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Who says all hotels are created equal? They are absolutely not, especially when Marie-Louise Scio, Creative Director of the Pellicano Hotels Group, is involved. Spoon-fed on two of Italy's most iconic hotels - Il Pellicano and La Posts Vecchia- Marie-Lousie actualizes fairytales in epic locations, including the newest: Mezzatorre in Ischia. Great your beach hat and join Erica and Marie-Louise chatting about Ischia, luxury and how to enjoy life like an Italian.

Sunkissed with Marie-Louise Scìo

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Food writer Rachel Roddy knows food, and better yet, she knows how to tell a story. Her award-winning cookbooks "My Kitchen in Rome" and "Two Kitchens" read like real life fairy tales from the stove top, and her weekly column in the The Guardian "A Kitchen in Rome" conjures up delicious recipes and nostalgic and contemporary food anecdotes. Join Erica at Rachel's kitchen table as she shares her tale of coming from Southampton UK to Rome's Testaccio market.

In the kitchen with Rachel Roddy

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From cloister to cosmopolitan, the historic Santa Maria Novella pharmacy may be Europe's oldest and it's definitely the most interesting, ever since the friars invented a personal scent for Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France. Join Erica as she walks through Santa Maria Novella's laboratory and sits down with Chief Commercial Officer CCO Gianluca Foà to talk history, perfume, beauty and the future.

Elixirs, pomades and Perfumes

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From the hills of Cincinnati to sunsets in Tuscany, Michael Cioffi dreamed Italy and Monteverdi, a medieval hamlet dedicated to culture, art and relaxation. Join Erica and Michael as they take in the Val d'Orcia views and talk about travel, history and luxury under the Tuscan sun.

Monteverdi Tuscany

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Roi du Lac is more than wearable, useable design, it's a world, a fabulous and fanciful universe created by Scots/Italian Kinloch and wife Antea Brugnoni Alliata. Kinloch's incredible watercolors come to life on silk, cotton, paper and ceramic- in clothing and homewares. Let's go head first into Marco's fabulous world for an afternoon talking design, Rome and Roi du Lac.

Inside the fantastic universe of Roi du Lac

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Bitter, dry, sweet- these are the three fundamentals for Rome's cocktail king Patrick Pistolesi. Grab a seat at the bar, and join Erica and Patrick as they talk about history of the Eternal City's bar scene and where to get a great drink in Rome.

Bitter, dry, sweet with Patrick Pistolesi

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Multisensorial mindfulness of the gastronomical kind. That is the Le Calandre experience. Erica sits at the table with chef Massimiliano Alajmo, the youngest chef in history to be awarded three stars by the Michelin Guide, to talk Padova, art, stars, and growing up in the kitchen.

Gastronomical Mindfulness

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What makes a hotel stand out about the rest is its General Manager, and there is no one in Rome like Giorgia Tozzi, GM of Hotel Vilon- a secret hideaway in the city center. Giorgia was hands for the creation of the hotel, but more importantly, she is a home grown Roman and one of the city's first female GMs, if the only female GM the Eternal City has seen. Join Erica and Giorgia talking Rome, hotels and luxury travel.

Giorgia Tozzi and Hotel Vilon

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Milano Torinio, Negroni Sbagliato, Americano... Milan loves her cocktails so much that the city perfected late afternoons to the art of the aperitivo. Join me with Sara Porro, a journalist who knows more food and restaurants than Michelin. We talk Milan's restaurant and cocktail scene, and get down with the aperitivi. Drink up!

Aperitivo in Milano

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Coffee brings everyone to the table and no one knows that better than Carolina Vergnano who is leading the 4th generation of the historic Caffe Vergnano family into next gen coffee making. Put your moka on the stove, grab your favorite cup and join Erica in Chieri (Piemonte) and Carolina for the ultimate coffee talk.

Caffe Vergnano

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