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Ferrara: The Italian town with Renaissance food on the menu

(CNN) — The signs of the Renaissance are everywhere in Italy.

Grand piazzas and palazzos. Metal-spiked doors. Looming archways. And, of course, all that ever-present art in the churches and galleries.

But in one city, you also get a taste of the Renaissance every time you enter a restaurant.

Ferrara, in the northern region of Emilia Romagna, was once home to the Estense court, or House of Este, which ruled the city from the 13th to the 18th centuries.

The court, on the bank of the River Po, was one of the most formidable cultural powers during the Renaissance. Writers including Boiardo, Ariosto and Torquato Tasso were employed by the court, and artists such as Bellini, Mantegna and Piero della Francesco worked for the Este family in their domineering, moat-surrounded castle in the center of town.

Their works have survived the centuries — but so have those of Cristoforo

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Certain Italian Regions Ease COVID-19 Restrictions and Reopen Restaurants, Museums

By Amanda M. Rye 3 weeks ago

Italy began a slight return to normalcy this week, emerging from a COVID-19 lockdown that began before Christmas.

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Cafes, museums, and bars reopened for customers, albeit with precautions still in place. Most Italian regions shifted to “yellow” precautions on Monday morning. And locals were happy to be back in public after months under strict lockdown rules.

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“We couldn’t wait,” a local in Rome told The Associated Press on the morning that cafes reopened. “Look, the very first morning I am here with my papa getting a cappuccino, sitting at a table, outside.”

Attractions like the Colosseum and Roman Forum are also open.

Tuscany entered the “yellow” zone last week. On Monday, the famed Uffizi Gallery in Florence reported that about 7,300 people had visited the museum on its first days of opening. The museum is only open

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Popular Georgia Italian restaurant plans to open a new location in Warner Robins

By Amanda M. Rye 3 weeks ago

Jan. 22—A new Italian restaurant is coming to Warner Robins.

Christian Torres is planning to open a second location of his Tifton-based, family-owned Fresco Italiano restaurant.

He described the restaurant as casual fine dining.

“We want to be that neighborhood place where you can still go during the week and get a plate of lasagna and get a plate of pasta, and then, if you want to dress up on the weekends and get a steak or have a date night there, then you can do that too.”

Torres places an emphasis on quality food and on ambiance, planning to transform the soon-to-be former Ole Times Country Buffet location at 1208 Russell Parkway with a remodel. Ole Times is relocating to the former Golden Corral outside the Houston County Galleria in Centerville.

The buffet tables are going out, and wood fire grilling is coming in.

Torres said he expects

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“Italian” food that would make a real Italian cringe

By Amanda M. Rye 3 weeks ago

“Italian” food that would make a real Italian cringe

While many people would likely claim to be familiar with Italian cuisine, most Italians might disagree. Many Italians feel that their traditional dishes are butchered abroad. Even the things you’ve considered Italian staples your whole life are not the true dishes you think they are.

Click through this gallery to discover the dishes that Italians label as crimes against their cuisine.

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In Italy, there is nothing more typical than a bowl of pasta. Its preparation is so simple that it seems impossible to mess up. However…

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