The Sienese Ricciarelli are Tuscan Christmas marzipan cookies. Sienese Ricciarelli 173 gr caster sugar 200 gr almond power 35 gr all-purpose flour 7 gr orange candied zest (chopped) 7 gr water 30 gr icing sugar 1 pinch baking powder 1 egg white In a medium bowl pour all ingredients […]
Barolo is one of the world’s best wines and is made from only the very best Nebbiolo grapes
Genoa is one of the great port towns of the Mediterranean. The birthplace of Christopher Columbus, it was a bustling hub of commerce and trade during its heyday and is now a charming city that offers visitors much to see and do. So what are these great things to do in Genoa? Things […]
Follow the fingers of sun from the sky to the pavement where a lifetime of furniture waits to be tossed into a truck and trundled away. Ducking under a wobbling mattress I grab a couple of cases to add them to the pile as a clasp cracks open and papers […]
The music of Salento is the result of centuries of varied foreign domination, but more importantly, of exchanges with other Mediterranean cultures. Officina Zoe was born in the spring of 1993 out of a group of musicians from Salento with a common need to rediscover the traditional popular music of their own […]
Is your favorite Italian American actor really of Italian decent, or just a convincing actor? Peter Falk, the dearly missed actor who played TV’s cunning inspector Colombo, used to do such an excellent job at imitating the Italian American sleuth that most TV viewers believe he was of Italian descent. In reality, […]
A guide to Perugia, the hilly city of chocolate.
A legend of Italian music.
The first thing you’ll notice about the trams in Milan is that they are orange, slow and extremely noisy. Daunting, to say the least, for a foreign tourist. Trolleybus 728, a tram in Milan in 1970. Ph. flickr/lindsaybridge Trams are one of the symbols of Milan; the most peculiar between […]
If you’re visiting Italy, Milan has much to offer and is well worth a stop. The city is considered the Italian’s capital of business, fashion, music and design and it certainly has a lot to show for it. Located south of the Italian Alps, Milan is home to one and […]