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Hostaria del Piccolo: Location, prices, details
An Italian fantasy of California or a Californian fantasy of Italy? Something to ponder while nibbling roasted pork ribs. LOCATION 512 Rose Ave., Venice, (310) 392-8822, hostariadelpiccolo.com PRICES Antipasti, $10-$14; salads, $9-$12; pizzas,... -
Wine of the Week: 2011 Masseria Li Veli Verdeca
Los Angeles Times Here's an interesting white wine from Puglia, the region that forms the "heel" of Italy's "boot." Made from an ancient grape variety called Verdeca with a small percentage of Fiano Minutolo (don't you just love these Italian grape names?), it has a...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Wines, Risotto, Shrimp, Seafood
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Christie's spring internet-only auction open for bids now
The international auction house Christie's opens bidding for the first of their spring online-only wine auctions. Interested collectors have until Feb. 26 at noon Eastern time to place their bids for Signature Cellars IV. You, too, can bid on a mix of ...
Tags: Wines, Auction Service, Viniculture
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius charged with murder of girlfriend
Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs....
Tags: Oscar Pistorius, International Paralympic Committee, Africa, Olympic Games, Twitter, Inc.
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India bribery scandal threatens to ground $750-million copter deal
NEW DELHI – India’s defense minister threatened Wednesday to cancel a $750-million helicopter deal with an Italian defense company if an official investigation proves contracts were secured through kickbacks, in the latest corruption scandal...
Tags: Police Arrests, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Corruption, Corporate Crime, India
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Antonio Galloni leaves Wine Advocate to start his own wine site
We knew this would happen, didn't we? In December, when Robert M. Parker Jr., the influential wine critic, announced that he was stepping down as editor-in-chief of the Wine Advocate and that he had taken on three investors, and named not Antonio Galloni,...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wines, Alcoholic Beverages
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Did 'We Have a Pope' foretell Pope Benedict's resignation?
As topics for fact-based movies go, you’d be hard-pressed to find one as tricky as the papal selection. The process is cloaked in secrecy, for starters, and it’s not like it happens much more than once a decade. Yet the news that Pope...
Tags: Benedict XVI, Roman Catholicism, Entertainment, Vatican City, Cannes Film Festival
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Review: Caravaggio is boldly painted with music at LACMA
Caravaggio is a great subject for music. There are fascinating parallels between the way the artist helped usher in modern painting at the turn of the 17th century and the way his Italian contemporaries Monteverdi and Gesualdo laid the foundations for...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Electronics, Museums, Arts and Culture
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Restoration starts at crumbling ancient city of Pompeii
ROME -- Conservation work at the crumbling ancient Roman city of Pompeii began Wednesday, a day after police announced a corruption probe into previous restoration work at the site. The new preservation campaign, funded in part by $142 million from the...
Tags: European Union, Wildlife, Arts and Culture, Renovation
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PASSINGS: Mariangela Melato
Italian actress Mariangela Melato, known for her critically acclaimed performance as a spoiled socialite stranded with a sailor she had tormented in the 1974 film "Swept Away," died Friday in a Rome hospital. The LaPresse news agency said she had...
Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Milan (Italy), Celebrities, Giancarlo Giannini
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The California Cook: Elevating the lowly lentil
Los Angeles TimesAs culinary fashion continues to wind inexorably lower on the luxury scale — from tournedos to beef cheeks, from foie gras to pork belly — it was probably inevitable that we would eventually come to lentils. Representing the lowest and...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Soups, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lentils
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Let's lift the veil on rendition
When John Brennan, the White House counter-terrorism advisor, appears Thursday at confirmation hearings to become the CIA's next director, Americans will have a rare opportunity to learn new details about the intelligence agency's secret rendition and...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Egypt, Human Rights, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Macedonia
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