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2020

July 7 - Pandemics in Italy – Today and in the Past
June 24 - Black Christ of Lucca – Oldest Carved Wood Statue in Europe
May 11 - Time for Pesto
May 1 - Tuscan Traveler is Back and Tuscany has Changed

2019

February 3 - Finding the Foods You Miss After Leaving Italy
January 3 - Uffizi Wants Its Painting Back!

2018

August 8 - Tuscan Traveler’s Pick – New Biscotti Museum in Florence
April 4 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Expatriate Stories, Frederick Stibbert’s Museum
April 1 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Expatriate Stories, Frederick Stibbert
February 9 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Cremona, City of Violins

2017

December 15 - New Murder Mystery Series Set in Florence and Tuscany
December 12 - Wine Portals – Buchette del Vino – Revisited
November 8 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Murder Holes at the Palazzo Vecchio
October 13 - Tuscan Traveler Tales – Restoring Medici Tapestries at the Palazzo Vecchio
September 8 - Mangia! Mangia! – Florentine Sweet for September, Schiacciata con l’Uva
September 3 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – La Specola Museum
June 22 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – New Ferragamo Museum Exhibition
May 23 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Tuscany’s Sword in the Stone, San Galgano
March 11 - Mangia! Mangia! – Polpettone, Italy’s Meatloaf
February 23 - Mangia! Mangia! – Pan di Ramerino, Traditional Florentine Rosemary Bread
February 15 - Mangia! Mangia! – Cacciucco, Tuscan Fish Stew
January 17 - Mangia! Mangia! Acquacotta, the Italian Stone Soup

2016

December 9 - Dreaming of Machiavelli
December 5 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Nonfiction Books to Read Before You Go To Italy in 2017, Part Two
November 27 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Books to Read Before Traveling to Italy in 2017, Part One
November 4 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – 50 Years Since the Great Flood
September 26 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Towers of Florence, Part Three
August 9 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Towers of Florence, Part Two
August 6 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Towers of Florence, Part One
June 27 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Real Licorice from Calabria
June 25 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Best Day in Chianti Classico Region, Part Two
June 24 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Best Day in Chianti Classico Region, Part One
June 9 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Cats of Venice
May 27 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Death at the Duomo, 5 questions for the author
May 17 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Renaissance Beauty, It was Work
April 17 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Aren’t the Spring Flowers Petaloso?
April 6 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – A Duomo Doesn’t Need a Dome
February 20 - Mangia! Mangia! – Tuscan Holiday Treats for Spring
January 6 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Strappo, the way to save a fresco

2015

December 13 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Novels to Read Before Going to Italy in 2016
December 9 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Nonfiction Books to Read Before Going to Italy in 2016
December 3 - Tuscan Traveler’s Pick – The “New” Duomo Museum
October 14 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – When The World Answered
September 21 - Mangia! Mangia! – Zabaione, the Italian Dolce, Rarely Found in Italy
September 4 - Italian Food Rule – Hands on the Table
June 29 - Mangia! Mangia! – Zucchini Flowers Italian Style
May 30 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – 6 Questions For Susan Van Allen
May 22 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Bellini Museum
May 7 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – 5 Questions for Kelly Borsheim, Street Painter in Florence
April 25 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Women Key to Italian Resistance in WWII
April 18 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Pietre Dure by Scarpelli
April 12 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Marvis the Florentine Toothpaste
March 23 - Italian Food Rule – Eat Colomba for Easter
March 7 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Brunello Cucinelli, the Philosopher Businessman
February 25 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – The Italians by John Hooper

