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Italian Recipes: Pasta with Garlicky Shrimps

Today on our weekly chapter of Italian Recipes we offer you to try authentic italian recipe of pasta with garlicky shrimps. Ingredients (4 persons): • 500 g long pasta (spaghetti, linguine, fettuccine) • 500 g medium shrimp with shells • 4 large cloves garlic • 2 large lemons • 6 tablespoons olive oil

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Shopping: best places in Florence

Food Pegna. Pegna is one of the most well-known shops in Florence. In the heart of Florence, a stone’s throw away from the magnificent cupola of the Cathedral, Pegna is the shop in which to find – in a hospitable and prestigious enviroment – something by which to remember Florence and Italy, even at the […]

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Most Interesting Events of May in Tuscany

Seravezza Fotografia 2013 The tenth edition of ‘Seravezza Fotografia’ it is a yearly national and international event which brings the great names of the photographic world to a vast audience and the world of amateur photography. This year’s edition of Seravezza Fotografia presents a rich programme including a personal exhibition by Belgian photographer Bart Herreman, […]

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„Chianti Classico Is“ Wine Festival 2013 (updated)

Every year, at the end of may, all producers of Chianti Classico DOCG wine with the Black Rooster on the bootle, present their products in small towns of Chianti region. Many wineries have its own exhibition stand for the presentation of their wines and other local products such as olive oil.

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Shopping: best places in Florence

With its incomparable tradition of art and craftsmanship, history of artisan skill, sense of beauty, Florence has been home to many of the fashion houses that have written the history of so-called „Made in Italy“, and they are still based in Florence. We are talking not only about world famous brands such as Gucci, Salvatore […]

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Week’s Place: Via Francigena Pilgrim Route

The Via Francigena is the common name of an ancient road and pilgrim route running from France to Rome, though it is usually considered to have its starting point much further away, in the English cathedral city of Canterbury. As such, the route passes through England, France, Switzerland and Italy. The route was known in […]

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Italian Recipes. Tuscan Chicken Liver Paté

Italians say that “antipasti” or snacks – it‘s a first tiny bite which stimulates appetite and intensifies smell and taste sensations. So if you want to follow the traditions of Italian table, during your stay in Tuscany start your dinner with the snacks. Or, if you want to impress friends at home – start your […]

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WineTown 2013: What? Where? When?

What is WineTown? WineTown Firenze, a wine festival sponsored by the Italian Sommelier Association, occurs annually in piazzas all over Florence, Italy. So first of all it is a place where to taste very good wine. The festival has taken place every Summer since 2010 and offers a two-day celebration of delicious and high quality […]

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