Italy Blog

Encouraging property news have been coming from Italy lately.

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What you can buy with up to €170,000

Words by Antonio Carluccio – Images courtesy of Quadrille Publications It is unnecessary to say that the common denominator of all the given recipes is mushrooms, and these are an autumnal speciality ‘par excellence’. People in all Custom Teaser:  Antonio Carluccio, renowned chef and mushroom expert shares some of his favourite autumn recipes.

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Red Mullet with Chanterelles

Words by Carla Passino Milan Fashion Week started in earnest yesterday with shows by Giorgio Armani, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana and Roberto Cavalli’s younger line, Just Cavalli.

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Armani catches the eye

A special 10-year edition of the Guinness Book of Records reserves three places for Italy – Ferrari for an amazing 2004 performance, the largest peace protest and the world’s longest roll of porchetta.

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Ferrari, Peace and Crunchy Roast – Italy’s Three Guinness Records

Dust off your heels and bring on the glamour—Milan Fashion Week has started. Italy’s most important fashion event takes place twice a year—in September, when the spring and summer collections are launched, and in February, when it’s the turn of the autumn and winter ones.

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Milan Fashion Week starts with new confidence

Italian crooks can at times be devilishly inventive – there are dozens of Italian films that chronicle the stunts and schemes mischievous Italians can come up with in their effort to swindle and steal. In the news over the last week we had too amazing examples of just this kind of negative creativity.

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Drug-laced saint cards and crocodiles – the tools of the Italian crook

Words by Carla Passino Custom Teaser:  Find out where to shop, eat and drink in style in Italy’s fashion capital ..

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Spotlight on…fashionable Milan

Images courtesy of Salvatore di Meo A wonderful dinner party dish that calls to mind beef Wellington as the pastry crust covers succulent fillet. But this has the Italian additions of porcini, truffles and pancetta which combine in spectacular fashion. Custom Teaser:  Renowned as one of Italy’s most accomplished and original chefs, Salvatore di Meo, based in Portocervo on Italy’s beautiful Costa Smeralda, Sardinia shares some wonderful pastry recipes

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The flavours of autumn II – Fillet steak in pastry

Pictures and images by Christine Webb ‘One of Umbria’s most beautiful hill towns’ is probably the only generalisation one can make about Gubbio. It is unique in its own Custom Teaser:  Christine Webb takes us on a trip to one of the most exquisite medieval towns in Italy..

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A wonderful medieval town: Gubbio

Words by Germaine Stafford – Pictures by Vicki Satlow In this fascinating new series we quiz a selection of Italian celebrities about what tickles their culinary fancy.. Award winning author Susanna Tamaro’s book Luisito’.

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Table Talk with… Susanna Tamaro