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).
Mimi Murphy
Rome

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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
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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
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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
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- culinary culture,
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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
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- italy,
- europe,
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food + cooking
The Worlds 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
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travel + culture
Venice Just Got a Little More Interesting
08.08.07
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- culinary culture,
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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
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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
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- restaurant notes,
- milan,
- italy
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
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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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- rome,
- street of dreams,
- cheese