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It overflows in la dolce vita, but one thing that’s not so sweet about Italy is the country’s propensity to complicate everything. Understatement, I know, to anyone who has lived or traveled in depth ...

The dog days of summer are settling in and this is when my refrigerator shelves are packed with cold Italians---not real Italians---white wines from Friuli-Venezia Giula, or Friuli if you are in a ...

White jackets were swirling around my wife in the blue light of an antiseptic room in the village of Tarare, near Lyon. A village I had never heard of, nor planned to visit. I had expected to be ...

Baita Friuli, an aged cow's milk cheese, conveys its birthplace in its name. Officially known today as Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the Friuli region in far northeastern Italy shares a border with Austria ...

Borders in Europe are interesting places. Where countries collide, their languages, cultures, foods and wines commingle in surprising ways. After traveling from Tuscany — the land of Chianti, the ...