How to prepare and excellent Pesto Pasta using mint instead of basil.
Year: 2020
Ennio Morricone
Score from the movie For a Few dollars more. Music by Ennio Morricone
An ad for Italy
But does she really need it? Three months ago, when we were at the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Italy being the first western country hit by the deadly virus, Visit Italy created an amazing ad to show the beauty of a country that, in those weeks, was […]
My Brilliant Friend: when literature turns into successful tv
My Brilliant Friend (L’Amica Geniale) is the show based on the homonymous Elena Ferrante‘s first Neapolitan Novel. A success of public and critics. In the United States, the show aired in 2018. Later, the second season aired on HBO and it was just as successful. In fact, My Brilliant Friend became the […]
Mortgage – Financing In Italy
Mortgage and financing when buying a property in Italy
Bialetti: a history of coffee and Italian excellence
Bialetti and the tradition of coffee in Italy. Two things that can’t be separated. Because there is nothing more Italian than making a cup of coffee. Everyone knows it: to Italians, making coffee is not a gesture. It is a ritual, a moment of sheer pleasure and relax. The moka was […]
Have you ever been to the Sistine Chapel?
Rightly considered a jewel of world art, visiting the Sistine Chapel is a defining experience, one that leaves a mark in the mind and the soul. Famously painted by Michelangelo, in truth other famous artists participated to its frescoing, too, including Perugino, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio and Rosselli. If you have not […]
Look at an empty Venice post Covid-19
Italian Soaps: Fine soaps that redefine elegance
“What is elegance?” asked famous photographer, Cecil Beaton. “Soap and water!” was his answer. Italian soaps have a high reputation, and many luxury brands are available in the country. Elegance takes much more than this, of course, but fine soap helps. Famous Italian cosmetics companies such as Borghese, Cali, and […]
Italian Families: then and now
How have times changed Italian families?