Nancy Greenleese
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![Caption: Paola Gueli is one of a dwindling number of tailors in Italy, a country renowned for its tailoring tradition. , Credit: Luigi Fraboni](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/215358/_DSC1746_square.jpg)
Italian Tailors: An Age-Old Tradition Unravels
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From: Nancy Greenleese
Skilled tailoring is a dying art. Many of the best tailors hail from Italy where the tradition is unraveling due to a lack of training opportunities and the rise of ...
![Caption: Italian Negar Azhar Azari makes a ring by hand in the centuries-old Florentine tradition. , Credit: Maurizio Rufino](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/215570/mani_square.jpg)
Italian Artisans: Shuttered Workshops in the Renaissance’s Birthplace
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From: Nancy Greenleese
Italian artisans craft exquisite objects with their hands, particularly in Florence. Yet aging artisans crippled by Italy’s bureaucracy aren’t able to train the next ...
![Caption: Baker Salvatore Raccuglia rolls the bread as bakers have done for centuries in Sicily. , Credit: Luigi Fraboni](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/216434/_DSC2382_square.jpg)
Italian Bakers: Mafia Slicing Into Profits
(06:09)
From: Nancy Greenleese
Italian breads and pastries are favorites among foodies. But Italian artisan bakeries are shutting down. Changing eating habits, the crisis and the Mafia are slicing into ...
![Caption: Gelato served from a Carpigiani-made gelato truck at the Bologna fair in 1958, Credit: Gelato Museum](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/221670/Automezzo_Carpigiani_con_a_bordo_macchina_soft_alla_fiera_di_Bologna__1958_-_Archivio_Gelato_Museum_RGB_square.jpg)
Gelato Museum
(05:09)
From: Nancy Greenleese
I scream, you scream, we all scream for...gelato. The first museum dedicated to gelato has opened in Italy.
![Caption: The Hartigan family’s journal is full of stamps and memories of their letterboxing outings in Virginia, Ireland, the Pacific Northwest and other destinations. , Credit: Nancy Greenleese](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/221954/IMG_5743_square.jpg)