Category: Italian culture

This Quick Version of Chicken Cacciatore Is Ready Fast on Busy Weeknights

June 14, 2023
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Classic chicken cacciatore recipes are day-long stewed affairs, but this revised recipe is a quick weeknight dish that gets plenty of flavor from garlic, fresh basil, cremini mushrooms, and red pepper. We found that white or button mushrooms can be substituted for the cremini in our recipe. Be sure to scrape the browned bits of…

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History Is Deeply Rooted in Cinque Terre Wine Country

May 10, 2022
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Standing with arms outstretched in the sun on his steeply terraced vineyard above the Ligurian Sea, Alessandro Crovara told us proudly, “This is my office.” My husband and I had come to Cinque Terre at our daughters’ recommendation during a longer trip to Italy. We were ready to soak up the five seaside towns and…

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How to Make $29 Michelin Star Meatballs From Aquavit

March 28, 2022
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Meatballs are a staple when it comes to Sunday night dinners with grandma’s home cooking. But sometimes, you want to get fancy. Really fancy. New York City’s Aquavit, located in midtown Manhattan, serves up a $29 meatball dish. But these aren’t your average meatballs that you’ll find with a plate of spaghetti at your favorite Italian restaurant. These…

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Pompeii Dig Yields Rare Window on Daily Life of Enslaved

November 6, 2021
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MILAN—Archeologists in Pompeii excavating a villa amid the ruins of the 79 A.D. volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient city have discovered a room offers “a very rare insight into the daily life of slaves,” officials said Saturday. Italy’s culture minister, Dario Franceschini, said the find was “an important discovery that enriches the knowledge of…

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