2014

November 18 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Mud Angels, Then and Now
October 31 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – The 1966 Florence Flood
October 19 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Women Artists & the 1966 Florence Flood
August 3 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – A New Book on the Life of Mona Lisa by Dianne Hales
July 9 - Italian Life Rules – What’s the Deal With Change?
June 25 - Italian Life Rules – Kissing the Italian Cheek
June 8 - Italian Life Rules – The Mystery of Ciao
April 18 - Italian Life Rules – Burnt to a Crisp by Lo Sciopero
March 14 - Tuscan Traveler Tales – 5 Questions for Dianne Hales
March 3 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Brainstorming at the Spa in Matera for Writers
February 20 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – The Tigress of Forlì by Elizabeth Lev
February 13 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – All About Giotto’s Bell Tower
February 8 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Finding Rome on the Map of Love by Estelle Jobson
February 2 - Italian Life Rules – Galateo, the 500 Year Old Guide to Polite Manners
January 20 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Duomo Façade, a Lesson in Italian Construction Projects
January 13 - Francesca’s Footprints – A Student Finally Learns Something Important
January 10 - Italian Life Rules – Superstitions, Familiar and Strange

2013

December 30 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Happy New Year in Florence
December 21 - Burnt To A Crisp – The Italian Post Office, Of Course.
December 12 - Italian Life Rules – Italians Hate Wall-To-Wall Carpeting
November 26 - Francesca’s Footsteps – Giving Thanks In The Maremma
November 20 - Italian Life Rules – Bicycles Are A Way of Life
November 10 - Francesca’s Footprints – Have a Nice Day & Watch Your Step
October 17 - Italian Life Rules – If The Shoe Fits
October 6 - Italian Life Rules – The Anarchy of Shutters
September 23 - Francesca’s Footprints – Cocktails at Art Bar
August 18 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – More Museum Card News in Florence
July 17 - Francesca’s Footprints – Forte Belvedere Reopens after Five Years
July 14 - Mangia! Mangia! – Al Covo Introduces Its Offspring CoVino in Venice
July 5 - Francesca’s Footprints – Pizza from Heaven in Florence
June 23 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Common Man Walks Off The Bridge Again
June 14 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Women Artists Now More Visible at the Uffizi
June 11 - Mangia! Mangia! – Dante Would Have Loved the Prato Bread Festival
June 2 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – The Monument to a Tragedy
May 25 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Twenty Years Ago A Terrorist Bomb Shook Florence
May 22 - Museo del Cibo – Visit the Carpigiani Gelato Museum
May 7 - Tuscan Traveler’s Picks – Casini Firenze
April 11 - Italian Life Rules – The Dreaded Draft or a Blast of Air
April 4 - Dove Vai? – To Siena to See the Door to Heaven
April 2 - Friend In Florence Gets a Nod From Dream of Italy
March 1 - Mangia! Mangia! – That’s Amaro, Italy Loves Its Digestivos
February 23 - Mangia! Mangia! – Prosciutto & Melon Go Together
February 16 - Mangia! Mangia! – Horsemeat on the Menu and in the Market
February 11 - Mangia! Mangia! – Baccalà Binds and Divides Italy
February 3 - Italian Food Rules – Italians Only Drink Tea When They Are Sick
January 15 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Last Post from the Atacama Desert

2012

December 19 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Seeking Stars at La Silla in Chile
December 17 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – A Winter Earthquake in Chile
November 28 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Arno is Still Rising with the Bomba D’Acqua
November 13 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales: High Water in Italy
November 6 - Dove Vai? – Florence is alive this week with Florens 2012
November 2 - Dove Vai? – The Umberto I Library at the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Library #7
October 25 - Dove Vai? – Predappio, the Scariest Haunted Town in Italy
August 13 - Italian Food Rules – Only Dip Biscotti in Vin Santo, Not in Coffee
July 23 - Italian Food Rule – Wine or Water, Nothing Else
July 16 - Italian Food Rule – Don’t Dip Bread in Olive Oil
July 3 - Italian Food Rule – Don’t Touch the Fruits and Vegetables
June 28 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise on the Move
June 17 - TuscanTraveler’s Tales – Clet, Again!
June 8 - Italian Food Rules – No Ice Cubes in Beverages
June 1 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Second Quake Endangers Balsamic Vinegar Production
May 28 - Italian Food Rules – No Cheese on Fish
May 24 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Quake Devastates Italian Cheese Production
April 1 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Clet is not just about Street Signs
March 21 - Dove Vai? – To Savor ‘Cake Thinking’ at Palazzo Coveri
March 11 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Men in Tights Never Go Out of Fashion
March 5 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Clet Abraham’s Street Art
February 23 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Folon’s Over the Rainbow to See the Stars
February 8 - Dove Vai? The Folon Rose Garden of Florence
January 25 - Master Designer in Glass & Crystal Beads – Ornella Aprosio
January 18 - Italian Food Rule – No Doggy Bags, 2nd Serving
January 15 - Italian Food Rule – No Doggy Bags!
January 7 - Mangia! Mangia! – Cioccolata Calda, the Best Florence has to Offer

