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...last summer, Fontana del Papa, tel: (39-0766) 93455; www.cookitaly.it, a family-run cooking school in Monti della Tolfa, an hour's drive north of Rome, has run courses for children. Husband-and-wife team Assuntina Antonacci and Claudio Pierotti teach bambini of all ages how to prepare traditional Italian fare, using the estate's organically grown herbs and vegetables. While parents relax in the 16th century country house, their sprogs concoct fresh pasta, tomato sauces and jams. Pierotti, a trained sommelier, even introduces the idea of wine appreciation. But there's no wine tasting for the tykes - that pleasure...
...After Fortugno's funeral, police launched a series of coordinated raids in Calabria, Rome and Milan - as well as in Belgium, France, Serbia and Montenegro, and Spain - that has so far netted more than 40 suspected 'Ndrangheta members and associates believed to be involved in the cocaine trade. But Italian officials worry that the clan has a lucrative new financial target in its sights. Earlier this month, a general contractor was chosen to build what will be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge to connect Calabria to Sicily. Antimob investigators say the criminal networks on both sides...
...table at Zurich's Cabaret Voltaire, arguing about a label for themselves and their work. They settled this dispute, according to art lore, by thrusting a letter opener randomly into a French-German dictionary. The word it pointed to - dada - has many meanings: "hobbyhorse" in French, "cube" in certain Italian dialects and "yes, yes" in Slavic languages. That night, they agreed on a name but continued to dispute what the word - and the movement - signified. Tristan Tzara, a Romanian poet and the author of the Dada Manifesto of 1918, came up with what may be the only accurate definition: "Dada...
...hard to miss. First of all, she's huge--12 ft. tall, 13 tons. She's also naked. And eight months pregnant. Her legs are shrunken and twisted. She doesn't have any arms. Carved out of a single block of Italian marble, she's so white she almost glows. But not everyone has quite got used to the pregnant, armless sculpture that has taken up residence in one of London's most trafficked public spaces, near monuments to the likes of Lord Nelson and King George IV. Sketching the statue for a class, Nisharee Pongpaew, 20, an art student...
SCOTT CONANT'S NEW ITALIAN COOKING/ SCOTT CONANT Conant combines old World cooking and modern tastes to create a new kind of haute Italian cuisine at his New York City restaurants, Alto and L'Impero. This book allows the home cook to re-create some of his signature dishes, including a sublimely creamy polenta with a fricassee of mushrooms and roasted baby goat. But he also offers quick-cooking dishes and meals to make from what you find in the cupboard as well as informative asides about techniques and wine pairings for each dish...