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Dream of Italy

Description

Italian travel expert Kathy McCabe, editor of the award-winning travel newsletter "Dream of Italy," explores six diverse areas of Italy -- Naples/Amalfi, Puglia, Rome, Umbria, Tuscany and Piedmont. McCabe explores each region's cuisine, art, history and culture as she meets the locals, chefs, artisans and historians who are dedicated to carrying on and preserving the traditions of their ancestors. The series is directed by Dakkan Abbe, creator of the public television series "Inside the Tuscan Hills."

Upcoming Episodes

  • Naples; Amalfi Coast

    Historic Gran Caffe Gambrinus; an inside look at tailoring at Rubinacci Napoli; pizza school; Via San Gregorio Armeno; Mount Vesuvius; Tenuta San Francesco; making paper and limoncello; cooking demonstration with chef Christoph Bob; fishing. (30 minutes)

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  • Piedmont; Lake Iseo

    Truffles and wine; World Truffle Auction; Cascina Bruciata vineyard; craft beer at Nuovo Birrificio Nicese; the medicinal qualities of hot springs; fine Italian boat making in Lake Iseo. (30 minutes)

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  • Bologna

    Bologna, Italy, is home to the oldest university in the western world; test driving a Lamborghini; making tortellini; Gelato University. (30 minutes)

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  • Americans Moving to Abruzzo

    Four Americans who have bought homes and affordably retired in Abruzzo, Italy; a town selling 1-euro homes. (30 minutes)

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  • The Black Madonna With Marisa Tomei

    An ancestral, spiritual journey to Campania with actress Marisa Tomei; celebrations for the Madonna Nera in Moiano and Montevergine, complete with chanting, fireworks and acts of veneration. (30 minutes)

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  • Rome

    Mosaics; Testaccio food market; cacio e pepe; making gelato; street artist Alice Pasquini; historic ball performed by Campagna Nazionale di Danza Storica. (30 minutes)

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  • Venice

    Gondola rowing lesson; ecology tour; bead stringer; Venice's 1,000-year-old Rialto Market; cooking eel. (30 minutes)

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  • Florence

    The restoration of the Duomo in Florence, Italy; the only Last Supper painted by a woman; modern street artist Clet Abraham; historic boat trip on the Arno River. (30 minutes)

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  • Basilicata With Francis Ford Coppola

    Matera, a city of caves; director Francis Ford Coppola's ancestral hometown of Bernalda, Italy; digging for clams on the coast; making mozzarella. (30 minutes)

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  • Caserta: A Grand Palace and Pizza

    Exploring a 1,000 room palace in Caserta in southern Italy; Chef Franco Pepe's pizza. (30 minutes)

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  • Tuscany

    Chianti at Castello di Ama; olive harvest at Pornanino; cashmere goats at Chianti Cashmere Farm; 100-year-old looms at Busatti in Anghiari; La Marzocco's espresso machines; wild boar hunt; ride with the butteri in Maremma. (30 minutes)

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  • Puglia

    A classic car ride in Lecce, Italy; crafting nativity scene figures at La Cartapesta di Claudio Riso; pastry lesson; olive mill; making orecchiette and taralli; historic whistles; history of classic cone-shaped houses; model boats. (30 minutes)

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