Livorno, Grosseto Tuscan archipelago island of Capraia Southern Tuscany: Maremma and Pitigliano At home …
Frequent Dream of Italy contributor Sharon Sanders has a new e-cookbook out dedicated to Italian chicken recipes. SimpleItaly Loves Chicken ($2.99) is for sale in the Amazon Kindle store and Barnes & Noble Nook store. LEAVE A COMMENT below with the name of your favorite chicken dish (doesn’t have to be Italian, but we do love Italian dishes!) and you …
Headed to Italy in 2011? Looking for inspiration? Well, we have some deals for you – but you have to act fast as there are only limited quantities. We’re clearing out our holiday stock and are reducing some of our most popular Italy travel DVDS and books by 20 to 45%. If you were every going to buy any of …
News of two fantastic Italy travel giveaways crossed my desk today and I wanted to let you know about them so you can enter to win. Who couldn’t use a week in Tuscany or a stack full of wonderful Italy travel books?CiaoBambino.com is giving away a week in a two-bedroom apartment at Al Gelso Bianco, a wine and olive producing …
Here’s what people are saying about the book Up at the Villa: Travels with My Husband by Linda Dini Jenkins: Named one of 2009’s “Ten Travel Books I’d Give My Girlfriends” by Journeywoman.com “Anyone dreaming about renting a villa in Italy must read this book . . .” – Mario Scalzi, President, The Parker Company “…Jenkins provides a window …
