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		<title>Agriturismo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agriturismo may sound like an opportunity to rise with the larks to milk cows whilst paying for the privilege, but in Italy agriturismo has been adapted by intrepid farmers and land owners who want to ensure that their guests enjoy a taste of their particular part of Italy. You could choose to stay at a&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/agriturismo/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Buono come il pane &#8211; II</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8230;cont&#8217;d from here) After sweeping, Mandina wiped the white hot bricks with a damp rag to remove any remaining ash, picked up the bread paddle which husband Peppe had made and gracefully slid each loaf into the oven, one at a time. She then closed the door and sealed it with mud, to make it&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/buono-il-pane-ii/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Buono come il pane</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;As good as bread&#8221; is how the Italians describe a good-hearted, generous person. For the Greeks, bread was &#8220;the food of the gods&#8221;, for the Anglo-Saxons, &#8220;the staff of life&#8221;. &#8220;Il pane e&#8217; una cosa sacra&#8220;, Peppa told me the other day as she cut crosses into the tops of the two loaves she&#8217;d just&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/buono-il-pane/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City (Re)-Planning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While certainly not pervasive throughout Italy, in some of the larger cities less encumbered by shall we say strong moral adherence to the laws, rules, and regulations that govern the body politic, it is not uncommon to find that some citizens often take urban planning into their own hands. Literally. While walking home in Monti&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/city-replanning/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sant&#8217;Antonio and the Malocchio</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago when we farmed here in Umbria, an image of Sant&#8217;Antonio hung in every oxen stall &#8211; and his name had to be invoked when admiring anyone&#8217;s animals. If not, il malocchio could set in. Farm friend Peppa remembers many years ago, when a farmer, Giovanni di Castellano (in rural culture, the place where&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/santantonio-malocchio/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Il Calendario del Sale (part II)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(..cont&#8217;d from here) She and Paolo would check their calendario della cipolla in the cellar every day until January 6th, i.e., for all the twelve days of Christmas. The prediction of the 25th would be reaffirmed daily (&#8220;it always is&#8221;, Paolo assured) and then the onion wedges could be discarded. &#8220;When we were poor and&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/calendario-del-sale-ii/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Il Calendario del Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Onions and salt to predict the weather in the New Year? Over our years on the land, I&#8217;ve learned how farm women can take off il malocchio, how St. Anthony&#8217;s image in a stall will keep the animals healthy, how a cross made of woven reeds can protect the crops in the field and that&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/calendario-del-sale/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Old Friends and Lost Traditions: La Befana dei Vigili</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a well-known fact that Italians love children; they are unconditionally loved and coddled by brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and nonni. Maybe this explains the penchant for good food, wine and big family gatherings in this country: it keeps people young at heart. No Christmas is complete without a visit from the Befana, the&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/befana-vigili/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Street-life Nativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a bustling narrow alleyway in downtown Naples, Neapolitan life and Naples&#8217; highest craft traditions merge. I can&#8217;t imagine Christmas without a walk in Via San Gregorio Armeno, nor any visit to Naples without a stop here. The sacred and the profane blend in wondrous harmony in the Neapolitan presepio tradition. The sculpted terracotta presepe&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/streetlife-nativity/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Have your Presepio&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GB Bernardini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a twist that we hadn&#8217;t yet seen. A veritable &#8220;mash-up&#8221;, to borrow a current buzz-word. Except instead of combining two digital music files or video feeds, the mash-up in question consists of merging two Italian holiday traditions. In this café&#8217;s window, traditional panettoni and pan d&#8217;oro have been hollowed out, dipped in dark chocolate,&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/food-wine/panettone-presepio/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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