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By Jane Wooldridge, CNN Altamura, Italy (CNN) — A pair of practiced hands pushes novice fingers into the stretchy dough, encouraging the boldness needed to coax the focaccia into the pan’s creases before mashing in juicy tomatoes and garlic. After a sprinkling of dried oregano and a generous splash of olive oil, the pan is

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When the Obama Presidential Center opens on Chicago’s South Side in the spring, a series of large-scale artworks and installations by some of America’s most important living artists will help set the tone of the nearly 20-acre cultural and civic complex. The latest to be announced, by the artist

By Jen Rose Smith (CNN) — If a steaming bowl of soup strikes you as the ultimate in old-fashioned comfort, you’ve got plenty of company. Soup is one of the world’s oldest and most universal foods, said Janet Clarkson, author of the book “Soup: A Global History.” “Every culture has some kind of soup,” she

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our travel news roundup this week: Italy gets angry at “fake” carbonara, the winner of the Wildlife Comedy Awards is revealed, plus the phony tourist attractions built to please visitors. Star-crossed or catfished? “Juliet’s House” in Verona, Italy, is one of the city’s most popular attractions, despite the

CNN By Will Noble, CNN London (CNN) — “Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea,” wrote Henry James in “The Portrait of a Lady.” “Teatime” is one of those quintessential English phrases that stirs up images of steaming silverware pots

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Buckeyes, biscochitos, marionberry pie. All over the United States, locals have concocted sweet treats that visitors should definitely sample. Some are so delicious they’re worth fighting over. Here are 15 of the best regional desserts to tuck into across America. What delights did we miss? Share your favorites in

By Marcel Krueger, CNN Cheiner Torfmoor, Germany (CNN) — Germany’s most peaceful landscape owes its existence to one of its most paranoid. The Grünes Band — the Green Belt threading 860 miles along the former border between West Germany and communist East Germany — is now a sweep of orchids, wetlands and bird-rich moorland. It

By Caroline Roux (CNN) — The designs for six new stained-glass windows for the cathedral of Notre Dame have gone on show at the Grand Palais in Paris, despite a number of protests against the project. The works by the French artist Claire Tabouret replace the monochrome windows commissioned by the architects Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — British photographer Mark Meth-Cohn had spent four days trekking through the Virunga mountains in Rwanda in search of gorillas when his patience and determination finally paid off. There he encountered a young male gorilla who was keen to show off his dancing skills, something that Meth-Cohn captured on

By Lianne Kolirin and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Sophie Kinsella, the best-selling author behind the “Shopaholic” book series, has died at age 55. The writer, whose real name was Madeleine Sophie Wickham, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2022. Kinsella’s family announced her death in a statement on her Instagram

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — It’s time to uncork the prosecco and maybe order a plate of tagliatelle al ragù for the table. Italy has a very tasty reason to celebrate: Its national cuisine has become the first entire gastronomic style to be recognized by UNESCO, the UN’s cultural body — a

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — A British Nigerian artist who produces large-scale draped sculptures and vortex-like circular drawings has become the first person with a learning disability to claim the Turner Prize, one of contemporary art’s most prestigious accolades. Glasgow-born Nnena Kalu, is a learning-disabled artist with autism and limited verbal communication, was awarded

By Oscar Holland (CNN) — Manish Malhotra is to Diwali what Heidi Klum is to Halloween: its ultimate celebrity party host. Every year, the Indian fashion designer throws a star-studded Diwali bash bringing together Bollywood’s biggest names. Film legends Shah Rukh Khan and Shilpa Shetty were among the A-listers in attendance during the most recent

By Griffin Shea, CNN (CNN) — On the outskirts of Luanda, in a centuries-old white house on a hill, a small museum documents one of the greatest horrors of human history. Luanda, the Angolan capital, was the epicenter of the Atlantic slave trade. Now its National Museum of Slavery is working to become a place

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Monday night, A-lister couple of the moment Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner arrived at the Hollywood premiere of “Marty Supreme” looking like two ping pong balls in a pod. In an effort to promote Chalamet’s new film, in which the actor plays an aspiring ping pong champion, the

By Rachel Tashjian, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Lawrence is one of the most widely admired and well accoladed actors on the planet: she was the world’s highest-paid woman in Hollywood in 2015, and has four Oscar nominations and one win (all before the age of 26). She is a genuine movie star in an era

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Thieves made off with more than a dozen pieces of art, including works by Henri Matisse, from a library in São Paulo on Sunday. Two men entered the Mário de Andrade Library during visiting hours and overpowered a security guard and an elderly couple before fleeing toward the nearby

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A water leak at the Louvre in Paris has damaged hundreds of books, exposing further issues at the world’s largest museum after a spectacular heist in October. On Monday, a spokesman for the museum told CNN that the leak damaged 300-400 books, which date from the end of the

By Will Noble, CNN London (CNN) — “Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea,” wrote Henry James in “The Portrait of a Lady.” “Teatime” is one of those quintessential English phrases that stirs up images of steaming silverware pots being

By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — In the movie “Kokuho,” a three-hour epic spanning half a century in the life of a fictional kabuki actor, we see the traditional art form slowly retreat from Japanese popular culture. What was once a national interest — albeit, a relatively middle class one — recedes into a niche,