The traditional Prato cookies, also known as Cantuccini, are twice-baked biscuits originating in the Tuscan city of Prato, few miles away from Florence. Now, everybody can cook it at home. Read and taste the traditional recipe.
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MTV Awards 2014 will be back to Florence
MTV Awards 2014 will be back to Florence. The new edition of the Italian MTV show will no longer be at Piazzale Michelangelo but inside the Cascine Park.
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Pitti Taste 9: the excellence in food lifestyles
From 8th to 10th March 2014, the Stazione Leopolda in Florence will once again host Pitti Taste 9, the fair dedicated to excellence in taste with 300 exhibitors for three days of tasting, discoveries, shopping and special events.
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Giglio Island and Great Beauty Oscar win
taly was jubilant Monday after its selection for best foreign film, Paolo Sorrentino’s Great Beauty, brought home the Academy Award, its eleventh in history and most ever for any country in the category.
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Writers Marathon to commemorate Women’s Day
On March 7, 2014, the Advancing Women Artists Foundation, with the support of Syracuse University in Florence and the U.S. Consulate General in Florence, will commemorate International Women’s Day with a unique event called Women Artists and Wikipedia.
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Handicrafts, Tuscan Firms Present Their Museums
From the traditional Ginori porcelain tableware to the design ceramics produced in Montelupo. From the crystal glass products of Colle Val d’Elsa to the Empoli glassware, passing through the precious Prato fabrics and the unique Arezzo gold.
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Waiting for the 78th Intl. Handicrafts Trade Fair
The 78th edition of the International Handicrafts Trade Fair, taking place in Florence, Italy, from the 24th April to the 1st May 2014. It will turn the Fortezza da Basso into a live working site open to new trends, projects, curious creations from Italy and from over 50 foreign Countries.
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New Year’s Eve 2014 in Florence, what to do…
The city of Florence offers a 2014 New Year’s Eve with music and party in the streets and public places with no fee entrance. The major event is the concert by the Italian pop singer Max Pezzali (former member of the 883 group) on piazza della Stazione, from midnight to 2 am.
Read moreBTO, Buy Tourism online presents its programme for 2013
Few days from its sixth edition, BTO – Buy Tourism Online reveals its 2013 program me to the public. Online is a detailed line up of the international event dedicated to the world of Travel 2.0, which lands at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence this upcoming 3 and 4 December.
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San Miniato white truffles to conquer the Gulf
White truffles have made their way to Gulf tables as the latest Italian luxury food to catch on in the region, and Kuwait will be part of the 43rd San Miniato National White Truffle Market for three weekends in November (9-10, 16-17 and 23-24).
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