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Kombucha — that acerbic, slightly bubbly drink — has, in recent years, transcended its obscure origins and niche market to become an increasingly fashionable…

Every year starting in September, Olivieri 1882 transforms into a sort of Santa’s workshop for the domed Christmas cake that has taken the world by storm.…

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Standing in Barbaresco Tower, Paolo Dalla Mora points to where he’s growing sage among a tapestry of grape vines.  Grapes are everywhere in Le Langhe, a…

Limoncello is — for many visitors to Italy — a quintessential holiday drink. It’s synonymous with long, languid dinners in southern Italy, a marker to signal…

It’s Italy’s most famous dessert besides gelato, but there’s no real consensus on where it comes from. We’re talking about tiramisù, and Friulians,…

Bologna is known for many things — food, porticoes, medieval towers — but the world’s first and only Gelato University, currently celebrating its 20-year…

“Why do we refer to alcohol as spirits?” The question came unsolicited from a man swirling his Negroni, tossed out in the dim light of Harry’s Bar in Florence…

Take an evening passeggiata across the whitewashed alleys of most any town in Puglia, and you’ll spot people leisurely sipping on local wines or cocktails and…

Crunch.  That’s not a sound that’s typically associated with world-class chocolate, but the Modican variety has an unmistakable one. Biting into a piece…