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Florentine Gelato Crawl

Beginning with Bernardo Buontalenti, Mannerist architect, military engineer, theatrical set designer and supposed inventor of churned-over-ice milk-based gelato for the court of Francesco de' Medici in 1565, Florentines have always taken gelato seriously.  ...read more

Region: Toscana

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Italian Culanarchy

Italy is a country of anarchists. Each and every Italian feels that he or he is the exception to the rule; that his or her mother or father is probably the greatest ...read more

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Measuring Gelato

I love gelato, and, judging from the reaction of Epicurious readers when I wrote about it from Rome,Verona, and Venice, I'm not alone. Less fluffy than ice cream, gelato has a softer, ...read more

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a slow pitch

slow food in italy


It seems fitting that Italy, a country that takes food and wine to its heart, would put up a good fight against bad food. In 1986, an ...read more

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