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Kathy McCabe
Founder, Editor and Publisher
Design: Karen Sheets de Gracia
Associate Editor: Elaine Murphy I love introducing our readers to foreigners who have created fascinating lives
in Italy! Twin sisters Lisa and Toni Brancatisano are two such people.
Dream of Italy, the membership travel Lisa, a trained fashion designer, embodies creativity, most notably water-
magazine covering Italian travel and color painting. I started to notice her paintings on her Instagram account
culture, is published 6 times per year. during Covid-19 and was particularly taken with her watercolors of dogs. I
Delivery by mail is $97 per year and a
one-year digital membership is $77. started to think about asking Lisa to paint a magazine cover—this month’s!
All memberships include online The Florence Duomo at Christmas was her idea, but if you look carefully,
access to more than 180 issues there’s a little terrier, my contribution to the scene! If you’d like to order the
dating back to 2002. Join online at print itself, you can do so on our website.
www.dreamofitaly.com Lisa’s twin sister, Toni, finds her inspiration in food, from cake design to
Editorial feedback is welcome at culinary history. Toni leads tours for Eating Europe, which is owned by my
kathy@dreamofitaly.com friend Kenny Dunn, and their Rome tours were one of my late mother’s favorite
things to do in Italy. Toni is all about food, and she was gracious enough to
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share her family recipes that have an Italian/Australian/British flavor for
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction Christmas. I look forward to tortellini in brodo all year—watch the Dream of DE C 2021 / JA N 2022
in whole or part without permission Italy episode in Bologna where I learn to make tortellini!
is prohibited. Every effort is made to One of the highlights of my summer this year was attending a 50x50
provide information that is accurate
and reliable; however, Dream of Italy Save Venice event in Denver, where I live. It was so great to get back to social-
cannot be responsible for errors that izing, and this event was exquisite, featuring an an opera singer and the
may occur. famous Aperol spritz! I was brought to the event by my friend Amy Parsons of
Mozzafiato, whom you read about in a previous issue. Amy introduced me to
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the ever-engaging Tina Walls, who is the president of the Board of Directors
Dream of Italy of this conservation organization. Talking to Tina and delving into the work
P.O. Box 2025 they’ve been doing made me feel like we should honor Save Venice on its 50th
Denver, CO 80201
anniversary. 3
www.dreamofitaly.com I always welcome your feedback and ideas.
Email me at kathy@dreamofitaly.com
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K athy Mc

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COVER ARTIST FOOD PHILANTHROPY
Sister Act: Christmas Recipes from the Save Venice:
From Australia to Italy Brancatisano Family to Yours 50 Years of Art Conservation