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With Christmas approaching, a recipes book focusing on holiday culinary traditions might be a helpful read.
“Eve of Seven Fishes - Christmas Cooking in the Peasant Tradition“, is a cookbook featuring the practical cuisine from Molise, focusing on the Christmas holiday culinary traditions of this small region of central southern Italy.

Author Robert A. Germano, entices your taste buds with his simplistic, authentic Italian recipes from the Old Country. His recipes are centered around the mouthwatering feast prepared on Christmas Eve, starting with Pane e Acquasale to Fish Soup, Anchovy Spaghetti, Fried Smelts, Baccala Salad and finishing with the delectable Stella Di Natale.

Robert A. Germano writes:
“…as a child; I would go to DeBone’s Market or DeLallo’s Market with my mother to buy the ingredients for the feast known to all Italians as the ‘Eve of Seven Fishes’ “.

Let ‘The Eve of Seven Fishes’ take you back to purely exquisite peasant foods of years gone by. (see also website).

In Autumn, many art cities in Italy offer visitors one more attraction: the marathon.
Unique events drawing thousands of running fans from all over the world, who like to immerse themselves in centuries of art, history and culture, step by step along 42 km — 26.2 miles, the distance of a typical marathon.

After, Rome, Venice, next Sunday, November 26, it will be the time of Florence.

The Florence Marathon takes place in one of the most fascinating cities in the world and its route takes the runners through the heart of it.
After the start off at Piazzale Michelangiolo, the race runs through the historic town center and the Cascine National Park.

The Florence Marathon, as well as other art cities’ marathons, offers the opportunity to visit the city in a time where the weather is still enjoyable and you can avoide high-season crowds and prices.
For details of the Florence Marathon, visit this page.

After hosting the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ wedding, the town of Bracciano, Italy, is set to become a premiere destination for brides.

For those who plan to celebrate the wedding at Odescalchi Castle, or simply to pay a visit to Bracciano, here some helpful info and pictures.
The town of Bracciano is located in the Latium (Lazio) region on the shore of the lake that bears the town’s name, 40 km away from Rome.

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Among the food specialities that only few — especially if non-Italians, have a chance to taste, there is the truffle. And even fewer when it comes to white truffle.
This valued tuber can only be found in a limited number of areas. In Italy, Tuscany and Piedmont are among the areas favoured by nature.

In Tuscany, the San Miniato hills is the zone where the white truffles are mostly found. Here the largest truffle ever found, weighing in at 2.520 grams, was presented to President of the United States Truman in 1954 with great fanfare.

The Tuscan town of San Miniato, also known as The City of Truffles, 40 km away from Florence, is hosting the White Truffle festival.
The festival, that runs through last three week-ends of November, give a chance to taste a very special white truffle and the many other local specialities.

See San Miniato on the map.
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