Good Things From Italy

zondag 15 maart 2015

Bernini's drawings

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The Swedish Queen Christina’s fund of invaluable Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s drawings has returned to Rome after a 300 years.Almost 120 works dating back to Roman and European Baroque time will be at Palazzo Barberini until May 24, showing Bernini’s career. The drawings has long been held in the Museum der bildenden Kunste in the German city, where volumes containing the drawings of Bernini, Salvator Rosa and other Baroque artists came in 1713.The collection was owned by Queen Christina and sold by the Roman antiques dealer Francesco Antonio Renzi: after stored for centuries, the drawings re-emerged in 1914. A systematic study of them was only conducted in 1960.

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12 Stuffed Pastas To Know And Cook

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Welcome to Italian-American Week, where we’re taking a bit of a break from our usual stories to focus in on the important stuff: Red sauce, stuffed pasta, porchetta and the chefs and home cooks making it all happen.Whatever shape or filling, it’s important to be able to distinguish between the different folded, twisting, stuffed pastas (they’re not all tortellini, after all). Once you know your ravioli from your pansotti, hit your local Italian market and pick up everything else you’ll need to make a stuffed-pasta dish that will impress everyone who’s ever loved ricotta.

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