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...flavorless, rubbery black ball." In Italy it's illegal to import or sell the Tuber indicum, although that protective barrier may not last. "With Italy in the E.U., sooner or later the law will be the same for everyone," says Bruno Urbani, a director of Urbani Tartufi, an Umbria-based firm that is the largest exporter of truffles in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Truffle Scuffle | 4/17/2005 | See Source »

...reveals its secrets to students. Comprehensive courses on wines from around the world and food-wine pairing are among the events and seminars offered to people who live in Rome. For visitors, there are half-day intensive courses followed by lunch or dinner; one-day winery tours in Lazio, Umbria or Tuscany; and delightful guided wine tastings every weekday evening from 6 to 7 p.m. in the wine bar, in Italian and/or English, depending on who turns up. (The wine tasting is $24, courses from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Lesson in Taste | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

...lookin' to get it bottled, right? Okay. You're usin' olive oil? Good. That's where we come in. In fact, that's where we are. Take a look at that glass case over there ... No, not the one with the guns, the one with the Umbria olive oil. That's us--we got olive oil by the balls. You use our olive oil, we bottle your dressing, you'll have dressing by the balls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: Newman's Own Story | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...line of disheveled people, no covering on hands or hair, desultorily filling jars as they moved past on a slow-moving belt. "Well, kid," said the Godfather behind the desk, "we'll spring for the olive oil and we split fifty-fifty, but we got to go with the Umbria name, not this--what'd you call it?" There are probably still track marks from Hotch's 'Vette, bearing indelible testimony to his frightened foot on the throttle as he fled the scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: Newman's Own Story | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...couples are more likely to remain closer to home. "It's less a case of getting married on a beach in the Caribbean these days," says Vikki Berg, travel editor at Brides magazine in the U.K. "People prefer to go off to a villa in Italy instead." Tuscany and Umbria are the most popular venues - though Italians themselves, like the French and Spanish, still tend to wed at home. Ireland, Austria, Malta and Cyprus are also popular choices. Bulgaria has become a favored spot for Israelis, who have to travel abroad for civil ceremonies as these aren't permitted under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fly Me To The Moon | 7/6/2003 | See Source »

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