This is the time of year when all senses are stimulated. Particularly as we sit snugly inside and enjoy burning wood fires, food and wine. This issue is full of those autumnal treats with truffles in Alba, details of our wine-tasting morning in Lucca along with some information about the city’s intriguing olive oil festival taking place later this year. Our food expert Germaine Stafford meets an innovative young chef in Rome whose main aim is to make diners groan with pleasure apparently (just take a look at the extraordinary tobacco mousse he’s created). In our dual language section we visit a cookery school in Chianti and discover that as well as gnocchi making there are also some ghostly goings-on. For those of you wanting to make a holiday out of eating you have to take a look at best places to stay in Emilia Romagna on page 62, the region for gastro-tours."
Fiona Tankard - Italy Magazine Chief Editor
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Read on for the contents of the October Issue.
sense of place
No, not Brighton beach in the sixties but present-day, stylish San Remo, on the Ligurian coast in this image by Mark Harwood Stone
Alba: the quen of the Langhe
The white truffle is king but Eleonora Boggio reveals the city’s other attractions
the glories of Gubbio
Christine Webb takes us on a trip to one of the most exquisite medieval towns in Italy
letters
what's on
Our guide to the most interesting events in Italy in Autumn
insight and news
in search of saints
No visit to Italy is complete for Edward and Lorna Mornin without seeking out a few saintly sites>
dual language - the ghost of Chianti
In this issue’s dual language article, Anthony Jefferies takes a trip to haunted spots in Tuscany
Laura and Francesca Gori: artists under the skin
Aleid Ford visits a school in Florence devoted to preserving the traditions of leathercraft
Giardino di Pojegaat Villa Rizzardi
Sue Robinson visits a splendid Italian garden in the Valpolicella area
paradise regained
Fiona Tankard meets the owner of a lovingly restored house with a thousand years of history
look smart
Gilly Turney describes the changes as a more structured and sophisticated look heralds the new season
law Q&A's
Our panel of experts specialising in Italian real estate law, taxation, building and planning laws are here to offer guidance
business
Our regular feature by Emma Bird looks at working in the health sector, work placements and teaching yoga in a Sardinian fishing village
and finally
wonderful wines from Lucca
Melissa Ormiston, and her colleagues at italy sample some superb wines from Lucca under the guidance of a top sommelier
Uno E Bino - a modern Roman treasure
Germaine Stafford meets a young Roman chef with a mission to blend the traditional with the innovative
foodie fun in ...Lazio
Continuing her short series of articles, Germaine Stafford suggests ten fun ways to enjoy the region around Rome
Venice Lagoon
There is more than one way to visit this beautiful city, as Richard Johnstone Bryden explains
stunning hotels: Emilia Romagna
Continuing her series of features, Mairiona Cotter looks at some great hotels in the region famous for its gastronomy
what's available in... Tuscany
There are still bargains to be had in this popular region. Marting Hanslip reveals all.
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