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Watch Bethenny Frankel eat her way through New York City. — Grub Street NY The Cooking Channel will debut a new show about food trucks, Eat Street. — Fork in the Road Napa Valley is getting its very own food festival. — Eater What you should know about the farm bill. — Serious Eats In search of Rome's holy trinity. — The Atlantic Creamy tomato tuna pasta is a delicious, fast, and easy Read more
Although it's not my typical style, I'm absolutely in love with fashion designer Giambattista Valli's Roman home, which was featured in Elle Decor. The way he's mixed neutral-toned, time-worn, well-traveled elements with sprightly pop art looks really novel to me. You wouldn't expect the sort of person who's acquiring antique wooden settees and Buddhist hand sculptures to also be shopping Read more
Meet Malia and Sasha Obama, first children — and future gelato makers? While President Obama was in Rome, Italy, for a G-8 summit, the US embassy contacted the Italian capital's most renowned gelato parlor, Giolitti, to arrange an insider's ice cream tour for the commander in chief's daughters. At the historic gelateria, Malia, 11, and Sasha, 8, donned aprons to become frozen-dessert makers Read more
Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti are not alone in feeling "terrible anguish" toward the devastating earthquake that shook L'Aquilla, Italy, on Monday. The destructive disaster has brought together a number of fashion industry people to help in the relief effort. Gucci and Blumarine designer Anna Molinari will be donating funds toward the recovery of the city while Versace plans on helping the Read more
A prestigious German fashion designer lived in this apartment in Rome in 1983. Can you tell me who? Hint: He recently purchased new digs in Vermont. Read more
The creator of the HBO series Rome wants to film a movie to wrap up the series. — The Hollywood Reporter The English-language version of Hayao Miyazaki's animated Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea will feature a voice cast that includes Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Betty White and others. — ComingSoon Director Gabriele Muccino is planning a sequel to his Read more
Although, Torre Argentina is best known as the section of ancient Rome where Julius Caesar was murdered by Brutus (“Et tu, Brute?"), the archaeological ruins now host hundreds of stray cats. A Sugar staffer recently visited Italy's Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary and made this great video – tune in and learn all about these felines! Get Flash to see this player. var so2097668 = new Read more
Tom Hanks is a persona non grata in all of the churches of the Vatican and Rome. The Vatican has banned the filming of Angels and Demons, Dan Brown's sequel to The Da Vinci Code because it is "an offense against God." The head of the Vatican's Prefecture For Economic Affairs said: [The stories] turned the Gospels upside down to poison the faith. It would be unacceptable to transform churches into Read more
The world must produce 50 percent more food by 2030, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told world leaders yesterday at a summit hosted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. The UN leader urged nations to minimize trade barriers, and to produce more food. Pope Benedict XVI had a slightly different message, noting that the world already has the means to solve the problem. The Pope Read more
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. Disturbia If you haven't seen cutie Shia LaBeouf in this surprisingly successful teenage thriller with a premise similar to that of Rear Window, it's time to rent Disturbia. LaBeouf plays Kale, a teenager Read more
