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Posted January 27, 2009 by Sharon Leave a Comment

In Italy, the mind and all the senses are always engaged. Everything there has a meaning and occupies a place that is part of a larger whole. The Italophile is a person who seeks to understand what all of this means.

– Fred Plotkin, Italy for the Gourmet Traveler

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Posted January 22, 2009 by Sharon Leave a Comment

The creator made Italy from designs by Michelangelo.

-Mark Twain

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Posted January 20, 2009 by Sharon Leave a Comment

“Life is a banquet and most suckers are starving to death.”
—Auntie Mame

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Posted January 20, 2009 by Sharon

A tavola non si invecchia.
“At the table one doesn’t grow old.”
—Italian proverb

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