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Peppermint Chip Chocolate Biscotti

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Biscotti Recipe:  Week One – Peppermint Chip Chocolate Biscotti For those of you that missed my previous post, my New Year’s Resolution this year is to make a new biscotti recipe every week.  Take that weight watchers! Ingredients: 1 cup  coarsely chopped … Continue reading

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Italy in the News: The Colosseum is falling, saving lives in church, bringing Mona Lisa home and more

Headlines from December 25-31 (ANSA) – Priests at the Pistoia Cathedral in Tuscany may soon be saving more than just souls as the church became the first in Italy outfitted with a heart defibrillator on Thursday….Read More (ANSA) – Premier Mario Monti … Continue reading

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Dreaming of Italy Christmas Give-Away WINNERS

Thank you to everyone who was a part of the give-away, I had fun reading your dreams!  I decided to make each one of you a winner, so you all will receive $50 off any of my travel planning service … Continue reading

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Dreaming of Italy Christmas Give-Away

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That’s right!  If you can dream of Italy then you can be a part of my Italian Christmas Give-away.  Just tell me your Italian dream.  If there was one place in Italy you could go, where would that be and why. … Continue reading

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Christmas Treats | Chocolate Dipped Butterscotch Biscotti

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Chocolate Dipped Butterscotch Biscotti It’s down to the wire, only five days until Christmas and I still need to come up with little gifts for the neighbors, the teachers, bus driver, garbage man and anyone who decides to give me … Continue reading

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Cinque Terre – Keep Vernazza in your Christmas Plans

Christmas for Vernazza This year the residents of Vernazza will be forced to celebrate their holidays away from their homes and their beloved town.   Vernazza is still under a state of emergency until the hillsides are deemed safe among other tasks. Many people have already … Continue reading

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Italy in the News – Vernazza Update, An Ugly Christmas tree, The Pope Mobile on the Move and much more

Headlines from the week of Dec 4-10 (OLT) - Today Save Vernazza founders Michele Lilley, Ruth Manfredi and Michele Sherman spent the day in Vernazza with a CBS reporter…. Read More (ANSA) – Rome, December 7 – The mayor of Rome has … Continue reading

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