The Expert's Guide to Ferragosto

The Expert's Guide to Ferragosto

As vacations go, this doesn’t look too bad. From the historic Lido of Venice to Le Sirenuse Mare, a tour of Italy’s most awe-inspiring stabilimenti in time for Ferragosto By Catherine Fairweather Ferragosto on August 15 is when all Italians down tools, shut up shop, and head for the coast. It is when the beach club—as a summer ritual and institution—comes into its own. As a holiday, Ferragosto’s roots are pre-Christian, tracing back to Emperor A…

Ask Chef Walter: FERRAGOSTO, The Italian Summer Holiday - Walter Potenza

by Executive Chef Walter Potenza, contributing writer Ferragosto is a day dedicated to the simple pleasures of life—good food, warm company, and the awareness that sometimes the greatest luxury is doing nothing at all. Friends: There is a day in the middle of August when Italy seems to hold its breath. The cities empty, the shutters close, and the entire country tilts toward the coast. That day is Ferragosto, and it is not merely a holiday but a…