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Traditional Italian Ossobuco recipe – the hole truth
Ossobuco translates to something akin to ‘hole of the bone’. Asides from being further proof that almost anything sounds better if you say it in Italian, it is a great traditional Italian recipe that is easy to make and delicious … Continue reading
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(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Tuscan Tastes – how good food equals good friends
One of us at Artviva has new neighbours who have just moved in to the apartment downstairs. There is the ‘nonna’, ‘mamma’ and two children, aged 7 and 9. The husband is coming along next week after taking care of … Continue reading
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(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Florence city: a beauty that improves with age
Passing through the Tuscan countryside, with its hilltop towns surrounded poppy-peppered fields, grape vines and olive groves, stand romantic ruins – long-abandoned farmhouses and villas, their sandstone blocks crumbling back into the earth from whence they came, wild ivy … Continue reading
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Bewitching – Italy’s macabre past unearthed!
Amongst the gently undulating Tuscany hillside, draped with grape vines and dotted with olive groves, a dark and mysterious part of Italy’s history has been uncovered near Lucca. In a ground that may have been used as a witches burial … Continue reading
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Grapes in Tuscany – from harvest to wines, mains & sweets
With the 2011 harvest for the most part completed, a little earlier this year owing to the dry weather in Tuscany this summer, there is much excitement about the forecasted great 2011 vintage. Tuscan reds from 2011 are expected to … Continue reading
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Latest Autumn Fashion from Italy: dressing like an onion?
When the seasons start to change, the Italians have a lovely way to express how you should dress: ‘come una cipolla’ – like an onion. The saying perfectly captures the idea of layering so that when the mornings are lovely … Continue reading
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Garibaldi – stature and statues in Italy
Visit Florence, Rome, Venice, or almost any other Italian city, town or charming village in Italy, and you are bound to find a street, piazza, important building or monument named ‘Garibaldi’ (pronounced something like, ‘Garry-ba-l-dee’). Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) has become a … Continue reading
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(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Much ado about mushrooms: Funghi Porcini in Tuscany
Sunday afternoon in Tuscany, you are likely to find locals out in the fields and forests, walking slowly along and focused intently on the ground. If it weren’t for the wicker basket in hand, you may think they were … Continue reading
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...The heart of great art beats on in Italy
Italy has inspired some of the world’s greatest artists to create some of the best artworks ever created by man. The concept of Italian art invites thoughts of Michelangelo slaving away at the Sistine Chapel within the Vatican, of Botticelli … Continue reading
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Tuscan traditions – Ceramics&Terracotta in Tuscany
The word ‘terracotta’ actually comes from the Italian ‘terra’ for ‘earth’ and ‘cotta’ for cooked. The tradition dates back to Etruscan times when the land was first moulded by expert hands into utensils, bowls and other forms. Throughout the centuries, … Continue reading
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