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Spring 2012 This issue of Vivo is in honour of International Women's Day. Inside you will find profiles on the most successful Italian-Canadian women in business, our cover story on Canada's Got Talent host Dina Pugliese and other articles on famous women. You'll also find some Easter sweets recipes!






Angela Aiello: ON HER WAY
Angela Aiello is the founder of the iYellow Wine Club, a powerful online social network that sends members monthly e-news and offers an interactive community based environment online and offline. Angela is a respected wine and food expert with over 13 years experience in the industry.
What do High Heel Shoes Really Mean?
They also give glimpses of the woman's feet in a tantalizing manner, thus accentuating the role of female feet in the history of sexuality, as the social historian William Rossi has documented. In fairy tales, the "lure of the shoe" is found in such stories as Cinderella and The Golden Slipper.
Dina Pugliese loves what she does
For her, life is too short to waste. She wants to share the fun, from on-screen antics on her number #1 morning show, to spending time with family and friends.
Stefania Bivone as Miss Italia: Youthful, motivated and ready to take on the world
The young Calabrisella, who is looking to study law at university next year, had no real intention of participating in the pageant and treated the whole process as a game, free of stress, with no outside pressure to be the next Miss.
The Italian Experience at Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel
Katie Figliomeni knows a thing or two about Italians. For starters, her family hails from Siderno, Italy, in the southern region of Calabria. Figliomeni also knows a thing or two about casinos. Immediately after college, she worked for a Canadian casino for five years before joining Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in 2003. In recent years with the sudden influx of Italian casino-goers to the property, Figliomeni is more excited than ever to be in her role.
Food Nostaliga - March
What's in a name?
When it comes to searching for true meaning in food, I tend to always begin with the origins of its name. After all, it is in language, where our gastro-cultural journey begins, for within a simple dish hides a most decadent past.