“Woman Reading”
Gino Severini (1883 – 1966)
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Month: January 2011
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“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca [Seneca the Younger] (1 BC – 65 AD)
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“The Battle of San Romano”
Paolo Uccello (1397 – 1475)
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“Is it not strange that ignorance and complaisance are stronger than wisdom?”
— Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 – 180)
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“Bust of Medusa”
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 – 1680)
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Citazione del Giorno
“Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there. . . . Myth is nourished by silence as well as by words.”
— Italo Calvino (1923 – 1985)
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“Self Portrait Holding a Portrait of Her Sister”
Rosalba Carriera (1675 – 1757)
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“When I first saw a Fellini movie, I came out of the movie theatre and decided to become a lawyer! I thought to myself, it’s impossible to make something so beautiful!”
— Roberto Benigni (born 1952)
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Pasta Verde: Making Your Own Spinach Pasta
Once you’ve learned to make your own fresh egg pasta, it’s a breeze to make Italy’s most famous flavored pasta – spinach pasta [pasta verde].
Pasta verde can be used for tortellini, for pastas with sauces containing earthy mushrooms, and of course for Lasagne Verdi al Forno [Baked Spinach Lasagne in the style of Bologna]. You can make it with either fresh or frozen spinach — and the results surprisingly similar. Here’s how:
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“A View Inside the Theatre Royal on Opening Night”
Pietro Domenico Olivero (1679 – 1755)
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