From Eggs to Apples: Gastronomy in Ancient Herculaneum
- Category: La Voce di New York
An exhibit that sheds light on daily life in Pompeii’s “twin” , also destroyed by Vesuvius
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Gastronomy In Ancient Herculaneum
- Category: Epicurean Traveler
The only eyewitness account of the two-day eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD handed down to us are two letters written by Pliny the Younger, a Roman lawyer, magistrate and author and sent to the historian Tacitus some 25 years after the disaster.
St. Mary Major: a New “Must” for Pilgrims in2025
- Category: Inside the Vatican
The Basilica of St. Mary Major was consecrated on August 5, 434, soon after the Second Council of Ephesus in 431, when an assembly of bishops affirmed the doctrine that Mary was the Mother of God. Thus, the Basilica is the first Marian sanctuary in the western world.
Confetti: special - occasion candy in italy and elsewhere
- Category: Epicurean Traveler
Confetti are traditionally almonds from Avola, a town in Sicily’s province of Syracuse, encased in a hard bite-size outer shell of sugar.
Confetti: Italy’s special-occasion candy
- Category: Inside the Vatican
Confetti are traditionally Sicily’s province of Syracuse coated in a hard outer shell of sugar.
Confetti: Italy ’ s Special-Occasion Sugared Almond Delight
- Category: La Voce di New York
Whether a wedding, baptism, confirmation or graduation, no celebration is complete without them--all in the appropriate color, of course
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