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Kathy McCabe
Founder, Editor and Publisher
Design: Karen Sheets de Gracia
Associate Editor: Elaine Murphy Fall feels magical in Italy. The palette of the countryside transforms into hues
of yellow, gold and red. Italians bundle up in their cashmere scarves and signa-
Dream of Italy, the membership travel ture puffy, quilted coats and enjoy their hometowns with very few tourists.
magazine covering Italian travel and The harvest of the country’s “green gold” (olive oil) has Italians out amongst
culture, is published 6 times per year. the olive trees and manning the olive presses.
Delivery by mail is $97 per year and a
one-year digital membership is $77. In this issue we detail nine new things to experience in Italy these days.
All memberships include online I particularly love telling the stories of the Italians behind these innovations.
access to more than 180 issues You met world-famous Renaissance man/butcher Dario Cecchini in the Tuscany
dating back to 2002. Join online at episode of season 1 of Dream of Italy. During the pandemic, he came up with
www.dreamofitaly.com the idea for a panini food truck outside his shop.
Editorial feedback is welcome at I’ve been a repeat customer of artist and jeweler Marina Calamai. I have
kathy@dreamofitaly.com purchased some of her Santo Spirito -inspired jewelry for both author Frances
Mayes and Sting and Trudie Styler’s publicist as thank you gifts! Marina is the
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brainchild behind a creative labyrinth and game that you can enjoy outside of
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in whole or part without permission Italophile-extraordinaire Fred Plotkin and I have crossed paths but hadn’t O CT /NO V 2021
is prohibited. Every effort is made to had a deep conversation until we talked about him writing this essay. We were
provide information that is accurate
and reliable; however, Dream of Italy both about to cry sharing what we miss most about Italy! I devoured his book
cannot be responsible for errors that Italy for the Gourmet Traveler, and I think you will find his essay compelling.
may occur. Associate editor Elaine Murphy found the most moving quote for the
back cover. You may not know the quote’s author, Olindo Guerrini, but he was Drea m of Ita ly
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an Italian poet known for being the de facto leader of the verismo movement,
Dream of Italy focused on realism in literature. Born in 1845, Guerrini grew up in Ravenna and
P.O. Box 2025 worked as a librarian at Bologna University before publishing his poems.
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