2011

December 27 - Mangia! Mangia! – Christmas Lunch with Chiara Latini
December 25 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Artisan Woodworker of Cortona
December 16 - Italian Food Rule – No Meatballs On Top of Spaghetti
December 9 - Mangia! Mangia! – Cioccolata Calda, Florentine Hot Chocolate
December 4 - Italian Food Rule – No Gaudy Dressing, Keep Salad Simple
November 26 - Mangia! Mangia! – Thanksgiving in Florence
October 23 - Italian Food Rule – Do Not Eat or Drink While Walking
October 16 - Mangia! Mangia! – Marco Stabile Cooks an Egg
October 8 - Italian Food Rules – Bread Is Not Better With Butter
September 21 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – A Galileo Day
September 3 - Mangia! Mangia! – Sherbeth Festival in Sicily
August 24 - Save Time, Skip the Line, See the Duomo … and More!
August 15 - Italian Food Rules – No Pizza for Lunch
July 29 - New Wave of Italian Emigration – Gelato Pioneers
July 23 - Mangia! Mangia! – Gelato Crostini Anyone?
July 16 - Italian Food Rules – No Cappuccino After 10am
June 11 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Florence Museum Card Face-Off
May 31 - Mangia! Mangia! – Mozzarella di Bufala, Part 2
May 22 - Mangia! Mangia! – Mozzarella di Bufala, Part 1
April 21 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Easter Egg Extravaganza!
March 19 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Artusi at 100, Italy Honors its Culinary Father
March 11 - Dove Vai? – Sketches by Leonardo and Michelangelo at the Uffizi
March 2 - Mangia! Mangia! – Ora d’Aria, a breath of fresh air
January 30 - Mangia! Mangia! – 150 Years of Garibaldi Biscuits
January 21 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Italy’s 150th Anniversary, Garibaldi & Lincoln
January 17 - Dove Vai? – Art and Pathology Meet in New Exhibit
January 12 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Happy 150th Anniversary Italy!

2010

December 22 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Emily Dickinson Celebrated in Florence
December 17 - Dove Vai? – Uffizi Exhibit of Self-Portraits of “Invisible Women”
December 11 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Following the Aqueducts Near Lucca & Pisa
December 3 - Only Slightly Burnt to a Crisp: Florence’s Taxi Service, Again
November 2 - Dove Vai? – Travel To Italian World War II Sites with Anne Saunders
October 8 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Fake Doors of Paradise, Would Ghiberti Approve?
September 25 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Have You Seen Arnie & Soot?
September 15 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Open House at the Synagogue
September 7 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tale – Opera in Spoleto
September 1 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Having a Bardini Kind of Day!
August 29 - Dove Vai? – A Holiday in an Historic Palace
August 5 - Burnt to a Crisp – Taxi Ride to Economic Ruin
July 24 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – It’s a Sunflower Year in Tuscany
July 2 - Dove Vai? – The Bardini Museum
June 13 - Books, Books, Books – Secrets of My Tuscan Kitchen by Judy Witts
June 8 - Burnt to a Crisp – Graffiti Redux
May 27 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Graffiti, Then and Now
May 10 - Dove Vai? – The Laurentian Library by Michelangelo, Library # 6
April 26 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Gelato, the Good, the Bad, and the Festival
April 17 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tale – Vasari Corridor is Open to All (Not!)
April 7 - Dove Vai? – The Davanzati Palace: A Place to Escape the Crowds
March 22 - Dove Vai? – Searching Venice for a Glass Mosquito
February 10 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Historical Scavenger Hunt Through Florence
January 27 - Dove Vai? – Piazza del Capitolo, Library #5
January 22 - Dove Vai? – Galileo First Editions at Biblioteca Biomedica, Library #4
January 14 - Burnt to a Crisp – Love Padlocked to the Ponte Vecchio
January 1 - Burnt to a Crisp – New Year in Florence is a Wash Out

