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‘We rented an Italian villa a month ago — and still haven’t got our deposit back’
The Times
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✉ We stayed in a villa in Palermo, Sicily, this summer. We booked directly with the owner and at the start of the holiday provided a €500 cash deposit for breakages, to be returned in cash on check-out or via bank transfer within two days. We...
Where there’s a will there’s a whey: cheese producers lean into their craft as Trump tariffs bite
The Guardian
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September 9, 2025
Giuseppe Alai wanders through the cellar of his dairy in Emilia-Romagna, the air filled with the smell of ageing wheels of parmesan lined up in endless rows. Pointing towards the thick rinds wrapped around them, each bearing the distinct dotted...
I Live in Rome. Here’s Where I Go When I Want an Italian Beach Getaway Like No Other
AFAR
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September 9, 2025
My idea of Italian fun is simple: bikini, bicycle, and beach. All I want for a summer sosta (stopover) is to park my bike at the beach’s edge, spend the morning in the waves, and then maybe wander into town for a gelato, an aperitivo, or even an...
50 Top Pizza: New York and Italian Masters Locked in a Tie for World’s Best Pizzeria
PQM Pizza
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September 9, 2025
What’s the best pizzeria in the world? It’s a tie for 2025. Anthony Mangieri’s Una Pizza Napoletana, located in New York, is still tops on the planet, according to the Italian guide 50 Top Pizza. But, in a repeat of 2022, Mangieri shares that...
Taraji P. Henson Pours Up A New Era With Sweet Red Wine Blend In Seven Daughters Collaboration
Black Enterprise
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September 8, 2025
The wine is the latest pour from her collaboration with Seven Daughters Moscato. Taraji P. Henson is all about creating her own brand empire. The renowned actress has revealed her new era in the wine industry, debuting a sweet red blend in her...
Taste, trends, and trade: Understanding Nigeria’s wine industry
Nairametrics
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September 8, 2025
Although Nigeria’s drinking culture has long been dominated by beer and spirits, wine is steadily gaining ground as an upscale, healthier, and more sophisticated alternative. A recent survey found that 7% of respondents consumed wine more...
Hands-on pasta workshops debut at Italian Kitchen
The Georgia Straight
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September 8, 2025
Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. If you’ve ever dreamed of twirling your own handmade pasta like a true Italian nonna, Italian Kitchen is giving guests the chance to carb-load on...
Hyderabad Gets Another Slice of Toscano! Award-Winning Italian Restaurant Opens New Branch in VSD Techpark
The Hans India
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September 8, 2025
Renowned Italian restaurant chain Toscano is expanding with its 2nd outlet in Hyderabad! Bringing its Tuscan-inspired pizzas, pastas and more, the award-winning brand has added another spot in the city to its growing footprint across the country....
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New brandy and wine bar opens in Edinburgh's East Market Street in city first
Edinburgh Evening News
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September 8, 2025
A new unique brandy and artisanal wine bar has opened in Edinburgh in a first for the city. Caru by Candlelight opened its doors in The Arches, East Market Street in the capital on 1 September, becoming the only brandy and wine speciality bar in...
44th Annual Italian Festival inspires Port Washington
Long Island Press - New York
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September 8, 2025
44th Annual Italian Festival co-chairs Anthony Cavallaro and Tom Giovenco. Provided by John Michael Marino Lodge No. 1389 Despite rainy weather, thousands flocked to North Hempstead Beach Park for the 44th Annual Italian Festival, enjoying...
Silvia Colloca stops by with a delicious Italian dish that will have you dreaming of a summer getaway
Seven News
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September 8, 2025
Siliva Colloca is a food writer, TV presenter, opera singer, actor and cookbook author. Today, Silvia is making vongole and mussels in a tomato sauce that’s served with crunchy bread. She will also show her recipe for grilled lamb chops with...
Cheese pulls get star billing in Jimmy John's new pizza-inspired sandwiches
Restaurant Business Magazine
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Jimmy John's new Toasted Sicilian Pizza Sandwich and Toasted Three Cheese Pizza Sandwich. | Photo courtesy of Jimmy John's Jimmy John’s rolled out two Toasted Pizza Sandwiches Monday, the first introductions on its new toasted platform since it...
Forget Spain and Italy, Scotland could now be a key producer of a sought-after delicacy - which will set you back £900-a-kilo!
Daily Mail
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September 8, 2025
By ELIZABETH HUNTER FOR THE SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL Published: 13:20 EDT, 8 September 2025 | Updated: 13:20 EDT, 8 September 2025 They are a much sought after delicacy that are normally found in the sunnier climes of Spain and Italy. But now, a black...
10 Must-Have Italian Foods You Can Find At Costco
The Daily Meal - New York
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September 8, 2025
Italian food has become so heavily ingrained in American cuisine that you'd be hard pressed to find someone who didn't grow up eating spaghetti and meatballs once a week — or someone who hasn't had chicken alfredo, stuffed shells, or homemade...
Once Spurned As Plonk, Carafe Wines Are Now A Good And Inexpensive Way To Enjoy Local Grapes
Forbes
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circa 1976: An elderly man enjoying a carafe of wine. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) Getty Images A decade ago, one need not have been a connoisseur or even an occasional wine drinker to have known that if a restaurant offered a carafe of wine,...
Tour de France stage winner considering retirement at 29, might 'sell cheese in Japan'
Cycling Weekly
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September 8, 2025
Tour de France and Giro d'Italia stage winner Victor Lafay is considering retirement, being without a contract for 2026, and might "sell cheese in Japan" after pro cycling. The Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale rider revealed to journalist Daniel Benson...
Direct-to-consumer sales of Canadian wine: Why waiting until May 2026 is too late
Food in Canada
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September 8, 2025
With the high public awareness of free trade and tariff wars, there is an increased realization that Canada does not even have free trade within our own country. Interprovincial trade barriers have been in place for decades, including those...
Things to do this week and beyond: Del Mar Food and Wine Festival, dance events, benefits and more
The San Diego Union-Tribune - California
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September 8, 2025
Del Mar Food and Wine Festival The Del Mar Food and Wine Festival is running Sept. 10-14 with a portion of proceeds going to nonprofit Feeding San Diego. The weeklong event includes a number of festivities and features top regional chefs,...
Italian salt, pistachio butter and 10 more Southern-made food products to try in September
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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Credit: Handout Credit: Handout Bloody mary mix Sully’s Mix in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, has created a bloody mary mix that gives the classic cocktail an Asian spin by using cold-pressed kimchi, ginger and garlic. Along with soy sauce and citrus...
Tommasi Family Estates snaps up two Italian wineries
Just Drinks
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September 8, 2025
Italian wine group Tommasi Family Estates has acquired two wine properties in the southern state of Puglia. In a statement issued on Friday (5 September), Tommasi Family Estates said it had snapped up Tenuta Eméra in Lizzano and Cantina Moros...