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Lucy Gordan

Former editor at the American Academy in Rome and at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, with journalistic accreditation in Italy and the Vatican, I’m culture editor of the US monthly Inside the Vatican; European Bureau chief of Epicurean-Traveler.com, and regular contributor to KMT: a Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, German Life, and the Italian food and travel monthly La Madia Travelfood. At the age of 9, I, born and bred in Manhattan, spent my first day in Italy on the unforgettable SS Saturnia going to Naples. I’ve been married to my abruzzese husband Luciano for over 47 years and we have two daughters and three grandchildren. To quote Robert Browning: “Open my heart and you will see/Graved inside of it, Italy.”

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Verrocchio, the Sculptor, the Painter and the Master of Leonardo

In spite of Vasari’s admiration and Verrocchio’s importance as a teacher, up-to-now there has never been an exhibition devoted to him. The event in the Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo Bargello aims to bring valuable insight into the early influence of Florence and of Verrocchio and his workshop on Leonardo’s oeuvre (seven on display here). The National Gallery in Washington D.C. will host a smaller, especially curated version, of the show from 29 September 2019 to 2 February 2020.

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Discovering the Majestic Romanesque St. Nicholas Basilica in Bari

On Wednesday April 25th the American Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, announced that on July 7 Pope Francis will travel to the city of Bari. At the time of Burke’s announcement I was on my way to Bari at the invitation of BIFEST, an annual film festival held there every April. Several days earlier I’d asked the festival’s organizers to set up an appointment for a tour of the majestic Romanesque gleaming white marble St. Nicholas Basilica...

Food & Wine -

Kenny Dunn: the Founder and Ceo of “Eating Europe” Tours

Kenny Dunn was born in Upper Dublin, a suburb north of Philadelphia. In 2009 he moved to Rome with his Mexican wife and in 2011 he founded "Eating Europe", which has agreements with the industry’s leading distribution platforms including Expedia, Viator, and Tourico: "Our mission is to leave travelers with an unparalleled, non-touristy, food-related experience in undiscovered neighborhoods of the most fascinating cities in the world," Kenny Dunn says.

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Thomas Jefferson: America’s First Franco – and Italophile, Oenophile and Foodie

Jefferson (1743-1826), besides being an oenophile, diplomat, and politician, was a farmer, obsessed with new crops, soil conditions, garden design, and scientific agricultural techniques, a horticulturalist and a foodie. Jefferson’s culinary preferences were certainly refined during his years as Minister to France, but even before his time abroad, Jefferson had arranged for a French chef in Annapolis, Maryland, to train one of his slaves.

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Discovering “Roma Maxima”: Stories and Secrets of an Eternal City

A guidebook that is "like a golden treasure chest, jealously enshrining the most exclusive keys of Rome and then offering them to the reader", Giuseppe Cerasa, Editorial Director of all La Repubblica’s guidebook, said. Besides "Roma Maxima", La Repubblica also published in January 2018 its first guide by region dedicated to a food product, La cioccolata.  A second concerning beer is forthcoming shortly.

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