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		<title>The Story of Paper</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni DeBella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lamberto Bernardini’s papermaking studio sits very near where Orvieto’s commanding cathedral casts its afternoon shadow. I came to meet with Lamberto and learn about traditional carta marmorizzata (marbled paper), but what I got in the bargain was a compelling narration of the history of paper from its ancient roots through its tragic introduction into Europe,&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/story-paper/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Via dei Sediari &#8211; The Chair Makers&#8217; Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although there are not many chair makers left on and around Via dei Sediari which is just behind the senate house, the few botteghe there that practice this old trade still do a brisk business, especially wicker furniture. Ask this sediaro about his trade however and he will admit that small shops like his are&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/via-sediari/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Little Shop of Miracles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni DeBella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Italian, terracotta artisan Alberto Bellini’s cognome (family name) can be loosely translated to mean “little beauties”. It’s really the perfect moniker for the proprietor of La Corte dei Miracoli (Court of Miracles), the Orvieto shop where since 1990 this craftsman has been meticulously moulding, carving and forming his clay creations by hand. In terms&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/shop-miracles/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Towers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long gone was the need for protection against the barbarian hordes. Yet at the height of the craze in the 13th century, there were 72 towers in San Gimignano. What gives? Perhaps it was because the town was well located along the main trade routes, and due to its saffron trade became extremely rich. Perhaps&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/sangimignano/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Problema, Officer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally something happens to you in Italy and you begin to think that Fellini was not a great surrealist film-maker, but just a simple documentarian telling it like it is. A few days ago I walk into the alimentari (deli) after squeezing through bumper-to-bumper traffic on the tight cobblestone street, people standing by their cars&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/problema-officer/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Carnevale: Strufoli and Other Pleasures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Robichaud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carnevale festivities tie to celebrations of over two thousand years ago, the Roman Saturnali latini, days of a permitted transgression of usual rules and regulations &#8211; a moment of illicit abandon when citizens could take on completely different social roles and dress (i.e., the costumes of later Carnevale celebrations). During the Christian era, the Roman&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/food-wine/carnevale-strufoli-pleasures/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Carnevale Ogni Scherzo Vale</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During Carnival, everything goes! The weeks leading up to Carnevale (today!) are filled with mischief. Carnevale marks the day before Ash Wednesday and has traditionally been an outlet for tension before 40 days of the restrictions during Lent. Children fill the piazzas on the weekends (parents in tow), and blast each other with silly string&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/carnevale-ogni-scherzo-vale/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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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>Anne Robichaud</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>Anne Robichaud</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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