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JULY 2008
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1.

It's Canada Day!

2.

Horse race at Piazza del Campo, Siena

3.

4.

Independence Day...

5.

...Light some firecrackers!

6.

Italy celebrates its melon festival

7.

Italian word of the day: Mercato...

8.

Translation? Market

9.

Try grilling corn as Italians would eat it this July...

10.

...recipe from Mario Batali's Italian Grill (page 221)

11.

Umbria jazz festival

12.

Take advantage of free kayaking in the Hudson Park

 

13.

Saint Vincenzo's Day in Villetta Barrea. The trout of the Sangro are eaten in celebration on this day.

14.

Woody Guthrie, b. 1912

15.

Summer fruit is at its prime...

16.

…make Mario’s Peaches in Primitivo Syrup (Page 426 of Molto Italiano).

17.

Buy your Peaches at the Peach festival in Piazzano

18.

On this day in 64 AD Rome burned to the ground

19.

Eat nothing but berries today

20.

21.

Ernest Hemingway, b. 1899

22.

Listen to some tune that make you wiggle with joy...

23.

Keep on wiggling!

24.

25.

Madonna del Porto's Day

26.

 

27.

Birthday of Italian poet and critic Giosue Carducci (1835; d.1907), won 1906 Nobel Prize for Literature, regarded as national poet of modern Italy

28.

The month of July is name after Julius Caesar… Mussolini, Benito , 1883– 1945

29.

…who first made it the longest (i.e., grandest) month on the Roman calendar

30.

Take a nap under the sun

31.

Stock up on fresh berries at the farmer’s market before its all gone…











Molto Mario on Food TV
Every weekday at 4:30PM Eastern Time.
Freshness and simplicity are the keys to Mario Batali's spectacular Italian cuisine. Molto Mario brings these principles home--it's a culinary tour of Italy with tips and secrets from one of New York's premier chefs.


Mario Eats Italy on Food TV
Every Friday at 3AM Eastern Time.
Mario's taking his show out of the kitchen and into the countryside--the Italian countryside, of course. Joined by travelling partner and student Steve Rooney, Mario winds his way from north to south, from balsamico to bruschetta, sharing his passion for the land and its abundant food traditions.


Ciao America on Food TV
Every Wednesday at 10:30PM Eastern Time.
Chef Mario Batali crosses the country in search of the folks who cook up the best Italian eats, and keep the Italian way of life alive on our shores. It's la dolce vita stateside.