Part 1 of 20 Things We Love About Italy includes travel ideas for the regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Le Marche, Liguria, and Lombardy.

In a recent NY Times Foraging column, Melissa Clark profiles Antica Aguzzeria del Cavallo, a cutlery shop that dates back to 1783. Clark notes, "If it cuts, rips, tears, nicks, grates, slices, shaves or pricks and is legal to sell, they most likely have it." Here's another taste of the short ...