I always write about food, but today I would like to write about how food is written about.

Rome is full of angels, now including an angel exhibit commemorating Pope Francis

With a few exceptions — in the hilly Langhe region, in Piemonte, and in Faenza, a small city particularly famous for ceramics in Emilia-Romagna — “wine-windows” or buchette del vino are unique to Tuscany.

Open to the public until July 19, 2026, the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa is hosting, in the Doge’s Apartment, Van Dyck, the European: The Journey of a Genius from Antwerp to Genoa and London.