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The Artful Chef

June 26, 2014 | Chris Raimondi

Lucarini reaches into a cabinet as his wife Nadia posts the next order on the kitchen wall.

Mauro Lucarini’s combination of traditional Urbino art and authentic local food creates one of the city’s most cultured dining experiences

At the end of the narrow corridor, scenes of Urbino appear, hanging from the walls of the town’s oldest restaurant. … Read More

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Foraging for Simplicity

June 25, 2014 | Klaire Dixius

Savini’s favorite wild plant to use in the kitchen is the Elderflower, which can be used to make aged liqueurs and is a fragrant addition to desserts and jams.

Meet Giulia Savini, a city girl turned organic farmer

Giulia Savini and I stroll down her gravel driveway alongside a fence overgrown with wild plants. Her farmhouse stands behind us, and in front of us spreads her vast farm, where … Read More

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A Renaissance Man in a Renaissance Town

June 25, 2014 | Amanda Ellison

Ivo Klaver, a professor at the University of Urbino and researcher of the 19th century, first started studying and photographing orchids when he was a boy in the Netherlands.

Ivo Klaver, who studies orchids, geology, literature, and the history of science, fits right into Urbino

The Mediterranean sun shone down on Ivo Klaver’s face as he lifted up yet another wild orchid for me to see. “This is a … Read More

I Said, I Persuaded, I Conquered

June 25, 2014 | Morgan Lynch

This sign indicates whether or not the radio container is currently recording material such as interviews.

NATO places emphasis on communication-based missions in Afghanistan

PESARO, Italy – The motto “Dixi, Suasi, Vici” (I Said, I Persuaded, I Conquered) is a far cry from Roman Emperor Julius Caesar’s “Veni, Vidi, Vici” (I Came, I Saw, I Conquered). But … Read More

Young, Educated – and Worried

June 25, 2014 | Krista Flentje

Students Giulia Ivanges and Martina Russano enjoy some free time between classes, listening along as a friend strums the guitar. The two will face a high Italian unemployment rate when they graduate.

With youth unemployment over 40 percent, Italian students fear the future

URBINO, Italy – It’s a sunny, lazy day in this famous Renaissance town of soaring towers and cobblestone streets as college students Martina Russano and Giulia Ivanges socialize in … Read More

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Campo Base

June 25, 2014 | Morgan Doss

A Food cooperative that grows beyond food

PESARO, Italy – It’s a hot, sunny, sweaty day and Filippo Ferri has been working in the field harvesting and cleaning the onions and lettuce for about three hours. Ready for a break, … Read More

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The Artful Chef

Foraging for Simplicity

A Renaissance Man in a Renaissance Town

I Said, I Persuaded, I Conquered

Young, Educated – and Worried

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