Mimi Murphy

Rome

Mimi spent 20 years as the Rome-based correspondent for Life and now reports from her home in Italy for Gourmet. She also contributes to Time, CondéNast Traveler, and Town & Country. She swears she has eaten in every hamlet in Italy (or at least had an espresso before leaving town).

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Cooking Schools: Academia Barilla

If you find your groove in Italian cooking, there’s no better place to perfect it than in Parma, on the banks of the Po.
May 2008
travel + culture

2006: The Year in Travel

Your most memorable trip this year? The Pacific Northwest in the U.S. and Canada, and hot cities like Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver.
12.24.06
travel + culture

For Show in Parma

Until January 6 Parma is hosting Foodscapes—Art & Gastronomy, a lively province-wide show on food in the contemporary arts.
12.11.07
travel + culture

A Not So Secret Garden

Florid until the early 20th century, the Monastic garden in Rome eventually deteriorated in ruins until a decade ago, when it was restored.
12.03.07
food + cooking

The World’s Best Figs, but the Supply is Limited

In the sunny Cilento region around Salerno, south of Naples, the harvest of white figs is just now wrapping.
10.12.07
travel + culture

Venice Just Got a Little More Interesting

08.08.07
travel + culture

Lovely Food Among the Ruins

Finally, a new team at Bernini, in Rome's Piazza Navona, has created a delicious anomal—a good restaurant in the middle of a tourist mecca.
06.25.07
chefs + restaurants

All That Glitters is a Golden Tapir

Gold, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana's new restaurant in Milan, brings glitz to a new level.
06.18.07
chefs + restaurants

First Taste: Acquolina Hostaria

Angelo Troiani, the Michelin-starred chef at Il Convivio says he decided on a dare to open a fish restaurant and to create one of Rome's best seafood places.
05.02.07
travel + culture

Hurry While the Supply Lasts

You've heard of long-distance adoptions? Well, now you can become a long-distance shepherd by adopting a Sardinian sheep.
12.10.06
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