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Now the Mafia's off the menu in the Via Veneto

Now the Mafia’s off the menu in the Via Veneto

By Stuart Smith on January 9, 2012

Regular readers of this blog may recall me recounting the heroic exploits of Libera Terra, an organisation dedicated to freeing the Italian food industry from the baneful influence of the Mafia. Now I have fresh news to report. The ethically scrupulous can be assured that not only their pizza, pasta, olive oil, breadsticks and Sicilian [...]

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Perroni's Senza Tempo epic - commercials are getting bigger, are they better?

Perroni’s Senza Tempo epic – commercials are getting bigger, are they better?

By Stephen Foster on August 6, 2010

Perroni has enlisted top director Gabriele Muccino, the director of Pursuit of Happyness (sic), to make a film for Nastro Azzurro beer, a five and a half minute opus on life, art, love, lost opportunities and a tiny bit of beer. This follows its 2006 take on iconic Italian film La Dolce Vita which won [...]

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