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Welcome to the Ciao Italia Lifestyle page!

Whether you’ve watched Ciao Italia™ for five years, five weeks, or five episodes, I hope you’ve grown to appreciate that it’s more than just a cooking show: it’s a lifestyle. Ciao Italia is about embracing the authentic Italian experience and its traditions - even if you’re not Italian!

Living the Ciao Italia™ lifestyle means appreciating your culture, your family’s history and heritage, and infusing them into everything you do. The Ciao Italia™ lifestyle teaches us that the bonds we share are never stronger than when folks are gathered around a dining table.

From this page you can learn more about living the Ciao Italia™ lifestyle, from pairing the perfect wine with your dishes, to planting an authentically Italian garden. You’ll even learn how to plan your own adventure to Italia through our travel pages.

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News

Check Out the New Ciao Italia Kitchen!

The Ciao Italia team is creating an entirely new kitchen for Mary Ann that you'll notice next season. Click here to see some behind the scenes photos.

What to Expect from the New CiaoItalia.com!

Welcome to the all new ciaoitalia.com website! Click here to find out everything you need to know about the new site and how to get the most out of it.

Garden

For those just learning about gardening or looking to take their garden to the next level, all of the tips, tricks, and product recommendations you need are right here on the Ciao Italia gardening pages.

Wine

We've said it before, we'll say it again, to Italians, wine is food! On the Ciao Italia wine pages, novice wine drinkers and pros alike will learn from our resident wine writer Tony Ventura about the wines of Italy – where to buy them, how to serve them, and the best way to enjoy them.

Travel

Watching Ciao Italia can make you feel like you've been to Italy without ever having left your easy chair, but there's certainly no substitute for for making the trip in person. The Ciao Italia travel pages provide tips for visiting Italy and suggestions for making your travel as enjoyable as possible.