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  • With such a weather what is better then staying inside and bake, a friend of mine and her 5-year-old dauther came to my place to make "chiacchiere" and "krapfen" for Carnival.

    Mini krapfen di Carnevale Orchidea 2009

  • Italiano · Due chiacchiere con lo scrittore e blogger giamaicano Marlon James

    Global Voices in English » Talking to Jamaican writer and blogger Marlon James 2009

  • Trays of treats appear as from nowhere, elegantly wrapped Pandoro or Panettone (brioche-type cakes) at Christmas, tortelli, chiacchiere ( "chatterboxes") and frittelle fried snacks for Carnevale piled high on white paper doilies under showers of white icing sugar, dove-shaped Colomba for Easter.

    Jamie Schler: Pan dei Morti (Bread of the Dead) for All Souls' Day Jamie Schler 2010

  • Trays of treats appear as from nowhere, elegantly wrapped Pandoro or Panettone (brioche-type cakes) at Christmas, tortelli, chiacchiere ( "chatterboxes") and frittelle fried snacks for Carnevale piled high on white paper doilies under showers of white icing sugar, dove-shaped Colomba for Easter.

    Jamie Schler: Pan dei Morti (Bread of the Dead) for All Souls' Day Jamie Schler 2010

  • Trays of treats appear as from nowhere, elegantly wrapped Pandoro or Panettone (brioche-type cakes) at Christmas, tortelli, chiacchiere ( "chatterboxes") and frittelle fried snacks for Carnevale piled high on white paper doilies under showers of white icing sugar, dove-shaped Colomba for Easter.

    Jamie Schler: Pan dei Morti (Bread of the Dead) for All Souls' Day Jamie Schler 2010

  • Instead "it's only talk— chiacchiere in Italian," he said.

    Doubts Rise on EU Deal Tom Lauricella 2011

  • Il sottile confine tra le chiacchiere da bar e la dichiarazione pubblica Says:

    Another Higgs bump? Not so fast… JoAnne 2007

  • When a brother priest was sent to give him the consolations of religion, Ciro cut him short, saying, "Stop that chatter, we are two of a trade: we need not play the fool to one another" (_Lasciate queste chiacchiere, siamo dell 'istessa professione: non ci burliamo fra noi_).

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

  • "No _chiacchiere_, no talk, _padrone_," interrupted Temistocle, snapping the lock of the bag.

    Saracinesca 1881

  • "Oh," he said, "chiacchiere di donnic-ciuole," which is something like "Clatter of little old women," a thing not worth noticing.

    Roman Holidays, and Others William Dean Howells 1878

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  • An Italian crispy pastry eaten around Carnevale.

    September 15, 2011