Travel & Visitors Guide - Nov. 23, 2008
Viva Italia! A trip to Venice, Tuscany and Florence
There isn't really a bad time to visit Italy and devour unforgettable art, architecture and food, but OnMilwaukee.com travel expert Craig Stoehr visited in the early fall and was thrilled to discover that the weather was nearly perfect and his three main stops were not overcrowded with tourists.
Tags: italy, venice, tuscany, florence, Il Latini, Hotel Cavour, Duomo, Uffizi Gallery, Slowly Bar, Buca Mario, cipriani, caffe florian, gran caffe quadri

Dining - May 29, 2007
Badia's rep adds spice to black truffle dinner
It's promoted as a "black truffle dinner," but the June 14 culinary event at Dream Dance, the luxury restaurant at Potawatomi Bingo Casino, should be hyped for its special guest instead.
Tags: Badia a Coltibuono, Tuscany, Chianti, truffle, Dream Dance, Potawatomi, Stucchi-Prinetti

Milwaukee Buzz - Dec. 22, 2006
Tuscans gather to toss cake at Libiamo
Tony Piacentini is a Milwaukeean with Tuscan roots and Wednesday night he brought an old Sienese tradition to Brew City. At about 9 p.m. at Libiamo, Piacentini and his Wednesday night gang held what might be the first ever Panforte toss in Milwaukee.
Tags: Panforte, Siena, Pienza, Piacentine, Piacentini, Tuscany, Toscana, Groppi, Libiamo, Barga

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 11, 2006
Cousin's story fuels Salsini's fiction debut
What does it take to turn a life-long journalist and university writing teacher into a first-time novelist? Well, in the case of Paul Salsini, who teaches at Marquette, all it took was a little inspiration to fuel the passion. Salsini's first novel, "The Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany," is the fruit of conversations he had with a cousin in Italy.
Tags: Salsini, Tuscany, Lucca, Cielo, partigiani, partisans, Allies, Nazis, Stazzema