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Posted inEditor's Pick

The Violin Doctor

by Seyward Darby January 26, 2023January 26, 2023

“He’s trusted to repair some of the world’s most fabled — and expensive — instruments. How does John Becker manage to unlock the sound of a Stradivarius?”

Posted inEditor's Pick

There Is No Such Thing As Italian Food

by Peter Rubin December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

“Italy’s cuisine has long been defined by foreign flavors. But with anti-immigration sentiment rising and the climate changing, will Italians continue to embrace new ingredients and ideas from abroad?”

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The Unconcerned

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 15, 2022October 19, 2022

On Venice, underwater: “It was like a game, a dream, a film. H imagined the city as a future dive site, and I agreed it would be stunning. But we were not the kind of people who would do this, become catastrophe tourists, I said. And yet there we were.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Farmer Trying to Save Italy’s Ancient Olive Trees

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 14, 2021October 19, 2022

“A fast-spreading bacteria could cause an olive-oil apocalypse.”

Lucrezia Borgia
Posted inNonfiction

Queens of Infamy: Lucrezia Borgia

by Anne Thériault May 28, 2020October 18, 2022

History may have pigeonholed her as Renaissance Italy’s most notorious seductress, but it’s high time we give the Duchess of Ferrara a closer look.

Posted inCurrent Events, History, Quotes

‘Salvini’s Decree’ Evicts Italian Migrants from Temporary Shelter

by Danielle Jackson January 30, 2019October 19, 2022

Italy’s “Salvini Decree,” passed last November, has already altered life for many migrants to the country.

Posted inNonfiction

Queens of Infamy: The Rise of Catherine de’ Medici

by Anne Thériault September 27, 2018October 18, 2022

Kings and popes thought she was their pawn. The Merchant’s Daughter begged to differ.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Fish That Gave Too Much

by benhuberman July 25, 2018October 19, 2022

The history of colatura — a fermented anchovy-based sauce produced in Italy — goes back millennia. Now, overfishing and rapidly warming waters threaten its future.

Posted inNonfiction

Queens of Infamy: Joanna of Naples

by Anne Thériault July 3, 2018October 18, 2022

If you thought four (mostly) crappy husbands, vengeful Hungarian cousins, and the Black Death could cramp this queen’s style, think again.

Posted inBooks, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes

The Whole World is Naples Now

by michelleweber May 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Sprawling, crumbling, beautiful, rough — Elena Ferrante’s Naples shows us the world’s violent underbelly, with no pretense.

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