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Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

Rome, Italy (#804)

A visit to city's restaurants, international fashion houses, Italian tailors and jewelry makers.

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Program Description: Travels & Traditions is a series of 13 half-hour programs in which award-winning journalist Burt Wolf travels to cities around the world, telling the stories of local traditions that have influenced us all. In many locations, he also shows how foreign traditions have influenced the city he is visiting. He reveals the relationship of marriage and food and the history of gaming. And, of course, he examines society and culture through eating.

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