2009

December 22 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Searching for the Sasso di Dante
December 13 - Mangia! Mangia! – Obika, go for the design and the food
December 10 - Dove Vai? – The British Institute’s Comfy Reading Room, Library #3
December 1 - Dove Vai? – Tourists are welcome at the Oblate, Library #2
November 23 - Dove Vai? – Accademia della Crusca at Villa di Castello, Library #1
November 14 - Dove Vai? – The American Sicily-Rome WWII Cemetery & Memorial
November 9 - Dove Vai? – Olive Oil Museums of Italy, Museo del Cibo #4
November 3 - Mangia! Mangia! – Craving Mac ‘n’ Cheese in Tuscany
October 27 - Burnt to a Crisp – or not – No more traffic around the Duomo
October 26 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Dark Water, a story of the 1966 flood
October 17 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – The Luxury of Going Slowly
September 28 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Beach Life Italian Style
September 9 - Dove Vai? – Balsamic Vinegar Museum, Museo del Cibo #3
September 2 - Dove Vai? – Two Rivers Arrives in Florence
August 29 - Dove Vai? – The Prosciutto Museum, Museo del Cibo #2
August 24 - Dove Vai? – The Parmesan Museum, Museo del Cibo #1
July 11 - Dove Vai? – La Foce, Tuscany Meets England in the Garden
June 24 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – 500 Years of Florentine Football
May 25 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Mapplethorpe, Michelangelo & Patti Smith
May 20 - Dove Vai? – The Galleria Ferrari Museum, cars and more cars
May 9 - Dove Vai? – Mille Miglia, the most beautiful road race in the world
April 22 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tribute to Ellen Reavis
April 9 - Scoppio del Carro – Ancient Easter Cart Blows Sky High
March 26 - Mangia! Mangia! – Ristorante Galeffi, from fizz to fine food
February 8 - Burnt to a Crisp – Grasping at Straws or Salemi
February 1 - Dove Vai? – Historic Shop in Florence
January 19 - Dove Vai? – American World War II Cemetery Near Florence
January 12 - Dove Vai? – Museo Casa Siviero, an Unknown Jewel
January 4 - Dove Vai? – The Castle Town of Montefioralle
January 2 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Wishing for Snow in Florence

2008

December 22 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – The Wine Portals of Florence
December 14 - Dove Vai? – To the Arno during Acqua Alta
November 24 - Mangia! Mangia! – Biscotti di Prato is 150 Years Old
November 13 - Mangia! Mangia! – Gelato and Hot Chocolate Together!
November 10 - Dove Vai? – New View of the Cricket Cage
November 4 - Tuscan Traveler’s Tales – Duomo Clock Keeps “Italian Time”
October 28 - Mangia! Mangia! – The Ultimate Tuscan Burger at Mac Dario
October 17 - Dove Vai? – Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden
October 12 - Tuscan Traveler Goes to Matera – City of Stone
October 8 - Dove Vai? – Go to Matera for the Best European Writers’ Conference
October 6 - Mangia! Mangia! – The Bread of Matera, Italy’s Best?
October 4 - Mangia! Mangia! – Melt In Your Mouth Lardo
September 22 - Dove Vai – Colonnata, Village of Anarchists, Lardo and Marble
September 19 - Master Craftsman – Simone Taddei
September 17 - Burnt to a Crisp – Haunted Honeymoon Revisited
September 11 - Dove Vai? – The Fix-It Shop for the Cathedral
September 10 - Mangia! Mangia! – Tale of Two Brothers
September 4 - Walking in the Footsteps of the Grand Dukes
August 30 - Dove Vai? – Refuge in a Bookshop
August 28 - Burnt to a Crisp – Outlaws on a Bench
August 28 - Mangia! Mangia! – bir & fud
August 25 - Four Other Museums in Florence