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by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/25/2019 - 00:00

Raised in Liverpool by an Italian father and a British mother, novelist Nicky Pellegrino has been immersed into Italian culture and lifestyle since she was a…

Lifestyle

The Areas of Tuscany That Inspired "Cucina Tipica: An Italian Adventure"

by andrewcotto | Tue, 02/26/2019 - 03:00

There’s a literary theory that the most important character in any narrative is the setting. As a writer who loves the “where and when” of story, I’m all over…

Culture

HBO's "My Brilliant Friend" Is Just the Phenomenal Adaptation We've Been Waiting For

by Jamie Mackay | Thu, 11/15/2018 - 04:23

The wait is almost over. In just a few days fans of Elena Ferrante’s best-selling Neapolitan novels will finally have the pleasure of watching her characters…

Food & Drink

��ý’s Best Restaurants to Check Out in 2019

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 10/10/2018 - 03:00

The 41st edition of “Ristoranti e Vini d’Italia” (Restaurants and Wines of ��ý), the guide published every year by L’Espresso, one of ��ý's foremost …

Culture

Why Venice is Better in Black and White

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 09/21/2018 - 00:00

[Lead photo credit: Cristina Marson, 2017, La pescatrice di sogni] What I love the most about the photography book Dream of Venice in Black and White is…

Lifestyle

TV Adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s ‘My Brilliant Friend’ To Premiere on HBO This Fall

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 09/18/2018 - 03:00

The first eight-hour season of My Brilliant Friend will debut this fall on HBO. Based on the first of four ‘Neapolitan Novels’ written by Italian…

Culture

Your 2018 Italian-Inspired Summer Reading List

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 07/06/2018 - 00:00

��ý Magazine editors share favorite books by Italian authors for your 2018 summer reading list. Silvia Donati’s picks: “Ciao America! – An Italian Discovers…

Culture

kamin mohammadi, author of bella figura, standing in vineyard in black dress

Bella Figura: How To Live Like An Italian

by jaimeclewis | Thu, 07/05/2018 - 00:46

Editor's note, October 6, 2022: We're re-sharing this 2018 profile of the Tuscany-based author and broadcaster Kamin Mohammadi not only because of her delight…

Lifestyle

Talking to: Katherine Wilson, Author of 'Only in Naples'

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/12/2018 - 07:17

“Goethe said, 'See Naples and die.' I saw Naples and started to live.” So writes American-born Katherine Wilson in the introduction to her memoir, ‘Only in…

Lifestyle

Talking to: Chandi Wyant, Author of “Return to Glow - A Pilgrimage of Transformation in ��ý”

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 06/23/2017 - 00:00

In her early forties, in the wake of a divorce and a traumatic illness, California-born Chandi Wyant decided to walk - alone – on a stretch of the Via…