Sunday, February 26, 2012

THE FABULOUS DISHES OF MILAN

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Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II - a common meeting  place for the Milanese Milan is not usually the first city which springs t...
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

TIMELESS WISDOM AND A WARNING TO ALL POLITICIANS FROM THE MEDIEVAL SIENESE

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Security, holding a proclamation and overseeing the countryside  on the outskirts of  Siena,  with peasants working the fields and nobleme...
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Sunday, February 5, 2012

CAMALDOLESE CELEBRATE 1,000TH ANNIVERSARY IN CAMALDOLI

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Camaldoli Monastery, in the Casentino forest Saint Benedict, often referred to as the father of European monasticism, founded his monast...
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Sunday, January 22, 2012

THE BATTLE OF THE BACCALA

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Baccala or salted codfish One of the many loves that I have developed and nurtured since moving to Italy is baccalà . I get very excited...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012

CLIMBING THE SCAFFOLDING IN SANTA CROCE TO LOOK AN ANGEL IN THE EYE

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Detail of one of the Agnolo Gaddi frescoes recently restored above the high altar of Santa Croce.  Previous filling of the cracks ha...
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Saturday, January 7, 2012

THE EPIPHANY – FLORENCE’S KINGS

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Adoration of the Magi , Filippino Lippi, 1496, oil on panel, Uffizi gallery, Florence. The Epiphany is celebrated on the 6th of Jan...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011

WINING & DINING WITH FRESCOBALDI

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The little wine bar section of the Frescobaldi restaurant, entrance from via della Condotta.  The other day I dined for the first tim...
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