Dessert

Thanksgiving in Italy

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November 26th 2008
Not being home for Thanksgiving was really sad, but hey, you've got to the make the best of it. So my friends and I decided to have a big Thanksgiving meal and we would all bring a dish. It was so much fun and granted, it's not like being at home, but our pot luck Thanksgiving dinner was delicious. It was a lot of fun making all the food and even in Italy, if you're going to be having a Thanksgivi ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more