Giulia Restaurant: Along the Most Luxurious Street in Renaissance Rome

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina
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Four big windows give a wide panorama to the cobblestone ground of Via Giulia from the Renaissance period. It has a fundamental history that shares its story with the building of the St. Peter’s Basilica. In the early 1500s, Donato Bramante, the same Italian architect commissioned by Pope Julius II to rebuild St. Peter’s Basilica,…

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Christmas 2018 and New Year 2019 in Rome: Open Restaurants

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina
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We’re just counting the days until the big Christmas and New Year celebrations arrive. It’s the time of the year when we are all aiming to commemorate the special holiday with great food in the company of our families and friends. Most of us would be putting together the menus for the dinner and lunch…

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Vini Raimondo: The Different Portraits of Cesanese di Affile

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina
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Cesanese di Affile, a distinct relative of the Cesanese Comune, is unique to the area of Affile. Affile is located in the region of Lazio, about 50 kilometers in the east of Rome, in the valley of Aniene on slopes of the Affilani mountains where the soil is noted for its reddish tint because of…

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Restaurant Fanny Rey et Jonathan Wahid in Saint Rémy de Provence, France

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina
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Anyone who loves to delve into the pleasurable intricacies of the French cuisine shouldn’t miss Restaurant Fanny Rey et Jonathan Wahid in Saint Rémy de Provence. In the main road of the typical Provencal town where cafès, shops, art galleries and little squares abound, this restaurant is one way of experiencing the southern French cuisine…

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Ristorante Al Capriolo: From an 1850 Postal Office to a Michelin Star

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina
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There’s a long history behind Ristorante Al Capriolo, 168 years in the same family and still counting. It started as a postal office in the Dolomites, a fundamental part of the town in the year 1850 when postal offices were used not only for postal services but also for lodging, eating and changing of horses…

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Olio Colato Flumeri 2018: The Excellence of the Ravece Olive Cultivar in the Irpinia Hills

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina
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In a stunning panorama in the Italian region of Campania, the town of Flumeri lies in the Valley of Ufita, at the back of a hill at 638 meters above sea level and surrounded by two rivers, Ufita and Fiumarella. But deeper than its beauty, this enchanting landscape of rows of olive tree orchards bestows…

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Created For You by Chef Giulio Terrinoni in Rome, Italy

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina
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Walk your way along Via Giulia then turn towards Vicolo del Malpasso and you will see a charming restaurant with a few modern external tables set on the old Roman cobblestones. Fringed with leafy green plants and flower pots with glass walls where you can see through the restaurant’s contemporary interior. An open kitchen upon…

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The Winning Chefs at the Festival della Gastronomia 2018 in Rome, Italy

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina
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The second edition of the Festival della Gastronomia, organized by Luigi Cremona and Lorenza Vitali concluded on 30 October 2018 in Officine Farneto after four days of celebrating the Italian gastronomy. The four-day festival put emerging chefs (under 30 years old), pizza chefs (under 35 years old) and chefs de rang from different parts of…

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16th Century Dining Room Passages at Passpartout in Rome, Italy

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina
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Passpartout, master key in English, is located on the ground floor of a 16th century building that underwent several modifications over the centuries. Presently, it is still going through a renovation for the construction of a hotel with 14 rooms and a terrace that gives a view of the St. Peter’s Basilica and Roman terracotta…

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