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The Passion that Created the Italian Language

by Dianne Hales | Nov 13, 2019 | Books, books on Italy, culture, Education, Florence, history, Italy, Language, Travel, Tuscany, Web/Tech, Weblogs

In the 1500s, an invaluable invention transformed Italian agriculture: il frullone, a sieve-like device that separated wheat from chaff to produce flour. A group of irreverent Florentine intellectuals, passionately devoted to preserving their language’s più bei fiori...

La Bella Lingua in Italian

by Dianne Hales | Oct 7, 2019 | Books, books on Italy, Education, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

They said it couldn’t be done:  There was no way to translate LA BELLA LINGUA into Italian. Too many idioms and colloquial expressions. Too much slang.  Untranslatable words in both languages. However, the distinguished Italian publisher Treccani has done the...

What is “la passione italiana”?

by Dianne Hales | Jun 23, 2019 | Books, books on Italy, culture, Education, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

“Of course, you are Italian,” a Roman friend insisted years ago, “You have something more important than blood: la passione.” I accepted the compliment without fully comprehending its significance. Passion, I assumed, can bloom anywhere. Think of France, with its...

Why I Wrote LA PASSIONE

by Dianne Hales | Mar 19, 2019 | art, Books, culture, Education, Fashion, history, Italy, Language, Romance, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

In the gleaming kitchen of her culinary academy in Florence, I  once asked an architect-turned-chef-turned-restaurateur about the passions that had  changed her life: How did she know that she was choosing the right one to follow? “Ah, signora, we do not choose our...

March News from Dianne

by Dianne Hales | Mar 9, 2019 | art, Books, culture, Education, Fashion, Film, Florence, Food and Drink, history, Italy, Language, Music, Religion, Romance, Rome, Travel, Venice, Web/Tech, Weblogs, wine

“Imagine a world without Italy: Painting without Leonardo. Sculpture without Michelangelo. Literature without Dante. No Verdi choruses or Puccini arias. No Fellini films or Ferrari roar. Heavens uncharted, vines unplanted, tables bereft of pasta, pizza, and a Sicilian...

5 Secrets for Learning Italian from Manu

by DHales | Feb 21, 2019 | Books, Education, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Lately I’ve been spending time with a man other than my husband — everywhere from the kitchen when I’m cooking to the car when I’m driving. His name is Manu (Emanuele) Venditti, a native Italian who lives in Australia and teaches Italian, mainly on his youtube...
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