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Eight days in Asti

Eat your heart out Siena! Catherine Richards Golini finds that this town in Piedmont has its own palio and a whole lot more besides..

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Mozzarella gets the blues

A housewife in Turin noticed something strange when she opened a packet of mozzarella – so strange, in fact, that she thought she would not be believed so she photographed the phenomenon on her mobile phone and sent the pictures to the police.

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Slow food university

Students at the University do not learn to cook but study subjects such as agronomy, viniculture, “sensory food analysis”, gastronomic journalism and the history and science of food.

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Woman fined for wearing Burqa

A 26-year-old Tunisian woman was approached by police and fined 500 euros [£430 or $648] for wearing a burqa in Novara [Piedmont] on Friday. The woman was walking to Friday prayers in the Mosque in the suburb of Sant’Agabio with her husband ...

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Blog of the Week - Romancing Italy

This week our blog interview takes us up towards the Alps. Who could resist a blog that begins, “It started with a vacation and continues with a romance”?

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A very special birthday

Life Senator, Nobel Laureate and Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI Rita Levi Montalcini is 101 years old today and we are sure you would like to join Italy Magazine in wishing her “tanti auguri”. She is the oldest living Nobel laureate.

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Turin shroud goes on display

The Turin Shroud, believed to have been the burial cloth of Christ, went on display in Turin Cathedral on Saturday evening and can be viewed until 23rd May . Over two million people are expected to travel to Turin to see it...

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Arrivederci to the little man with the moustache

A coffee era ends as the Bialetti company, which makes the Moka Express – that’s the stovetop espresso maker with the little moustachioed man trademark - moves production from its original plant at Omegna [Piedmont] to Eastern Europe.

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An honest citizen

Here’s a heartwarming story to kick off the week: last Thursday a sixty-year-old homeless man in Ivrea [Piedmont] found a wallet containing 1,100 euros in cash in the street...

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Catting around Italy

Love cats and love Italy? This tour is for you! The American group “Friends of Roman Cats” , which aims to help homeless cats in the USA and Italy and educate people about their plight and care, hopes to organise a “Cats and Culture” tour in 2010.

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